[QUOTE=ErhnamDjinn][IMG]http://mud.mm-a3.yimg.com/image/873291180[/IMG] Didint earl manigault do such feats? Im sure Yao can do it or any high flying 7 ftr.[/QUOTE]
Yao's anything but a high flyer.
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[QUOTE=ErhnamDjinn][IMG]http://mud.mm-a3.yimg.com/image/873291180[/IMG] Didint earl manigault do such feats? Im sure Yao can do it or any high flying 7 ftr.[/QUOTE]
Yao's anything but a high flyer.
[QUOTE=GOBB]Went to college and played on the same team as Lorenzon Wright. Even in school he did amazing, video game like dunks. Picked the right career to be a Globetrotter. His ups are sick.
12 feet dunk
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI[/url][/QUOTE]
Absolutely amazing, but how does a guy with so much athleticism not make it to the NBA, or did he have some short stint in the league?
[QUOTE=GOBB]Went to college and played on the same team as Lorenzon Wright. Even in school he did amazing, video game like dunks. Picked the right career to be a Globetrotter. His ups are sick.
12 feet dunk
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI[/url][/QUOTE]
dude in that link is well up over twelve feet
[QUOTE=The Answer]Does anybody think Manute Bol could do it. 7'7" with an 8'6" wingspan, would have guaranteed him getting close. I also think I remember reading about him smashing his teeth on the rim when he first tried to dunk.[/QUOTE]
I figure Manute's standing reach was 10 feet or so, probably not much higher or else he would have dunked without jumping (he couldn't, could he?). Going by that he'd need a 37" vertical to touch the top of the backboard. For a guy of his body type, no way in hell.
[QUOTE=ClutchCityReturns]I figure Manute's standing reach was 10 feet or so, probably not much higher or else he would have dunked without jumping (he couldn't, could he?). Going by that he'd need a 37" vertical to touch the top of the backboard. For a guy of his body type, no way in hell.[/QUOTE]
If you google Manute Bol dunk flatfooted, a couple of sites claim his standing reach was 10"6'. If that truly was the case, he'd have easily been able to dunk flatfooted.
[QUOTE=The Answer]If you google Manute Bol dunk flatfooted, a couple of sites claim his standing reach was 10"6'. If that truly was the case, he'd have easily been able to dunk flatfooted.[/QUOTE]
Could be. He'd still need a 31" vert though and I imagine a guy like him can jump no higher than about 24" tops. It's just such an incredible feat. I mean look at the video of the guy dunking 12 feet. Yes, extremely impressive, but look how much freaking far from the top of the backboard he still is :eek: (hint: go by the first angle which is more straight on. the other two make him look way higher than he really is. notice the last angle shows his head even with 11 1/2 feet when on the first angle it was barely over 10. optical illusions!)
I can't find that Marcus Haislip over Kenyon Martin dunk. Different topic, but he's good enough to be in the league.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4[/URL]
This dunk by Howard at the end is just ridiculous
[QUOTE=ClutchCityReturns]Could be. He'd still need a 31" vert though and I imagine a guy like him can jump no higher than about 24" tops. It's just such an incredible feat. I mean look at the video of the guy dunking 12 feet. Yes, extremely impressive, but look how much freaking far from the top of the backboard he still is :eek:[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but that backboard has been raised up another 2 feet along with the rim.
[QUOTE=DatZNasty]I can't find that Marcus Haislip over Kenyon Martin dunk. Different topic, but he's good enough to be in the league.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4[/URL]
This dunk by Howard at the end is just ridiculous[/QUOTE]
Absolutely phenomenal, but why doesn't he get up like that in games? You'd think he'd occasionally get opportunities on fast breaks and such.
[QUOTE=The Answer]Yeah, but that backboard has been raised up another 2 feet along with the rim.[/QUOTE]
d'oh!
:roll: @ me
i credit it to being up since last night. that and the fact that i'm so used to the standard height that i didn't even think about that. i guess what i should have said is that he still would have to get above the white square, which like i mentioned earlier is about 7 more inches. doesn't seem like as much as it is.
[QUOTE=DatZNasty]I can't find that Marcus Haislip over Kenyon Martin dunk. Different topic, but he's good enough to be in the league.
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4[/URL]
This dunk by Howard at the end is just ridiculous[/QUOTE]
That's a crazy ass dunk, but also a good example of how a big fish story can get started. Had that video not been there, those guys would probably tell their friends "oh my god Dwight Howard made this one dunk that was soooo sick. his freaking head was over the rim and his hands were at like the top of the backboard. seriously, i'm not kidding!". Word would spread and suddenly it would be fact that Dwight Howard could touch the top of the backboard.
