Can you dunk?

[CTBasketball]

I caught one garbage looking alley oop while warming up for a pickup game on a rim that had to have been 9’6” and was slanted downwards.

So to answer your question no.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Of course, I can dunk, but I’m not going to just because you guys want me to.

I only dunk for my girlfriend. She goes to another school.

 

[aburks41]

I'm 5'10" and used to be able to get a finger on the rim but could never get any higher than that.

One of my old friends from school was the same height as me and could dunk rather easily (he was white too)..pretty impressive to watch lol

 

[Madmannsucks]

I am in my sixties, In my teen and 20's, Occasionally-now...HAH!!!!!!!!!

 

[uconnfan68]

Many years ago, I actually threw down with a monstrous dunk in front of a big crowd, in a big game.

My wife was there and immediately shook me awoke, telling me I was flailing my arms in bed.

LOL, I take clonazepam for that now. Booted the poor dog off the bed too many times.

 

[HHusky]

most of you guys are SICK! REALLY SICK!

 

[Jim]

most of you guys are SICK! REALLY SICK!

Have we met? It is uncanny that you are able peer so deeply into my soul.

 

[Waterbury]

Was your street ball name The Optical Illusion?

wasn't skilled enough for a nickname on those mean waterbury courts growing up lol

 

[Stinger92860]

5-10, I've dunked a volleyball, could never grip a basketball with one hand and did not jump high enough to cradle the ball. That was a looooooong time ago. Now I can touch the bottom of the net without much trouble, given a running start

 

[Viet Vet]

Creating this poll off CliffSpliffy's comment below.

Right now, can you dunk a regulation men's basketball on a regulation hoop? I would guess the Yes result is 5% or less. We'll see.

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

 

[Viet Vet]

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

Addendum: Two free throws are also worth two points. Take note, UConn.

 

[Minicoop69]

wasn't skilled enough for a nickname on those mean waterbury courts growing up lol

You would if you were bigger than everyone else, like myself. Washington park and town plot areas. Let's go!!

 

[superjohn]

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

I completely disagree, it's the best shot in basketball. I wish our players would dunk instead of attempt layups, we would have a dozen more points per game.

 

[Waterbury]

You would if you were bigger than everyone else, like myself. Washington park and town plot areas. Let's go!!

town plot you say? i used to play at lower murray!

 

[mussels]

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

I can't dunk either.

 

[Kolumbo]

Some light viewing for the team tonight.

 

[UCLJ0211]

 

[StllH8L8ner]

town plot you say? i used to play at lower murray!

I played in a midnight league at the Y downtown years ago and lived to tell about it.

 

[ZenConn]

That's not the NFL kicker, is it?!

Never mind. It isn't!

 

[Demo Square]

Guys,

NYC former hoops freak here - 75 years old now, 6'4" (Was 6'5-1/2" - HA!)

• 1st dunk - 12 y.o - 7th grade - 5'10"
• Last dunk - 54 years old, on a metal knee in a league game
• Played Div. I & Euro pro

I've had both knees & hips replaced, arthritic spine & operations, etc. - all badges of honor for playing 48 years straight. Now, I talk about the Glory Days - HA! Gaining yet more weight sitting around during COVID.

Was one of the lucky white kids w/ hops in the 60's. Used to go into gyms around the city & could hear murmurs of "white boy" in the background. They'd go crazy when I threw down.

First points in high school were typical: At Boys & Girls High School (Brooklyn) They didn't box me out, long missed shot from the corner, two-hand slam "at he top of the square" over the other high-flyers off weak-side rebound.

Because the NCAA thought it would hurt one extraordinary contemporary player named Lewis Alcindor from Power Memorial, dunking was outlawed for ten years after my junior year. We all really missed out for H.S. & college dunks.

I once tip-dunked over Jimmie Walker (Jalen Rose's famous NBA dad) in a summer pro/am tournament at the West 4th Street court near Father Demo Square. And was dunked on incessantly by one Julie Erving, a younger friend from the Island playing 'one-o-cap' many times at Hempstead's Kennedy Park. Sometimes joined by a skinny frequent-flyer from Mineola, a great kid named Bill Corley - ring a bell?

Dunking was once a very special deal when hoops was almost a city cult game for tall kids. Now, everybody can fly, & it's almost a cliche. In Zion's case, it defies physics & gravity.

Father Demo

 

[HeGotGame]

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

So that is a no

 

[Viet Vet]

So that is a no

No, it's an "I don't care" how two points are scored, or three, or one. Just make the shots.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

At my peak (literally and figuratively) I could get 2 knuckles above the rim. Not bad for 5'9", but still not close. Nowadays, I can clip the bottom of the net if I'm warmed up.

This could be my answer, and when I read @mauconnfan's, I felt one of the few regrets of my life that I never thought of or tried a tennis or golf ball. I'd much rather have that as my answer.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Dunk: The most overrated, overemphasized, overhyped and overly telecast play in basketball. Worth two points.

Lay-up: Worth two points.

Most amazing IMO is that Carlton can do neither at 6'11".

 

[ColchVEGAS]

Most amazing IMO is that Carlton can do neither at 6'11".

Some of those missed finger rolls are a thing of beauty though.