-StroShow's Daily Poster Thread 2012/13 (Playoffs Begin pg. 119!)-

[Sarcastic]

Gotta be Gibson on this one. The announcer even said "welcome Taj Gibson's poster. You've been posterized".

[StroShow4]

Originally Posted by iDunk

As for Gibson's dunk there was no contact at all, I mean it was nasty & strong but it was hardly difficult to pull off with him being so close for the takeoff & giving him the crown for last night's poster just cause he hung on the rim representing non-existent "swag" is just a shame.

You don't think a bad-ass rim hang of that magnitude should be taken into account at all? Durant didn't even touch the rim.

[StroShow4]

Things I like about Gibson's dunk:
-He went straight up off of his vertical.
-He cocked it back with the extension.
-He got hit in the face.
-He hung on the rim with one arm like a boss.


Things I like about Durant's dunk:
-Gortat is big.
-Lots of body contact/got fouled.
-Took off from the dotted line.

[CeltsGarlic]

Originally Posted by BuffaloBill

Ugly dunks >>>> pretty dunks


But my vote goes to Taj for the rim hang swag at the end, and the Stacey King trash talk. Dude said Gibson sent him a friend request on myface dot com

Im talking about other pretty and ugly. Youre confusing ugly with nasty.
Carter alley
This is pretty

Pretty > Ugly
Nasty > Pretty

[brandonislegend]

Gibson.

[iDunk]

Originally Posted by Sarcastic

Gotta be Gibson on this one. The announcer even said "welcome Taj Gibson's poster. You've been posterized".

That commentator jizzes his pants on like the least entertaining plays, he needs to be on meds.

[Suckafree]

Its Taj. That was nuts.

Anthony Tolliver always seems to be on the wrong end of some amazing posters

[DuMa]

DUrant

[Rockets(T-mac)]

In terms of difficulty of the poster, it's Taj, dunking on someone off the vert is really tough. The hesitation dribble was nice by durant, overall to me a more smooth move and finish. Off first glance I would've gone with Durant, but Taj had the more difficult and powerful poster, the rim was just the cherry on top.

[28renyoy]

Am I the only person not impressed by Gibson's posters? I didn't even think the Wade one a few years ago was good.

[Magic bird]

Originally Posted by 28renyoy

Am I the only person not impressed by Gibson's posters? I didn't even think the Wade one a few years ago was good.

Unimpressed by what aspect?

[28renyoy]

Originally Posted by Magic bird

Unimpressed by what aspect?

It's just not that great of a dunk. I would say that at least half the power forwards in the league can make that dunk and there was little to no contact. He just adjusted his arm to dunk, but it wasn't like he dunked ON someone. More like around someone. And if he didn't hammer it with his arm, it would have been an average dunk

[Magic bird]

Originally Posted by 28renyoy

It's just not that great of a dunk. I would say that at least half the power forwards in the league can make that dunk and there was little to no contact. He just adjusted his arm to dunk, but it wasn't like he dunked ON someone. More like around someone. And if he didn't hammer it with his arm, it would have been an average dunk

He did dunk AROUND Tolliver, but leaping entirely off his vertical, With a full arm extension before hanging with one hand made it unique and different to Durant's poster on Gortat who barely got up.

Gortat did'nt attempt to block Durant's dunk, he was just stuck in the wrong place at the wrong time. On the other hand Gibson took one step and exploded entirely off his vertical on Anthony Tolliver who jumped with him (Hence the arm extension) BUT while Tolliver was going down, Gibson was only reaching the apex of his dunk, Posterizing someone off your standing vertical is no easy feat.

[StroShow4]

There’s a laundry list of things I like about the dunk that Kevin Durant sent home over the top of Marcin Gortat last night. First of all, I like that Gortat is seven feet tall, 240 pounds. That’s a big damn Pole to be smashing on with such authority. In addition, I like that Durant took off from the dotted line, that he drew enough body contact to warrant a whistle, and that this dunk and the ensuing free throw accounted for his 39th, 40th, and 41st points of the game. That’s what I’d call one hell of an exclamation point!

Taj Gibson’s dunk on Anthony Tolliver, though… there’s a soccer mom’s grocery list of reasons why I like that.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XctJZ_ZAvI&sns=tw

The way he goes straight up off of his vertical. The pendulum-like motion of his hammer-bearing arm, and the way it drops with the force of mighty Thor. The helplessness of Anthony Tolliver, who so often seems to become caught up in these disastrous situations. The commentary of Stacey King, whose lamenting of Nate Robinson’s heat check so quickly turns to sheer jubilation. And of course, that rim hang. With only his sleeve-bearing arm, Taj swung like the king of the jungle. We are not worthy, your swagness!

Dunk rating on the Starbury Nastiness Scale



9/10

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGpgn1MToi8


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[StroShow4]

I thought long and hard about this one, but I had to go with Taj Gibson. That was just