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SteelBlue · 08-24-2007, 02:52 AM

And can you still do so? Have you ever done it in a game situation?

As for me:

No, No and No. It is one of the great shames in my life that at 6'2" I could do no more than grab the rim. Meanwhile guys like bluegoose can dunk at 5'10". I was reading an article about a guy who has a booming business training 30 somethings to dunk. They pay him $5,000 and he guarantees it within a few months.

il Padrino Ute · 08-24-2007, 03:41 AM

Yes, no and yes.

I was blessed with a nice vertical leap. I never had it measured, but I could dunk with rather ease. I just don't have large enough hands to palm the ball for one handed dunks.

I dunked in a high school gym class pick up games a few times and did the same in pick up games in college until my knees no longer allowed it to happen.

RockyBalboa · 08-24-2007, 03:48 AM

#1 Yes many times

#2 No...lol..I'm not sure if I can touch the rim now.

#3 only once.

UteStar · 08-24-2007, 04:47 AM

I was a high school point guard, all 5'10" of me. I could dunk a tennis ball. I have not tried recently, but I would be impressed if I could touch just the net.

Detroitdad · 08-24-2007, 05:00 AM

Yes, yeas, and yes (barely). But I am a cheater because I am tall, it's expected.

TheSizzle36 · 08-24-2007, 05:08 AM

Yes.

No. I did grab rim tonight.

Yes. A few times. None in any real important games though.

BigFatMeanie · 08-24-2007, 05:14 AM

No, no, and no. I'm 6' 1" and I've never touched the rim. I share your shame.

MikeWaters · 08-24-2007, 05:16 AM

I could grab the rim as a freshman in high school.

Two footed jumper and small hands doomed me.

At my best I could one-step grab the rim. I also have gotten injured which prevented me from really giving it a go (knee tendonitis, sprained ankles).

I can grab the rim now, but don't have the hops I used to.

Clark Addison · 08-24-2007, 03:03 PM

Not even close.

5'9" and poor jumping skills.

Archaea · 08-24-2007, 03:12 PM

No, no and no.

I was lucky to touch the rim and I could do so up until I was forty. After than I lost explosion, if you can call a white man jumping explosion, now I'm relatively short with no jumping skills.

Or were you referring to an eight foot basket? If so, then yes, yes and yes.

08-24-2007, 03:12 PM	#10
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	No, no and no. I was lucky to touch the rim and I could do so up until I was forty. After than I lost explosion, if you can call a white man jumping explosion, now I'm relatively short with no jumping skills. Or were you referring to an eight foot basket? If so, then yes, yes and yes. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

08-24-2007, 02:52 AM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Have you ever dunked a basketball? And can you still do so? Have you ever done it in a game situation? As for me: No, No and No. It is one of the great shames in my life that at 6'2" I could do no more than grab the rim. Meanwhile guys like bluegoose can dunk at 5'10". I was reading an article about a guy who has a booming business training 30 somethings to dunk. They pay him $5,000 and he guarantees it within a few months.

08-24-2007, 03:41 AM	#2
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	Yes, no and yes. I was blessed with a nice vertical leap. I never had it measured, but I could dunk with rather ease. I just don't have large enough hands to palm the ball for one handed dunks. I dunked in a high school gym class pick up games a few times and did the same in pick up games in college until my knees no longer allowed it to happen. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

08-24-2007, 03:48 AM	#3
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	#1 Yes many times #2 No...lol..I'm not sure if I can touch the rim now. #3 only once. __________________ Masquerading as Cougarguards very own genius dumbass since 05'.

08-24-2007, 04:47 AM	#4
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	I was a high school point guard, all 5'10" of me. I could dunk a tennis ball. I have not tried recently, but I would be impressed if I could touch just the net.

08-24-2007, 05:00 AM	#5
Detroitdad Resident Jackass Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Roswell, New Mexico Posts: 1,846	Yes, yeas, and yes (barely). But I am a cheater because I am tall, it's expected.

08-24-2007, 05:08 AM	#6
TheSizzle36 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,786	Yes. No. I did grab rim tonight. Yes. A few times. None in any real important games though.

08-24-2007, 05:14 AM	#7
BigFatMeanie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: South Jordan Posts: 1,725	No, no, and no. I'm 6' 1" and I've never touched the rim. I share your shame.

08-24-2007, 05:16 AM	#8
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I could grab the rim as a freshman in high school. Two footed jumper and small hands doomed me. At my best I could one-step grab the rim. I also have gotten injured which prevented me from really giving it a go (knee tendonitis, sprained ankles). I can grab the rim now, but don't have the hops I used to.

08-24-2007, 03:03 PM	#9
Clark Addison Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 638	Not even close. 5'9" and poor jumping skills.