Same Dunk Comparison: Amare, Jordan, Kobe, Lebron

[3ball]

.
Compare the athleticism of Amare, Jordan, Kobe, and Lebron doing the same dunks - it's the Jordan lean-in dunk, in this case while dribbling with the right hand towards rim from the left side (very hard to do).

When Amare did it, many called it his greatest dunk:







Of course no one did it better than the originator of the "lean-in" dunk, Michael Jordan..












Here's the closest i could find of kobe doing it:






Nothing for Lebron - he's never done this dunk (the Jordan lean-in while dribbling with right hand toward rim from left side).
.

[waseem780]

Lebron usually dunks off one foot making it very hard to do that dunk , here's one close , dunking on damon jones , he jumped off two feet on that dunk

[3ball]

Lebron usually dunks off one foot making it very hard to do that dunk , here's one close , dunking on damon jones , he jumped off two feet on that dunk

It's easy to identify Lebron's most notable poster off two feet (as you did) because he has so few of them.

Unfortunately, that dunk is not the same as the ones specified in the OP, which are HARDER VERSIONS of the Jordan lean-in.

Lebron has never done the Jordan lean-in while dribbling with his right hand on the left side of the court (like the GIFs posted in OP) - this is the hardest way to do the Jordan lean-in, and Lebron's never done it.

[Fire Colangelo]

I don't get it, what's with your obsession with this "lean in" dunk?

What makes it so much hard/better than lets say... a windmill? Or a Tomahawk?

[JohnMax]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38lH9Ws84-4


from right side of the block and off one foot

[PistonsFan#21]

It's easy to identify Lebron's most notable poster off two feet (as you did) because he has so few of them.

Unfortunately, that dunk is not the same as the ones specified in the OP, which are HARDER VERSIONS of the Jordan lean-in.

Lebron has never done the Jordan lean-in while dribbling with his right hand on the left side of the court (like the GIFs posted in OP) - this is the hardest way to do the Jordan lean-in, and Lebron's never done it.

this guy

You forgot to mention that Jordan also did that dunk on a rainy sunday night after 6:00pm the week following thanksgiving

[Height Freak]

The 3 of them are very athletic, but to me are different dunks.

It's one thing to perform a dunk like that for a 6-5ish MJ who has bigger hands than a 6-5ish Kobe. And it's another thing to 6-9ish Amare, who has a higher standing reach and needs to jump less than MJ/KB to perform the same type of dunk.

All 3 dunks are special in a unique way though.

[Budadiiii]

this guy

You forgot to mention that Jordan also did that dunk on a rainy sunday night after 6:00pm the week following thanksgiving

You got a gif of that?

[PistonsFan#21]

You got a gif of that?

Of the rainy day or Michael's thanksgiving dinner?

[yarrak]

It's easy to identify Lebron's most notable poster off two feet (as you did) because he has so few of them.

Unfortunately, that dunk is not the same as the ones specified in the OP, which are HARDER VERSIONS of the Jordan lean-in.

Lebron has never done the Jordan lean-in while dribbling with his right hand on the left side of the court (like the GIFs posted in OP) - this is the hardest way to do the Jordan lean-in, and Lebron's never done it.

That's cuz when Lebron goes to the rim, they all get outta the way.

[Budadiiii]

Of the rainy day or Michael's thanksgiving dinner?

Preferably both.

Need to mimic my dinner game after Jordan.

[Kblaze8855]

This is becoming concerning....

[Crose]

amare is a very underrated dunker. robbed in the dunk contest

[sdot_thadon]

this guy

You forgot to mention that Jordan also did that dunk on a rainy sunday night after 6:00pm the week following thanksgiving

You forgot to mention he did in flip flops with a backpack on too....

[SugarHill]

this guy

You forgot to mention that Jordan also did that dunk on a rainy sunday night after 6:00pm the week following thanksgiving