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Not airballing my layups anymore
Top of the Backboard
Anybody think that there is anybody that can touch the top of the backboard? Just for the record, how high is the top of the backboard?
Here are some candidates: (Thanks to The Answer for finding all of these videos)
Larry Nance (about 1:32 into the video)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeO7oOmk0gI
"Wild Thing Wilson"
Dunks on a 12ft rim!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI
Dwight Howard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4
Lebron James
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve5lSjtmE4Q
Thanks again to The Answer for digging these up.
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Local High School Star
Re: Top of the Backboard
Thanks, but I didn't find any of those videos. I created the same thread a while back and all of them were provided by others in it. Here's a link to the my thread.
http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23139
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Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by The Answer
Really. . .? Okay thanks, I'm gonna go check that out!
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Re: Top of the Backboard
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Shazam!
Re: Top of the Backboard
tyson chandler and josh smith and kirilenko.
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High School Varsity 6th Man
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by pete's montreux
Nate Manigault could.
*Earl
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Local High School Star
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by pete's montreux
Nate Manigault could.
That's just a street legend. There's no real proof he could. Yeah, it is Earl BTW.
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Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by raiderfan19
tyson chandler and josh smith and kirilenko.
Originally Posted by pete's montreux
Nate Manigault could.
That would be amazing. . .
Do you all have any video/picture links of these guys?
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Shazam!
Re: Top of the Backboard
chandler is 7'2 and has a 42 inch vert. josh is 6-10 and has a 40+vert. kirilenko is just a story i remember about him and deshawn stevenson both trying.
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Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by pete's montreux
Nate Manigault could.
Was that Earl's cousin?
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Local High School Star
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by Chairman_Yao
That would be amazing. . .
Do you all have any video/picture links of these guys?
No, there is no photographic evidence. If someone could, I'm sure there'd be some.
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Not airballing my layups anymore
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by The Answer
No, there is no photographic evidence. If someone could, I'm sure there'd be some.
I should hope so.
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Very good NBA starter
Re: Top of the Backboard
In one of Kareem's books I read somewhere that he had a bet going on with someone and they placed a 100 dollar bill on top of the backboard to see if Kareem can grab the money. And he could.
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Local High School Star
Re: Top of the Backboard
Originally Posted by raiderfan19
chandler is 7'2 and has a 42 inch vert. josh is 6-10 and has a 40+vert. kirilenko is just a story i remember about him and deshawn stevenson both trying.
How high do you think Chandler's standing reach is? The top of the backboard is 13 feet. In order to touch the top of the backboard with a 42 inch vert his standing reach would have to be 9-6, which he may very well have. Where'd you here his vertical was 42? That would have to be running vertical, right? It couldn't really be that high, could it?
Does anyone know Smith's standing reach and exact vertical?
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Local High School Star
Re: Top of the Backboard
Dwight Howard deserves mention in this thread. At 6'11" with a monster vertical, he seems to be the most likely candidate
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