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SugarHill
03-09-2015, 06:28 PM
http://i.imgur.com/gH73KcW.gif http://i.imgur.com/N1wIETC.gif

should be illegal to be that athletic
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 06:39 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtXbKjfZd4

No one got as high as this guy. Has anyone else actually been able to get his head above the rim in a game situation?

You know you did an amazing dunk when the opposition's bench reacts like this.
SugarHill
03-09-2015, 06:41 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtXbKjfZd4

No one got as high as this guy. Has anyone else actually been able to get his head above the rim in a game situation?

You know you did an amazing dunk when the opposition's bench reacts like this.
dude looked down at the rim smh

I still can't believe that shit

look at McHale lmao

had him looking like kermit

http://cdn.meme.am/images/11729191.jpg
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 06:44 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtXbKjfZd4

No one got as high as this guy. Has anyone else actually been able to get his head above the rim in a game situation?

You know you did an amazing dunk when the opposition's bench reacts like this.
lol his head did not go that high above the rim on that freeze frame that's just a cross-court camera illusion. The NBA shows that angle on replays for a reason. Because it makes it seem like the athlete got way higher than he actually did due to the moving subject (the athlete) being close to the camera's than the stationary subject (the backboard/rim).

Don't believe cross court camera's on dunk replays. Still he did get legitimately high though.
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 06:44 PM
dude looked down at the rim smh

I still can't believe that shit

Never seen anything like that before. You look at dunks by MJ and his head was almost always several inches below the rim. Vince had a few dunks where it looked like the top of his head was at the rim. But to look down at the rim? Never seen it except that dunk.

For the record, I don't think Green is the best dunker because it takes creativity to be that. But just the sheere ability to get up, this guy takes the cake.
ballup
03-09-2015, 06:45 PM
Very accurate thread. I blindly agree.
SugarHill
03-09-2015, 06:48 PM
lol his head did not go that high above the rim on that freeze frame that's just a cross-court camera illusion. The NBA shows that angle on replays for a reason. Because it makes it seem like the athlete got way higher than he actually did due to the moving subject (the athlete) being close to the camera's than the stationary subject (the backboard/rim).

Don't believe cross court camera's on dunk replays. Still he did get legitimately high though.

This isn't an illusion

http://i.imgur.com/zLFR067.jpg
G-train
03-09-2015, 06:49 PM
I'd argue that in 13/14 Green had a season of dunks comparable to anyone ever.
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 06:50 PM
This isn't an illusion

http://i.imgur.com/zLFR067.jpg
The other camera angle is though, you know which one I'm talking about. He's not legitimately looking down the rim on that play, his head is def about rim level though. Where's that pic that shows his head level with the middle of the square. That's the cross court cam.
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 06:50 PM
lol his head did not go that high above the rim on that freeze frame that's just a cross-court camera illusion. The NBA shows that angle on replays for a reason. Because it makes it seem like the athlete got way higher than he actually did due to the moving subject (the athlete) being close to the camera's than the stationary subject (the backboard/rim).

Don't believe cross court camera's on dunk replays. Still he did get legitimately high though.
Yeah, ok.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzo4pHTZ-M
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 06:53 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBWMc_MdQ4
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 06:53 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBWMc_MdQ4
That one is legit look down the rim, not the dunk though :applause:
SugarHill
03-09-2015, 06:55 PM
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBWMc_MdQ4
:biggums:

lock him away :facepalm
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 06:59 PM
That one is legit look down the rim, not the dunk though :applause:

You must be blind. Did you see the end of the clip where it clearly shows his head above the rim?
Straight_Ballin
03-09-2015, 07:08 PM
His chin is at rim and it's not even debatable.
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 07:13 PM
You must be blind. Did you see the end of the clip where it clearly shows his head above the rim?
You mean the cross court cam shot I just dismissed and explained why? Yeah I saw.
Marchesk
03-09-2015, 07:26 PM
No one got as high as this guy. Has anyone else actually been able to get his head above the rim in a game situation?

