Michael Jordan reveals his most memorable dunk
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the first vince carter one is just nasty. NASTY.
CreepingFear
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Most painful lose for me as a Bulls fan. Bulls would have put a better fight against the Rockets in the finals. Instead we got to see John Starks put on a brick show.
Skiptastic
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Best Pippen dunk was on Ewing as well.
Greatest dunk of all time. No contest.
TheLaughingStock
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Vince Carter was the greatest professional dunker.
captmcblack
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Nope.
Best dunk ever is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8
This dunk was so good, it was listed under the definition of "basketball" in the Encarta encyclopedia from 1996 - 2000 (later surpassed by Vince Carter's life-ending dunk on Frederic Weis).
The only person who disagrees is well...Jordan.
I gotta say though - the modern era dunks from Deandre Jordan and Lebron James on Brandon Knight and Jason Terry are just as ridiculous too.
Best dunk ever is this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8
This dunk was so good, it was listed under the definition of "basketball" in the Encarta encyclopedia from 1996 - 2000 (later surpassed by Vince Carter's life-ending dunk on Frederic Weis).
The only person who disagrees is well...Jordan.
I gotta say though - the modern era dunks from Deandre Jordan and Lebron James on Brandon Knight and Jason Terry are just as ridiculous too.
The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
Damn, he made it rain on those fools! Three opponents at once learned they playing some real ball that day.
johnny_park
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entremet
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Saw that dunk live on TV. It was ferocious. Too bad Starks was so streaky.
spindashing
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This is beautiful.
XiaNaphryz
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I remember that series - the Knicks were up 2-0 before imploding and losing 4 straight. But at least you got that one dunk to remember!
It is. I was a huge NBA fan in the 90's and loved both the Bulls and the Knicks. I loved when they met in the playoffs, and didn't know who to cheer for. I just wish the Knicks would have won the championship once. They just couldn't finish when they made the finals.
For the record, I hated the Pacers and Reggie Miller!
Big Baybee
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Had to get more oldies in this thread.
That Nosferatu looking motherfucker.
For almost twenty years (80s and 90s) NBA was the best league on Earth. Great rivalries, even greater players, everything was on such a high level.
Gully State
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"Le dunk de la mort" literally killed the career of Frederic Weis.
The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNVWoHLejE
The music in the clip is great
Holy shit. None of the glass touches him but it hits like the entire other team.
CreepingFear
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You can't like both the 90's Bulls and the Knicks at the same time, you just can't. You had to be on one side or the other. I loved when Reggie scored like 8 points on the Knicks in 10 seconds or whatever it was. That was brilliant.
The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNVWoHLejE
The music in the clip is great
dat music.
Man, I remember that game. So awesome.
The Patrick Ewing dunk was so awesome too. Jordan was unstoppable.
brotherbean
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Best Pippen dunk was on Ewing as well.
I love listening to Pippen describe it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D9Zf6uMdDk
The best part of the whole thing though was him ripping into Spike Lee afterward. So good.
Glad someone posted this. This is my favorite in game dunk, just so fluid.
Had to get more oldies in this thread.
Pagusas
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Had to get more oldies in this thread.
How is that not traveling?
entremet
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Superstars rarely get called for traveling.
Beardz
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Two steps.
Duane Cunningham
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The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNVWoHLejE
The music in the clip is great
Shit! Did those guys get broken glass in their eyes??
XiaNaphryz
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There's a handful of teams today that would fit right in with late 80s/early 90s style of play, like the current Warriors.
Pagusas
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I count three.
XiaNaphryz
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The very first step he was likely still in the process of recovering his dribble, the way the gif was cut you don't really see it. I'm guessing if you back up a few seconds you'd likely see the ball coming back up as he took that first step of three you're thinking of.
Dark Octave
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The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNVWoHLejE
The music in the clip is great
He made it rain on them fools.
This was a much better dunk than the one Jordan is constantly reliving.
XiaNaphryz
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The quality of the opposition likely is the difference. Breaking the glass over some random scrubs in Italy where the court obviously had inferior equipment likely doesn't stick in his mind.
dark_prinny
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The context is better in the other dunks but this one is my favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caNVWoHLejE
The music in the clip is great
Awesome. The music is from Crocodile Dundee soundtrack.
Beardz
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Back in the day (oldmanyellingatcloud.bmp) they were 2 or 3 "super stars" in every team. I think the spectacle as a whole was better.
The Mana Legend
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Shoulda been one of the greatest, turned out to be one of the laziest.
Twenty7KVN
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I like this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nb7qea2hRo
Buckethead
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God damn, do I miss early 90s basketball.
If refs called traveling on that dunk I would go back in time just to slap him.
JetBlackPanda
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Some great dunks in here.. here is my contribution. Growing up a Sun this was a highlight of my childhood.
KJ dunks on Hakeem
KJ dunks on Hakeem
Bobby Roberts
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It's what happens when all anyone celebrates you for is dunking and dunk contests.
captmcblack
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Most disrespectful dunk of all time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSBqO9E5BU
He laid him out, and then pointed at him.
And back then, you didn't get T'd up for that. SOOOOOOOOOO good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMSBqO9E5BU
He laid him out, and then pointed at him.
And back then, you didn't get T'd up for that. SOOOOOOOOOO good.
Had to get more oldies in this thread.
...Dr. J is the father of Slam Hands down.
(I never noticed that in only two steps he covers enough ground starting behind the 3-pt line and is still able to dunk...Nasty!)
Bobby Roberts
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He made highlight reels and intro packages with that dunk for like, the next 5 years.
Its a recovering dribble and two long strides. That's perfectly legal.
got dam
I remember that...saw it live.
Was a huge Sun's fan as a kid. Was heartbroken when they lost to the Bulls in 93.
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