ESPN's Top 10 Dunkers of All Time!

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Mar 11, 2010 11:54pm
1-Michael "Air" Jordan
2-Julius "The Doctor" Erving
3-Dominique "Human Highlight" Wilkins
4-Vince "Poster Boy" Carter
5-Clyde "The Glyde" Drexler
6-Shawn "The Reign Man" Kemp
7-LeBron "King" James
8-David "Sky Walker" Thompson
9-Kobe Bryant
10-Darrell "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins

I would personally move Clyde down to # 10 and everybody else up one.
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Mar 11, 2010 11:57pm
Vince Carter should be higher
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Mar 11, 2010 11:59pm
No, Vince is right where he should be..

The top 3 are perfect.
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Mar 11, 2010 11:59pm
VC>MJ
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Mar 11, 2010 11:59pm
Chris Broussard of ESPN said LeBron should not even be in Top 20........???
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mallymal614
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Mar 11, 2010 11:59pm
Vince should be ahead of Dr. J for sure. Jordan, Vince, and Dominique would be my top 3. Lebron has definitely been making his case lately.
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Mar 11, 2010 11:59pm
Mj is the most overrated dunker int he history of basketball
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Mar 12, 2010 12:00am
No way Vince should be ahead of Dr. J

And I'm a Tar Heel fan..
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Mar 12, 2010 12:01am
Lol shit. the show he put on at the dunk contest was the greatest display of dunking the NBA has ever seen
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Mar 12, 2010 12:02am
HB.....please explain yourself in regards to Mike being the most overrated. You can't say something like that without no explanation.
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mallymal614
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Mar 12, 2010 12:04am
Hb31187 wrote: Mj is the most overrated dunker int he history of basketball
What makes you say that?
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ytownfootball
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Mar 12, 2010 12:06am
Now everybody is headin' to youtube to prove their point.
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Mar 12, 2010 12:08am
I'm waiting on HB to offer a explanation......
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Be Nice
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Mar 12, 2010 12:13am
Bob Cousy had hops. Let's not forget him.
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ytownfootball
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Mar 12, 2010 12:15am
It's an opinion, everybody will have one just as there are styles of dunking.

I'd have a hard time putting them in any kind of order, Dr. J was the pioneer, Mike had serious ups. Nique was a powerful SOB, Clyde was just so damn smooth.

I appreciate all their respective styles.
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Mar 12, 2010 12:24am
Lebron #1 or the list is useless.
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Mar 12, 2010 1:13am
Hes overrated because everyone points to his foul line dunk as his defining dunk, and highschoolers can do it now. He did nothing spectacular, but because he was the best player to ever play....his dunking gets vaulted up there by peoples opinion of him the basketball player.
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ytownfootball
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Mar 12, 2010 1:22am
Hb, I know you voiced that opinion before, I knew that was to be your response. At least I thought.

I still think he gets credit for doing it first.
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Mar 12, 2010 1:24am
I also think Jordan is a little overrated as a dunker. Yes the way he floated to the rim was very graceful and he had some impossible lay-ups and shots. But his dunks were just not as jaw dropping as his other plays. To me Vince Carter in his prime is number one.
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Mar 12, 2010 1:35am
Shawn Kemp's dunks in NBA Hangtime were some of the greatest I've ever seen.
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Mar 12, 2010 1:40am
Mulva wrote: Shawn Kemp's dunks in NBA Hangtime were some of the greatest I've ever seen.
Well folks, there you have it :)
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Mar 12, 2010 2:39am
What about Jordan's dunk in Space Jam?


EPIC!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 12, 2010 10:43am
^^ That dunk is number one all time. Foul line was nothing when you can do it from half court.

Jordan did more than just the foul line dunk. Those entire dunk contests between him and Dominique puts anything from the about the last 10 years to shame. Carter will only be remembered for dunking a ball in one dunk contest and one dunk in the Olympics, nothing else. He is one of the most overrated players ever simply because of that dunk contest. He never lived up to what he could have been. No way is Carter ahead of him, Nique, or Dr. J.

Lebron is right where he should be on that list. Simply because 90% of the time, he does the same go full speed, jump high and throw down with 1 hand. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive because he is a physical freak, but he needs to do the dunk contest once and show off his creativity to move up.
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Mar 12, 2010 10:47am
Hell be remembered for that dunk contest, exactly. The greatest display of dunking the NBA has ever seen. Nobody is saying VC the player is good, VC the dunker is better than MJ or Dominique "Everything I do is a 2hand power dunk" Wilkins.
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Mar 12, 2010 10:49am
VC--#1