Bill Russell patented the jumpman dunk in the mid 50's

[CavaliersFTW]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ToIVgU59YVo/VRL_KVXdW2I/AAAAAAAAF1k/MhC6hg4VRLY/s800/Bill%2520Russell%2520jumpman.jpg

Oh shit MJ owes him money! :bowdown:

Young Russell might win a dunk contest in 2015 with that kind of agility :applause:

[Lebron23]

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[sd3035]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ToIVgU59YVo/VRL_KVXdW2I/AAAAAAAAF1k/MhC6hg4VRLY/s800/Bill%2520Russell%2520jumpman.jpg

Oh shit MJ owes him money! :bowdown:

Young Russell might win a dunk contest in 2015 with that kind of agility :applause:

wow, people were very unathletic during those times, he barely got his hand over the rim

[RightToCensor]

Where is the patent?

[Beastmode88]

Where is the patent?

This.

[Akhenaten]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ToIVgU59YVo/VRL_KVXdW2I/AAAAAAAAF1k/MhC6hg4VRLY/s800/Bill%2520Russell%2520jumpman.jpg

Oh shit MJ owes him money! :bowdown:

Young Russell might win a dunk contest in 2015 with that kind of agility :applause:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v300/Haskel45/lmao_zps1223cfd7.gif

[gts]

How cool is that... great find CFTW

[IncarceratedBob]

Colored ppl couldn't patent until 1972

[oarabbus]

But everyone says MJ was original and Kobe was a thief!

[jlip]

:applause: :applause: :applause:

[Siemens]

This.

That.

[sd3035]

That.

eso

[LAZERUSS]

wow, people were very unathletic during those times, he barely got his hand over the rim

How about this then...

https://books.google.com/books?id=fy_QOE2vSDwC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=bill+russell+vs+swede+halbrook&source=bl&ots=iL8VuyXNov&sig=jFxUNQNLUowKEJVlwNHuDKfEnTE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wwTVeXmKJbboAT35oCgDA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=bill%20russell%20vs%20swede%20halbrook&f=false

Russell would get his armpits above the rim...

[sd3035]

How about this then...

https://books.google.com/books?id=fy_QOE2vSDwC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=bill+russell+vs+swede+halbrook&source=bl&ots=iL8VuyXNov&sig=jFxUNQNLUowKEJVlwNHuDKfEnTE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1wwTVeXmKJbboAT35oCgDA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=bill%20russell%20vs%20swede%20halbrook&f=false

Russell would get his armpits above the rim...

clicked on that, no pics so I closed it

I guess you believe that old men could part seas with their hands in the past too

[LAZERUSS]

clicked on that, no pics so I closed it

I guess you believe that old men could part seas with their hands in the past too

Yeah...I couldn't believe it either. Evidently his cell phone was broken when he took that photo, and he didn't know it.

[LAZERUSS]

clicked on that, no pics so I closed it

I guess you believe that old men could part seas with their hands in the past too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2AlFrOj5Mc

[CavaliersFTW]

Joakim Noah can do that though, since he's the modern day Russell, right?

[WillC]

Great find!

Very cool picture. Needs to be put next to the Jordan Logoman for comparison.

[Marchesk]

Wll if Russell could reach 12'7", then of course he could get his armpits above the rim.

I like how Russell was a (slightly) superior leaper to Dwight Howard. Dat evolution!

[inclinerator]

Joakim Noah can do that though, since he's the modern day Russell, right?
he probably could

[Jameerthefear]

Joakim Noah can do that though, since he's the modern day Russell, right?
dunk? yes.

[SamuraiSWISH]

Patented yet no one knew ... Right

[coin24]

Wilt could windmill dunk from at least a foot behind the free throw line, right Laz?

[sd3035]

Ironic that it's called the "jumpman" when he had like a 16" vert

[warriorfan]

Ironic that it's called the "jumpman" when he had like a 16" vert


http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/d2tmvbefl0uqdjkfqh43.jpg

[gts]

http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/d2tmvbefl0uqdjkfqh43.jpg

Is that Vince Lombardi standing there with the coat on?

[Marchesk]

Ironic that it's called the "jumpman" when he had like a 16" vert

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D8An5-Kzhs4/USlMjAQh2AI/AAAAAAAAEOM/br39i-CNsm4/s800/Bill%2520Russell%2520Flight.gif

I can't find the one where Cousy gives Russell a no look pass and he rises up high to dunk.

[CavaliersFTW]

Patented yet no one knew ... Right
Mad because MJ swagger jacked Bill Russell?

Too bad he was a less successful carbon copy. How many times did MJ lose in the playoffs again? Bill Russell 55 game win streak in the NCAA, 2 NCAA titles, 1 Gold, 11 NBA titles.

Bill Russell was once asked by his grandson if he was as good as MJ. He told his grandson "you've got the question backwards".

Ethered his own ****ing grandson. Bill Russell the greatest winner in basketball history. :applause:

[Marchesk]

Ethered his own ****ing grandson. Bill Russell the greatest winner in basketball history. :applause:

That's pretty salty, lol. But he earned the right.

[DonDadda59]

Ethered his own ****ing grandson.

:oldlol:

Weak era for patents.