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Formerly luigi>mario
Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Also better than
Rudy Fernandez
Morris Almond
Dwight Howard
JR Smith
Amare Stoudemire
Blake Griffin
Michael Beasley
Deron Williams
Andre Iguodala
Greg Oden
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
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veteran savvy
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Luigi
Dwight Howard
JR Smith
Amare Stoudemire
Andre Iguodala
awesome. shaq got up there but I wouldnt have thought that he got up higher than the guys posted above. Do you have a link? these are draft measurements right?
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
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Formerly luigi>mario
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Jinxed
Yup. That's the source I used. Pretty revealing.
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Luigi
Also better than
Rudy Fernandez
Morris Almond
Dwight Howard
JR Smith
Amare Stoudemire
Blake Griffin
Michael Beasley
Deron Williams
Andre Iguodala
Greg Oden
all of these proffesional basketball players, some of them known for being great dunkers (iggy, rudy fernandez, jr smith) have a 36 inch vert or less, but when a thread was posted asking posters what their verts i couldn't count the people who said 35-40.
and max verts allow running starts, correct?
loool
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Formerly luigi>mario
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Zak
all of these proffesional basketball players, some of them known for being great dunkers (iggy, rudy fernandez, jr smith) have a 36 inch vert or less, but when a thread was posted asking posters what their verts i couldn't count the people who said 35-40.
and max verts allow running starts, correct?
loool
Isn't it the best.
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"Go Big or Go Home"
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Shaq's a beast.
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Super Handsome
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GiveItToBurrito
Fan in the Stands (unregistered)
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Zak
all of these proffesional basketball players, some of them known for being great dunkers (iggy, rudy fernandez, jr smith) have a 36 inch vert or less, but when a thread was posted asking posters what their verts i couldn't count the people who said 35-40.
and max verts allow running starts, correct?
loool
That thread was hilarious. So much so that I even bookmarked it: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26961 Really, I just like the idea of imagining all of these people going through the process of measuring it; it just reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite and the guy throwing the steak for some reason.
Anyways, yeah, Shaq's vert is impressive, and it's crazy how high up he could get the ball. Honestly, I have a hard time believing that he got up higher than some of these guys, especially since he was known strictly as a power dunker when he came in the league, but I guess the numbers don't lie.
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by GiveItToBurrito
That thread was hilarious. So much so that I even bookmarked it: http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=26961 Really, I just like the idea of imagining all of these people going through the process of measuring it; it just reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite and the guy throwing the steak for some reason.
Anyways, yeah, Shaq's vert is impressive, and it's crazy how high up he could get the ball. Honestly, I have a hard time believing that he got up higher than some of these guys, especially since he was known strictly as a power dunker when he came in the league, but I guess the numbers don't lie.
Max vert does not tell the whole story. Obviously a guy of shaq's size plays as many minutes as him would not want to jump as high as they can everytime, it would drain their stamina too quickly. Whereas a a bench player like JR smith who is the size of an average shooting guard can afford to jump as high as they possibly can everytime.
You also have to consider how quickly they get off the ground, which is a big part of what allows certain players to play above the rim as someone already mentioned before.
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
I was surprised Dwight howard ONLY had a 35" Vertical. U watch him in games and on those 12 foot rims and if U didn't know it U would think he had a 40" vert at 6"10.
Vince Carter had a 43" Vert at 6"7 sick.. Derrick Rose with a 40" also impressive.
Doesn't List Lebron but at 6"8 U would have to think he has a 37 or 38 inch Vert at least.
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Not surprised. Shaq is the biggest freak of nature this league has ever seen. Lebron close second.
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by Kingwillball
I was surprised Dwight howard ONLY had a 35" Vertical. U watch him in games and on those 12 foot rims and if U didn't know it U would think he had a 40" vert at 6"10.
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Well Dwight's standing reach is 9'3.5" and he showed in the 2007 dunk contest that he can touch as high as 12'6". That means that Howard's max vert is atleast 38.5". More likely he can touch a bit higher since he also had to concentrate on putting the sticker up while dunking the ball. Dwight's vertical very well could be 40".
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Re: Rookie Shaq had a Better Max Vert than Dwayne Wade
Originally Posted by gencbiba
dwight is 6'10 at best... shaq was 7'1
Shaq also already weighed 303 lbs. at the pre-draft camp. He was still an athletic freak in his prime at 340. Hell during, the last year of the 3peat he was still probably the most athletic center and he weighed over 380.
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