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NBA-dunk or no dunk

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  1. xxACES UPxx xxACES UPxx is offline

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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 1:44am)

    I am referring to when the player goes up in the air and instead of dunking it he throws it into the hoop overhand as hard as he can from 3 feet away.

    Two dunks specifically come to mind:
    a) The Dwight Howard slam dunk contest when he flat out messed up and just threw it in and got standing ovation and 10s from judges I think.
    b) Blake Griffin this year that the talking heads consider one of the best dunks of the year. What inspired this thread was I was just watching a dunk countdown for this year on ESPN and #1 was this dunk.

    To me a dunk means hand on iron and these bullshit dunks are just overhand layups

    I say no dunk.
  2. JayAces JayAces is offline

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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 1:46am) in reply to xxACES UPxx

    By definition:

    A slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim

    Key word is 'above' Hand does not have to touch rim, as long as hands are above rim and moving downward
    Edited By: JayAces Jun 9th, 2011 at 01:46 AM
  3. kellykip kellykip is online now The Chosen One

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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 2:07am) in reply to JayAces

    I wouldn't call them dunks. I'll go along with overhand power layup.
  4. Autolobotomist Autolobotomist is offline playing air is my style? so what

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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 2:15am) in reply to kellykip

    Agrii. Someone posted a video here a few weeks ago that was something like "100 best dunks of the season" and I watched it thinking, "half of those aren't dunks".
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 2:39am) in reply to Autolobotomist

    I would argue that it's more of a dunk if the ball leaves your hand going downward and your hand never touches iron. The tips of your fingers have to be at damn near 12' to do that.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 2:57am) in reply to El Burro

    It just doesnt feel like a legit dunk to me. What makes it worse is I think a lot of the time they are intending to get rim and for whatever reason don't get there.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 3:04am) in reply to xxACES UPxx

    def dunks
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 3:09am) in reply to rocksolid124

    I feel like they are even better than the dunks where they actually grab the rim because those are even harder to make.
     
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 3:14am) in reply to mdshack14

     
    Originally Posted by mdshack14 View Post

    I feel like they are even better than the dunks where they actually grab the rim because those are even harder to make.

    This might be true in some cases, but even in those cases, it doesn't make them dunks.

    I'd like to get darkpoker12's opinion on this - he is an athlete, you know.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 3:16am) in reply to El Burro

     
    Originally Posted by El Burro View Post

    I would argue that it's more of a dunk if the ball leaves your hand going downward and your hand never touches iron. The tips of your fingers have to be at damn near 12' to do that.


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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 3:59am) in reply to Lord Supremo

    I've always felt like it's a stretch to call that a dunk.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 4:10am) in reply to Purple Jesus

    dunk imo
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 5:20am) in reply to warden

     
    Originally Posted by warden View Post

    dunk imo

    dpottz is always right

    and even if you don't want to call them "dunks" they're much more impressive than a dunk anyway so irrel.
    Edited By: SCTrojans Jun 9th, 2011 at 05:28 AM
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 5:25am) in reply to SCTrojans

    Not a dunk.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 5:30am) in reply to slinger 4

    To me, the Blake dunk is more legit than the Howard dunk because he was kind of impeded in his progress when his balls went down Timofay's throat.
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 6:22am) in reply to SICKTIGHT311

    can be as impressive and sometimes more so, but not a dunk. imo a dunk is when u take the ball and dont let go of it until u have placed it thru the hoop resulting in ur hands ending up on the rim after releasing the ball.
     
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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 6:27am) in reply to AmSlim22

    A worthy disciple must surpass his master.

     
  18. Cmoney3 Cmoney3 is offline

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    Jun 9th, 2011 (6/9/2011 6:33am) in reply to Marsall1121

    the 2 pt baskets when they throw it down through the hoop is def a dunk and more impressive than regular dunks
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