Poll - Has Harper41 ever dunked a basketball?
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Haleyville had a great mini-trampoline during the day.
I voted no but I might be underestimating Harper. How tall is he?
BTW, humble brag, I was 5'8 and in the 8th grade when I first dunked a basketball. During practice I grabbed an offensive reb, came down with it and went back up. I got it blocked but my coach pulled me over and asked why I didn't just dunk in back in there. He recorded all out practices so he was able to show me where both hands were over the rim and I could have slammed it back in instead of coming down with it. I had been able to dunk a volleyball before but from that day on I was trying to dunk every chance I got.
BTW, humble brag, I was 5'8 and in the 8th grade when I first dunked a basketball. During practice I grabbed an offensive reb, came down with it and went back up. I got it blocked but my coach pulled me over and asked why I didn't just dunk in back in there. He recorded all out practices so he was able to show me where both hands were over the rim and I could have slammed it back in instead of coming down with it. I had been able to dunk a volleyball before but from that day on I was trying to dunk every chance I got.
Impressive, but I think I got you my man. 5”11 and white dunking in 10th grade. Could not shoot a lick, but I could sky!!
ROLL TIDE!!!!
I am 6’2 and have only dunked a volleyball. Change the poll to dunked so I can vote yes. I just could never grip a basketball lol.
While I was at Moody AFB, I was stationed with an airman I use to call Jon B because he looked like the white R&B singer, but he dunked once in our game against the Med Group and the whole place went crazy.
Yep warmups, music playing, smell of popcorn, crowds and you felt like you could grab a dollar off the back of the rim and make change
I'm just the opposite with the grip. Although I don't have large hands, my fingers are long and can spread pretty wide, which allows me to palm the ball with ease. I could finger roll the ball like George Girvin. I could dunk at at 5'9" with one hand. When I reached 5'11" I could dunk with both hands.
Fast break layup I always remember thinking “I was pretty damn close to the rim there” lol. I was likely never close
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Actually I was discussing Harper, and why anyone would post about him being able to dunk!
I'm 5'9" with Genetic Defects that prevent my dunking; however, when my son was four I purchased him a PlaySkool basketball and plastic goal. He could spend all day dunking the ball and believing he was 6'7".
A few years ago, when I was doing the scoring for the High School basketball team, one of the kids that thought he was a good three point shooter, decided to take me on. I was in my late 50's at the time and he was no match for me. The women's coach of a in city high school decided to try me from half court and she beat me. Shooting is something I could always do. Dunking is something I was never a threat to do.
A few years ago, when I was doing the scoring for the High School basketball team, one of the kids that thought he was a good three point shooter, decided to take me on. I was in my late 50's at the time and he was no match for me. The women's coach of a in city high school decided to try me from half court and she beat me. Shooting is something I could always do. Dunking is something I was never a threat to do.
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I always remember playing pickup at Tully Gym at FSU. This 5-6, female, blond came into the gym and kicked our tails shooting the ball from the perimeter. Come to find out afterwards that she was a grad student that had played for Univ. of Delaware. She took us all to school!
Just shows the gap from a good high school/pickup player to big time college. A U of Delaware lady smoked y’all and y’all probably weren’t bad.
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Could pick a Quarter off the top of backboard and leave change! RTR
NAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
NAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm 5-9 and remember getting called for goal tending when I played B-Team. Ref blew his whistle, #21 goal tending...
I said that's me, then got mad because he had called it on me.
I then realized, wait a minute I goal tended, puffed my chest out and started strutting around.
BTW, goal tending in 1965/66 was when you touched any part of the net when the ball had been shot.
I said that's me, then got mad because he had called it on me.
I then realized, wait a minute I goal tended, puffed my chest out and started strutting around.
BTW, goal tending in 1965/66 was when you touched any part of the net when the ball had been shot.
And we have a lawyer in the thread...
I bet Harper was fired up enough to dunk last night...
I did touch my 10 foot ceiling last night. And that was without stretching.
I'm 6'2" and could dunk on the run or flat footed. Had a 37" vertical. Im 59 now and have a 6" vertical. Getting old sucks.
When Huntsville High played Scottsboro back in 1965 or 1966, their entire team came out for warmups, not a one over 6’2” and to a man they all dunked on their first layup. Unbelievable. I was 6’3.5“ but could not jump nor did I have the hands to hold the basketball. Plus, I was a sorry basketball player and became the official scorekeeper
I have like a 10" vertical leap.
I've never tried dunking a basketball but I believe I'm among the best at dunking a donut.
Anybody here think they are man enough to challenge me?
I've never tried dunking a basketball but I believe I'm among the best at dunking a donut.
Anybody here think they are man enough to challenge me?
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