Kobe's place in dunk history?

[TheMarkMadsen]

most underrated dunker on ish bar none, top 8 all time, much like his overall goat ranking

probably because they don't know about that 96-04 dunk life that Kobe was all about

[MP.Trey]

Look at that glide.

[AnaheimLakers24]

someone post the nash poster

[Kblaze8855]

Kobe is a dunker along the lines of Pippen or Drexler with more variety than Pippen but less hops than Drexler. Hes nothing I need to see on a breakaway. Hes good in traffic. Hes a great dunker far as a poster.

Far better than the likes of Jrich who put him to shame in a contest.

Hes not up there with the Vinces, Kemps, Blakes and so on as an in game dunker that makes you jump up and call people to see if they saw it.

Hes a couple levels below that. Maybe just one. In game I mean. Attacking the basket.

[JUDGE WITNESS]

someone post the nash poster

[Black and White]

[TheMarkMadsen]

Kobe's windmill's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Crafty]

As one of the most underrated

[Poetry]

Great dunker (top 15 all time) for a player without elite ups.

He always had good extension though and could jump well enough to make it look pretty. His strengths were always variety, body movement and especially flair and swagger. When he first came into the league, he was reckless and he didn't seem to respect anyone but MJ; that arrogance and confidence only added to the dunks.

[ImKobe]

While he doesn't have the hops that MJ,Vince,Nique do, he makes well up for it with his style.



Still got it in his 30s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN7S5nonRFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcZ5lBmGg_o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzGolkfK2Ak

[Wade3]

Kobe's windmill's >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Kobe and VC are the GOAT Windmill dunkers

Kobe is in my Top 5 dunkers ever when it comes to in-game

[moe94]

Kobe and VC are the GOAT Windmill dunkers

Kobe is in my Top 5 dunkers ever when it comes to in-game

J-Rich
Gerald Green
Iggy
Desmond Mason
Wilkins


Those are definitely better windmill dunkers and the list can swell if we really think about it.

[Jameerthefear]

That dunk on Chris Paul is underrated.

[mang]

I always thought this was Kobe's most underrated dunk.. Or at least the one that never gets talked about. Absolutely disgusting. (1:40 mark)

http://youtu.be/Hw-K7OxZIsw?t=1m40s

Actually the entire 04-05 season, he had some monster dunks. Nobody talks about them except the one he had on Dwight, probably because the Lakers sucked that year.

[Rake2204]

I have a hard time of knowing where to rank Kobe amongst the best dunkers of all-time. I've watched him dunk his whole career and he has a wonderful resume in terms of variety and execution, but he never struck me as revolutionary. I completely understand how fans of his would get very amped and hyped for any cool dunk he completed, but as someone with no real tie to Bryant, I struggle to recall dunk moments of his that made me jump out of my seat.

Thinking back, I honestly believe his between-the-legs in '97 may have been my best Bryant dunking moment. At the time I thought it was incredible to see because he was the first non-Woolridge person to pull that jam off since J.R. Rider three years earlier... and Kobe did it out of nowhere.

Otherwise, I just have a tough time explaining what it was about Kobe's dunking that made me say, "Whew, that was very impressive and great" instead of "Holy lord that was sick!" I wonder if he was too smooth or sterile, but he had some nasty jams too. I really just can't put my finger on as to why his dunks didn't make me feel more, like a Vince Carter, Jason Richardson, Desmond Mason, Blake Griffin, or Dominique Wilkins would.