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  1. #106
    Future NBA G.O.A.T inclinerator's Avatar
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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by Orlando Magic
    no.

    nice edit

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    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.

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    Very good NBA starter Orlando Magic's Avatar
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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by inclinerator
    no.

    nice edit
    Well, I don't think that was his peak vertical either. Kids usually jump highest when younger.

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    those olympic high jumpers, wonder if they can


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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    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.

  6. #111
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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by Orlando Magic
    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.

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by ErhnamDjinn
    Didint earl manigault do such feats? Im sure Yao can do it or any high flying 7 ftr.
    3 pages to get a Goat reference. Said state of affairs at ISH in 2006, but not as sad as present day!

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Bill Russell claimed he could grab a quarter off the top of the backboard LOL.

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by D-FENS
    3 pages to get a Goat reference. Said state of affairs at ISH in 2006, but not as sad as present day!
    But it's a playground legend.

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    Default Re: Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

    Quote Originally Posted by 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.
    James White has tried and never done it. Read about it here.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...a-jumping-myth

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