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    Quote Originally Posted by DatZNasty
    What does that change? 13'6-8'8 still = 58 inches
    running start combined with one foot jump jackass

    not two feet from a dead stand still

    makes a huge difference

    Do you think Carl Lewis would have been able to long jump anywhere near 28 or whatever feet from a standing broad jump

    Get a clue

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    Quote Originally Posted by AI09
    I Have Seen Vince Carter Take A Dollor In Qaurters Off The Top Of The Backboard N Replace It With A Dollor Bill.
    Where Did You See This Amazing Feat?

    Quote Originally Posted by JtotheIzzo
    running start combined with one foot jump jackass

    not two feet from a dead stand still

    makes a huge difference

    Do you think Carl Lewis would have been able to long jump anywhere near 28 or whatever feet from a standing broad jump

    Get a clue
    All he's saying is that it doesn't matter how you jump, if your standing reach is 8'8" then you'd have to get your hand 58" higher in the air to touch the top. Here on planet Earth jumping 58" up in the air borderlines on impossible. For example, in the Ball Is Life trailer for their new DVD you can see James White get his head about 4 or 5" above the rim which is considered pretty unbelievable no matter who you are. He got a running start and jumped off one foot and that's still only about 47" off the ground. Now imagine someone jumping 58"...nearly a foot more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JtotheIzzo
    running start combined with one foot jump jackass

    not two feet from a dead stand still

    makes a huge difference

    Do you think Carl Lewis would have been able to long jump anywhere near 28 or whatever feet from a standing broad jump

    Get a clue
    You should get a clue. Point is no matter how you jump, that's still damn high and not something lots of guys can do as you put it. I was thinking the backboard was 4ft tall, but like Clutch said even if it's 42 inches then 13ft - 8'8= 52 inches. Yea, I'm sure lots of guys can do that

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    I've seen Shaq do it, with his head after the backboard came down on him.

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    The NBA tested Mcdyess at 47 inches with his one step vertical. At 6'9'' or 6'10'' if he has long arms and say he got 50 inches on the run on the highest leap of his life...

    What would his reach need to be?

    And I still say Larry Nance should be able. Guy jumped damn near like James White but did it at 6'10'' with like a 7'4'' or better wingspan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DatZNasty
    You should get a clue. Point is no matter how you jump, that's still damn high and not something lots of guys can do as you put it. I was thinking the backboard was 4ft tall, but like Clutch said even if it's 42 inches then 13ft - 8'8= 52 inches. Yea, I'm sure lots of guys can do that
    roll your eyes, that's it roll them

    sorry if I said 'lots' and you assumed it to be 'a lot'

    it has been done, people can do it

    that was my point

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    Video would be helpful, why doesnt anyone record these things?

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    Id like to see that 12 foot dunk done next to a normal rim just to see how high he looked next to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kblaze8855


    Id like to see that 12 foot dunk done next to a normal rim just to see how high he looked next to it.
    He so doesnt count. He dunked from the top of the FT circle.

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    I remember Wild Thing Wilson. Wasn't he reported to have a 51" vertical?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kblaze8855
    The NBA tested Mcdyess at 47 inches with his one step vertical. At 6'9'' or 6'10'' if he has long arms and say he got 50 inches on the run on the highest leap of his life...

    What would his reach need to be?

    And I still say Larry Nance should be able. Guy jumped damn near like James White but did it at 6'10'' with like a 7'4'' or better wingspan.

    McDyess was a two foot jumper. His numbers wouldn't change too much

    One foot jumpers on the other had would see drastic increases in their jumping with a running start

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    How come Keon Clark, Hakim Warrick, David "Skywalker" Thompson, and Rudy Gay have no Honorable Mentions. All have legit measurements of 41+ verticals, and on a good day with adrenaline, well stretched legs etc., 4+ inches is quite possible.

    Interesting subject, guys.


    Tony Jaa (ONg-Bak) is said to have a 2 meter vertical.. if so 5'6" + 2" for a reach + 6" vertical should be able to reach the backboard. I call BS on the 2 meter vertical tho.

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    I heard Dice had like a 4ft max vertical, but I never seen him appear to be that high really. Either way, he's 6'9 so his standing reach is probably 8'10-9ft (I'm looking at the 05 predraft measurements for comparison right now BTW). For comparison of guys the same height, Charlie Villunueva has a 9'1 reach, Turiaf has an 8'11. 13ft-9ft= 48 inches obviously, so maybe in his prime he could do it.

    I still find it hard to believe so many people can do it because besides the obvious lack of proof anywhere, it's such a big feat that IMO if anyone could they'd be in Nike or Powerade commercials doing it. Even if they suck, they would find a way somehow to get their showoff on.

    Saer Sene, the center for the Sonics from last draft has a 9'5 standing reach (7'8 wingspan) and seems pretty athletic. He would "only" need 43 to get it done. Patrick O'Bryant for the Warriors has a 9'5 reach as well.

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    The backboard shall be a rectangle measuring 6' horizontally and 3 1 /2' vertically. The front surface shall be flat and transparent.
    found this quote from a rules website

    http://sportsbookmagazine.com/manage...sp?c=330&a=238

    3.5 feet of vertical backboard, with approximately 6" of backboard below the rim.

    Someone would have to be able to jump 3' above the rim

    hardly impossible

    7'5" and up can touch the rim flat footed or tippy toed. So if Yao can get up three feet, he can do it.

    Take someone with sick athleticism, and long arms and it is hardly impossible

    Kapeesh?
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    Thompson had a legit 42-44 inch standing vertical but he was like 6'4''. THe Warrick types have a better chance.

    And Ralph Sampson should be mentioned again. a 34 inch standing vert at 7'4''.....he had to be way up....

    Wilt too.


    Wilt is not a one-sport man, either. At Overbrook High School in Philly, he high jumped 6 feet, 6 inches, ran the 440 in 49.0 seconds and the 880 in 1:58.3, put the shot 53 feet, 4 inches, broad jumped 22 feet. Bill Easton, Jayhawks track boss, predicts Wilt will reach 7 feet in the high jump if he concentrates on it.

    "He easily has greater possibilities than any player we ever had here," says Allen, who is in his 39th season at Kansas. "He has coordination, can run and can jump. He can do everything.
    And that was before the modern style of high jumping. They went over the bar to the side not backwards. Just kinda kicked/flopped over.

    Cant find it right now but there is a world fair contest winning picture of wilt wasit level during a practice high jump on a 7 foot bar.

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