In reality his head never went over the rim and his hands were just a smidgen higher than the top of the square. The top of the square is (only) 11'4" so let's say he got 11'7" to be generous. Still got an extra 1 foot 5" to the top of the glass. Now since we've seen the picture of him "kissing the rim" let's assume he can get a little bit higher than this video and say that in the kissing picture he could have touched 12 feet if he had tried. Still, he would need a whole extra foot to touch the top of the board.
When you break it down it really seems harder than it should be.
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At one of the Nets Practices ive seen him do it. I was right there watching.
what about shawn kemp
i think he was able to do it
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5lSjtmE4Q[/url]
If you pause it you can see the ball at the top of the backboard.
[QUOTE=AI09]At one of the Nets Practices ive seen him do it. I was right there watching.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=MTing][url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5lSjtmE4Q[/url]
If you pause it you can see the ball at the top of the backboard.[/QUOTE]
First of all, the angles in that video distort the perception of how high he is. Second, that video doesn't show the ball at the top of the backboard anyway. The last angle is the most accurate, and shows his hand about even with the top of the white square.
yea that's that same dunk where SportsCenter showed it from the really high skycam angle then paused it and drew a line claiming he was chest high with the rim
Since there's no documented video of anyone doing it, I think all of those playground legends (Jumpin' Jackie Jackson, Earl Manigault, and later people like David Thompson) touched the top of PLAYGROUND backboards--those round, lower ones...
They could with trainning, very few athletic big men.
But they would need momentum meaning timing to block would be tricky as hell, not to mention the chances of injury on the way back, specially back injuries on landing, or just landing on someone's body part and losing balance. Or someone touching you on the way up, that would be crazy.
There's a couple youtube videos of 6'8 guys with excellent leaping ability touching rods attached to the top of the backboard. But how do you know if they are regulation?
As for making change off the top, no chance in hell. That's pure legend. Wilt said as much.
I recall reading that James White came within an inch while being video taped.
As for putting my money on it, I would say Sampson and Wilt in their athletic primes. I'm guessing it's actually a rare feat, and not many have ever done it.
I've seen Muggsy Bogues do it
For anyone who claims that this was done, they should read this article.
[url]http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/4307/james-white-vs-a-jumping-myth[/url]
Doug Thomas recorded a 13' high touch on tape. YouTube that
[URL="http://www.hoopmixtape.com/jeremy-evans-breaks-record-129-leap/"]http://www.hoopmixtape.com/jeremy-evans-breaks-record-129-leap/[/URL]
Hmmm...
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wiq-POmFA[/url]
[QUOTE=Orlando Magic]Hmmm...
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wiq-POmFA[/url][/QUOTE]
no.
nice edit
To be able to touch the top of the backboard, someone is going to have to have elite Olympic level leaping ability. James White probably the only guy that would come close to doing it. This is the same guy that did the between the legs free throw line dunk. A dunk that Vince Carter wish he could do.
[QUOTE=inclinerator]no.
nice edit[/QUOTE]
Well, I don't think that was his peak vertical either. Kids usually jump highest when younger.
those olympic high jumpers, wonder if they can
[IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BJ0nKg0CMAAmJyT.jpg:large[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Foster5k]To be able to touch the top of the backboard, someone is going to have to have elite Olympic level leaping ability. James White probably the only guy that would come close to doing it. This is the same guy that did the between the legs free throw line dunk. A dunk that Vince Carter wish he could do.[/QUOTE]
Wilt's standing reach was 9'10", so if he did have a 40+ vertical, he might have done it. He claims to have, for what it's worth.
The one video where he's blocking a shot and catches it on the way down in college anywhere between 12' and the top of the backboard off one step makes it look like he could have.
[QUOTE=Orlando Magic]Hmmm...
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Wiq-POmFA[/url][/QUOTE]
I have seen Wilt get higher then 12.5 just trying to block shots, Jabbar also..All you have to do is look at the head..Howard didn't even get his head to the rim.
[QUOTE=ErhnamDjinn][IMG]http://mud.mm-a3.yimg.com/image/873291180[/IMG] Didint earl manigault do such feats? Im sure Yao can do it or any high flying 7 ftr.[/QUOTE]
3 pages to get a Goat reference. Said state of affairs at ISH in 2006, but not as sad as present day!
Bill Russell claimed he could grab a quarter off the top of the backboard LOL.
[QUOTE=D-FENS]3 pages to get a Goat reference. Said state of affairs at ISH in 2006, but not as sad as present day![/QUOTE]
But it's a playground legend.
[QUOTE=Foster5k]To be able to touch the top of the backboard, someone is going to have to have elite Olympic level leaping ability. James White probably the only guy that would come close to doing it. This is the same guy that did the between the legs free throw line dunk. A dunk that Vince Carter wish he could do.[/QUOTE]
James White has tried and never done it. Read about it here.
[url]http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/4307/james-white-vs-a-jumping-myth[/url]