Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site teltone.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!teltone!stan From: stan@teltone.UUCP () Newsgroups: net.sport.hoops Subject: Re: "Dunkists" Message-ID: <236@teltone.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Feb-84 16:16:49 EST Article-I.D.: teltone.236 Posted: Tue Feb 7 16:16:49 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Feb-84 03:37:15 EST References: <637@CS-Arthur> Organization: Teltone Corp., Kirkland, WA Lines: 16 Larry Nance (plays for Phoenix) won the dunk contest at the all-star game, and J (the doctor) came in second. For pure style and grace J has to be the best. Dr. J has to be the single most entertaining athlete in all of sports--anybody dare disagree? The other dunkists are good mainly because they can jump. Check out these numbers: Dominique Wilkins - 50" vertical leap Darrell Griffith - 48" vertical leap (Anybody heard the comment by Keith Jackson's college football broadcast partner: quote: "players with the highest vertical leap are invariably your best athletes".) If anybody can supply the numbers on Dr. J, Larry Nance, and others who have high vertical leaps, please do. One advantage J has over the others for dunking is that he can palm the ball with one hand so easily.