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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3988549, member: 5798"] Thanks OD. To be clear, I was blessed with mega hops. Remember, I'm 6'9". I could stand under the basket flat-footed while palming a ball in each hand, jump up and dunk BOTH balls with ease. :eek: I couldn't shoot worth a da**, which is why I got all of my points in the paint. The 3 point line was 10 years away from coming into existence. My coach would have sat me if I even thought about shooting that far away from the basket. He told me "I got shooters. I just need you to block shots and get rebounds." So that's what I did. I had already learned how to block (or change) shots without fouling. Any points I got was gravy. :) One thing I could never do, and Lord knowns I tried many times, was to dunk from a running start and take off from the free throw line (15' away). :( Julius "Dr. J" Irving did it during a recent (at that time) dunk contest. Jordan also did it. I never saw Dominique Wilkins do it, but I'm pretty sure he could have. Man, THAT was a bridge too far. :) [/QUOTE]