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[B][COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="3"]Head above rim:[/SIZE][/COLOR][/B]
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[B][COLOR="Blue"][SIZE="3"]Head at rim while contorting/turning sideways for fancy reverse dunk:[/SIZE]
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MJ's vertical is revealed right here. Shoulders at the bottom of the back board and his head clearly right at rim level. And this was when he jumped going sideways, off one feet. Look at the clear space between him and the floor.
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This is a good opportunity for some visual evidence:
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I agree that this picture is a great example of Jordan's vertical. He's jumping sideways, and one of the things that people forget is that the highest jump for players come when they don't have the ball. The ball lowers a player's verticle.
For example look at Lebron. [url]https://youtu.be/PX990fnB6i8?t=19[/url]
Also, when a player is listed as having such and such vertical. It's probably their best vertical ever tested, and tested under the right conditions. You can't expect it to hit it every dunk during a game.
I forgot about this dunk, he's like sideways. [url]https://youtu.be/RUInu7kVFbw?t=159[/url]
vertical from a standstill is pointless in the nba, most of the dunks are from a running start.
So MJ is in the 46-48 range which is not surprising, he was a real life skywalker