Can anyone touch the top of the backboard?

[Kblaze8855]

You mean Gus Johnson from the 60s? Ive seen a bit on him. Some power dunks. He was one of the first of those "Dunk on you" types.

[ClutchCityReturns]

Mark Madsen?
http://www.markmadsen.com/bio.html

lol. not sure if you simply posted this as a joke or if you realized he was talking about someone else. Kevin Freeman.

[The Answer]

Does anybody think Manute Bol could do it. 7'7" with an 8'6" wingspan, would have guaranteed him getting close. I also think I remember reading about him smashing his teeth on the rim when he first tried to dunk.

[DatZNasty]

O LoL, I didn't read the whole thing. I just googled "touch the top of the backboard" and saw a Madsen link come up and the caption said like "he can touch the top of the backboard" and I was like GTFOH! He did have a really good dunk when he was a Buck though and came from like somewhat near ft line off 2 feet in traffic

[GOBB]

That's absolutely amazing. Who is this guy? Some Globetrotter I guess. It looks like hes got his entire hand over the rim. Why aren't there NBA players trying to break this guys record dunk?

Went to college and played on the same team as Lorenzon Wright. Even in school he did amazing, video game like dunks. Picked the right career to be a Globetrotter. His ups are sick.

12 feet dunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI

[The Answer]

Didint earl manigault do such feats? Im sure Yao can do it or any high flying 7 ftr.

Yao's anything but a high flyer.

[The Answer]

Went to college and played on the same team as Lorenzon Wright. Even in school he did amazing, video game like dunks. Picked the right career to be a Globetrotter. His ups are sick.

12 feet dunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI

Absolutely amazing, but how does a guy with so much athleticism not make it to the NBA, or did he have some short stint in the league?

[JtotheIzzo]

Went to college and played on the same team as Lorenzon Wright. Even in school he did amazing, video game like dunks. Picked the right career to be a Globetrotter. His ups are sick.

12 feet dunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNhE0eJe5KI

dude in that link is well up over twelve feet

[ClutchCityReturns]

Does anybody think Manute Bol could do it. 7'7" with an 8'6" wingspan, would have guaranteed him getting close. I also think I remember reading about him smashing his teeth on the rim when he first tried to dunk.

I figure Manute's standing reach was 10 feet or so, probably not much higher or else he would have dunked without jumping (he couldn't, could he?). Going by that he'd need a 37" vertical to touch the top of the backboard. For a guy of his body type, no way in hell.

[The Answer]

I figure Manute's standing reach was 10 feet or so, probably not much higher or else he would have dunked without jumping (he couldn't, could he?). Going by that he'd need a 37" vertical to touch the top of the backboard. For a guy of his body type, no way in hell.

If you google Manute Bol dunk flatfooted, a couple of sites claim his standing reach was 10"6'. If that truly was the case, he'd have easily been able to dunk flatfooted.

[ClutchCityReturns]

If you google Manute Bol dunk flatfooted, a couple of sites claim his standing reach was 10"6'. If that truly was the case, he'd have easily been able to dunk flatfooted.

Could be. He'd still need a 31" vert though and I imagine a guy like him can jump no higher than about 24" tops. It's just such an incredible feat. I mean look at the video of the guy dunking 12 feet. Yes, extremely impressive, but look how much freaking far from the top of the backboard he still is (hint: go by the first angle which is more straight on. the other two make him look way higher than he really is. notice the last angle shows his head even with 11 1/2 feet when on the first angle it was barely over 10. optical illusions!)

[DatZNasty]

I can't find that Marcus Haislip over Kenyon Martin dunk. Different topic, but he's good enough to be in the league.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4
This dunk by Howard at the end is just ridiculous

[The Answer]

Could be. He'd still need a 31" vert though and I imagine a guy like him can jump no higher than about 24" tops. It's just such an incredible feat. I mean look at the video of the guy dunking 12 feet. Yes, extremely impressive, but look how much freaking far from the top of the backboard he still is

Yeah, but that backboard has been raised up another 2 feet along with the rim.

[The Answer]

I can't find that Marcus Haislip over Kenyon Martin dunk. Different topic, but he's good enough to be in the league.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSjn9lBbJ4
This dunk by Howard at the end is just ridiculous

Absolutely phenomenal, but why doesn't he get up like that in games? You'd think he'd occasionally get opportunities on fast breaks and such.

[ClutchCityReturns]

Yeah, but that backboard has been raised up another 2 feet along with the rim.

d'oh!

@ me

i credit it to being up since last night. that and the fact that i'm so used to the standard height that i didn't even think about that. i guess what i should have said is that he still would have to get above the white square, which like i mentioned earlier is about 7 more inches. doesn't seem like as much as it is.