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[TP]

I don't know if any of you lot are basketball fans or players (ex-players even) but the NBA All-Star game was on last night and I recorded it so I could watch it now.

They've just shown the highlights if the slam dunk competition and wow. I'm 5'10" and I played basketball for a few years. Back when Michael Jordan released all those video's "Come fly with me" etc me and my mates were obsessed by dunking. We'd setup a mini-tramp in the stadium's or outside we'd get a park bench out and jump off that. I did plyometrics, I wore weights on my hips all day at school and while playing basketball at school to build up my legs, I absolutely had to be able to do it. In the end I managed it and I could dunk a ball. Conditions had to be perfect though, if I messed my runup I wouldn't be able to make it. Although I managed to get one in a game once, they had to sub me off after that because I was smiling too much and laughing and pointing at everyone!

So ... getting back to the slam dunk competition. It was just won by a guy who is 5'9" !!!!!

!!!!!

His winning dunk in the final he bounced the ball off the backboard and jumped over Spudd Webb (the guy who won the dunk comp in the '80's, he is 5'4"!!!!!) and dunked it!!! Yes he jumped over another person who was standing up properly without any assistance!!!!

He has a 50 inch vertical leap! Man, these guys are some serious athletes!

That is all, go about your evening.

[Herb]

Edited to remove dodgy link.

[Edited on 22-2-2006 by Herb]

[Jon]

Originally posted by TP
I don't know if any of you lot are basketball fans or players (ex-players even) but the NBA All-Star game was on last night and I recorded it so I could watch it now.

They've just shown the highlights if the slam dunk competition and wow. I'm 5'10" and I played basketball for a few years. Back when Michael Jordan released all those video's "Come fly with me" etc me and my mates were obsessed by dunking. We'd setup a mini-tramp in the stadium's or outside we'd get a park bench out and jump off that. I did plyometrics, I wore weights on my hips all day at school and while playing basketball at school to build up my legs, I absolutely had to be able to do it. In the end I managed it and I could dunk a ball. Conditions had to be perfect though, if I messed my runup I wouldn't be able to make it. Although I managed to get one in a game once, they had to sub me off after that because I was smiling too much and laughing and pointing at everyone!

So ... getting back to the slam dunk competition. It was just won by a guy who is 5'9" !!!!!

!!!!!

His winning dunk in the final he bounced the ball off the backboard and jumped over Spudd Webb (the guy who won the dunk comp in the '80's, he is 5'4"!!!!!) and dunked it!!! Yes he jumped over another person who was standing up properly without any assistance!!!!

He has a 50 inch vertical leap! Man, these guys are some serious athletes!

That is all, go about your evening.

I see you have never taken them off then TP

[TP]

I'll even ignore the aggressive attempts to install dodgy software you get when following that link .... a very impressive dunk!

[TP]

Originally posted by Jon

I see you have never taken them off then TP

I had them implanted

You cheeky fecker! That was two knee operations ago ...

[Herb]

Originally posted by TP


I'll even ignore the aggressive attempts to install dodgy software you get when following that link .... a very impressive dunk!

Not intentional. Looks like I had better run some better virus / spyware programs. Sorry!

[chillo]

i saw something like this on filecabi?

anyone got the link? i will have a look

[BDG]

Wasn't Dibble a dunkin donuts champion?

[chillo]

was it this.....

http://www.filecabi.net/video/whiteycanjump.html

[TP]

Originally posted by chillo
was it this.....

http://www.filecabi.net/video/whiteycanjump.html

That guy has an AWESOME leap! Excellent coordination too!