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now that you've gotten that off your chest, feel better?
NT verdict Dunk or Hard Lay-up
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now that you've gotten that off your chest, feel better?
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not a dunk. I shoot threes if that matters.
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not a dunk. I shoot threes if that matters.
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I still dont understand where people get this "hand must touch the rim" idea when it comes to dunks.
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I still dont understand where people get this "hand must touch the rim" idea when it comes to dunks.
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Nowhere?Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
The best example of this:
His hand is nowhere near the rim yet he still "dunks" it somehow..
Granted this might be the most extreme case of it, but he's still bringing the ball downward, and in this case his hand does actually come close to the rim.
I don't get what people are confused about just because they're not touching the rim, that's always been a dunk... it's only recently people seem to try and make a case for it being "a hard lay-up" just because.
And if we do want to get technical Merriam-Webster's definition of a slam dunk...
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Nowhere?Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
The best example of this:
His hand is nowhere near the rim yet he still "dunks" it somehow..
Granted this might be the most extreme case of it, but he's still bringing the ball downward, and in this case his hand does actually come close to the rim.
I don't get what people are confused about just because they're not touching the rim, that's always been a dunk... it's only recently people seem to try and make a case for it being "a hard lay-up" just because.
And if we do want to get technical Merriam-Webster's definition of a slam dunk...
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dunking was banned at one point, and players got around that by not touching the rim, no?
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dunking was banned at one point, and players got around that by not touching the rim, no?
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nah son thats just a jump hook with some extra gusto.Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
The best example of this:
His hand is nowhere near the rim yet he still "dunks" it somehow..
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nah son thats just a jump hook with some extra gusto.Originally Posted by Xtapolapacetl
The best example of this:
His hand is nowhere near the rim yet he still "dunks" it somehow..
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it's called a flush, like someone else pointed out
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it's called a flush, like someone else pointed out
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It's not a dunk. Not sure how you can say it is.
What Melo does is far different....when he does his dunk where he avoids the rim...he could touch the rim if he wanted to.
None of these other dudes could have touched the rim...or they would have. Not a dunk.
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It's not a dunk. Not sure how you can say it is.
What Melo does is far different....when he does his dunk where he avoids the rim...he could touch the rim if he wanted to.
None of these other dudes could have touched the rim...or they would have. Not a dunk.
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if someone i know gets dunked on like that. it is what it is. he's not getting out of it by sayin the guy didn't touch the rim so it doesn't count.
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if someone i know gets dunked on like that. it is what it is. he's not getting out of it by sayin the guy didn't touch the rim so it doesn't count.
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Thx Op, I been bs'n on starting these threads...just because you throw the ball through the rim doesn't make it a dunk
Thx Op, I been bs'n on starting these threads...just because you throw the ball through the rim doesn't make it a dunk
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Thx Op, I been bs'n on starting these threads...just because you throw the ball through the rim doesn't make it a dunk
Thx Op, I been bs'n on starting these threads...just because you throw the ball through the rim doesn't make it a dunk
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I know what they are...things that most of you short un-athletic dudes in here can do
. For what it's worth I'm ground bound until after surgery and rehab myself, so I'm talking about me too.
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I know what they are...things that most of you short un-athletic dudes in here can do
. For what it's worth I'm ground bound until after surgery and rehab myself, so I'm talking about me too.
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All 3 dunks.
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All 3 dunks.
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smh.. this again.
people who say that you need to touch the rim in order for it to be a dunk shouldn't watch basketball.
that is all.
people who say that you need to touch the rim in order for it to be a dunk shouldn't watch basketball.
that is all.