Wilt had his armpit at the rim while catching a shot.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QF8yJ1J1W7Q/maxresdefault.jpg
Alamо
03-09-2015, 07:36 PM
You must be blind. Did you see the end of the clip where it clearly shows his head above the rim?



It's the camera angle. He can get that high but his chin was not rim level on that dunk. His chin being at rim level in that angle would mean that he is right next to the rim looking down but he was actually in front of the rim at that point making it look like he was higher than he actually was, due to being closer to the camera than the rim.
Dro
03-09-2015, 09:16 PM
Yeah, this shits crazy......
Cocaine80s
03-09-2015, 09:19 PM
Hey Cavaliersftw, can you even dunk?

Why do you obsess so much over verticals and wingspan :lol
livingby3's
03-09-2015, 09:31 PM
Next dunk contest just have Gerald and Zach go 1 on 1
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 09:34 PM
Next dunk contest just have Gerald and Zach go 1 on 1
:rockon:
dubeta
03-09-2015, 09:48 PM
There were like 5 players who could dunk in the 60's
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 10:32 PM
It's the camera angle. He can get that high but his chin was not rim level on that dunk. His chin being at rim level in that angle would mean that he is right next to the rim looking down but he was actually in front of the rim at that point making it look like he was higher than he actually was, due to being closer to the camera than the rim.

So are you guys disputing that any part of his head wasn't above the rim?
JimmyMcAdocious
03-09-2015, 10:37 PM
What happened to that player from Memphis a few years ago that could kiss the rim?

This dude. DJ Stephens, apparently.
http://www.hoopsfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DJ-Stephens-Kissing-the-Rim.jpg

You must be a real shit ball player if you are that athletic at 6-5 and you can't even sit on the end of the bench somewhere.
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 10:38 PM
So are you guys disputing that any part of his head wasn't above the rim?
His head looks legit rim level, or nearly so from the in-game half court angle. Heck his forehead might be high enough to have run into it had he not taken off so far away for all I care. It's the "looking down" (as per the cross court camera angle) that I'm contesting. Heck that cross court cam pegs his head as being half way up the square it's just ridiculous and not an accurate representation of how high he got.
sd3035
03-09-2015, 10:42 PM
Wilt had his armpit at the rim while catching a shot.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QF8yJ1J1W7Q/maxresdefault.jpg


Here's one of Wilt with his knee above the rim while bench pressing 500 pounds

https://wordhavering.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/blurry-1.jpg
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 10:48 PM
What happened to that player from Memphis a few years ago that could kiss the rim?

This dude. DJ Stephens, apparently.
http://www.hoopsfix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DJ-Stephens-Kissing-the-Rim.jpg

You must be a real shit ball player if you are that athletic at 6-5 and you can't even sit on the end of the bench somewhere.

Wow, that's crazy. Yeah, he must not have much game considering he's that athletic.
ClipperRevival
03-09-2015, 10:51 PM
His head looks legit rim level, or nearly so from the in-game half court angle. Heck his forehead might be high enough to have run into it had he not taken off so far away for all I care. It's the "looking down" (as per the cross court camera angle) that I'm contesting. Heck that cross court cam pegs his head as being half way up the square it's just ridiculous and not an accurate representation of how high he got.

Fair enough. My orginal point was that some part of his head was above the rim. If that one shot you are referring too might've exagerrated the angle, so be it. Still doesn't change the fact that outside of Vince, I haven't seen anyone in-game make a dunk where any part of a player's head was at or above the rim.
CavaliersFTW
03-09-2015, 10:54 PM
Fair enough. My orginal point was that some part of his head was above the rim. If that one shot you are referring too might've exagerrated the angle, so be it. Still doesn't change the fact that outside of Vince, I haven't seen anyone in-game make a dunk where any part of a player's head was at or above the rim.
It's rare, he got legitimately high for an in game unboosted dunk.