Top 3 favorite dunkers

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Troy Williams has to be somewhere on the IU list.

 

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or this....

 

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Can't forget about this one :)

 

 

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18 minutes ago, Woodson1980 said:

 How any list of all time IU dunkers can omit Ray Tolbert is beyond my comprehension!

 You young fellas need to watch some  some pre 2000 film.

I think so too.

One thing some younger fans might no know is that dunking was prohibited in college/HS for a while (from 1967-1976 in CBB).  

I remember occasions when HS teams got technical fouls before a game even tipped off because a player dunked in warm-ups.

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honorable mention...

 

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5 minutes ago, pumpfake said:

I think so too.

One thing some younger fans might no know is that dunking was prohibited in college/HS for a while (from 1967-1976 in CBB).  

I remember occasions when HS teams got technical fouls before a game even tipped off because a player dunked in warm-ups.

I'm pretty sure dunking in warm ups wasnt allowed until recently. Even in college. At least when the refs were on the court. 

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I can not believe that I went through 3 pages and not one single mention of Dr. J. He was the first and maybe the best to bring style to dunking... and I thought us IU fans were supposed to have high basketball IQ. SMH

 

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12 minutes ago, WI Hoosier said:

I can not believe that I went through 3 pages and not one single mention of Dr. J. He was the first and maybe the best to bring style to dunking... and I thought us IU fans were supposed to have high basketball IQ. SMH

 

Erving - Dr J - the Claw was one of my favorites as a kid, but we’re talking 1970’s-80s, it’s just time, I mean that was like 40-plus years ago! Crazy how time flies, as a kid I used to run around the court with the ABA red white and blue ball pretending to be Dr J.

But in fairness dunking has developed with the game over decades, there are all kinds of amazing dunkers now, and I’ve yet to see anyone who, for me, tops “half man half amazing” Vince Carter. His explosion to the rim was just out of this world. 

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23 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Erving - Dr J - the Claw was one of my favorites as a kid, but we’re talking 1970’s-80s, it’s just time, I mean that was like 40-plus years ago! Crazy how time flies, as a kid I used to run around the court with the ABA red white and blue ball pretending to be Dr J.

But in fairness dunking has developed with the game over decades, there are all kinds of amazing dunkers now, and I’ve yet to see anyone who, for me, tops “half man half amazing” Vince Carter. His explosion to the rim was just out of this world. 

Another pretty old-school dunker was David Thompson.  He had a "cradle the baby" dunk that was revolutionary at the time where he put the ball in the crook of his arm and got above the rim then dunked it out of his bend arm with the other hand.

 

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1 hour ago, WI Hoosier said:

I can not believe that I went through 3 pages and not one single mention of Dr. J. He was the first and maybe the best to bring style to dunking... and I thought us IU fans were supposed to have high basketball IQ. SMH

 

I had Dr J on my list

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Dr.J
Kemp
Jordan

Vic
Andre Harris ( watched him take off 2 feet behind the free throw line at camp.)


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David Thompson

Darrell Griffith

Sam Drummer

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On 4/2/2021 at 12:08 PM, IU Scott said:

I had Dr J on my list

Yep... totally missed that.

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Russell Westbrook

Prime Derrick Rose

Ja Morant

Arguably the 3 best dunking point guards ever. 

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VO

Troy

TJD

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Daryl Dawkins

Vince Carter

Dominique Wilkins

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I know a lot of people don't like DRose because of Memphis or whatever. But he was super fun to watch before the injuries hit him. It was just crazy how his body moved and twisted, his footwork, speed and explosiveness. His dunk on Goran Dragic....