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re: Blake Griffin tops Lebron's dunk, for early 2012 throw down of the year nominee!
Posted on 1/31/12 at 6:56 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 1/31/12 at 6:56 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Had to edit and bump this one.
We've witnessed some amazing dunks over the last couple days
We've witnessed some amazing dunks over the last couple days
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Posted on 1/31/12 at 7:23 am to imraged
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Judging by his yell in mid-flight and body language afterwards it looked like he may have been mad that Lucas almost undercut him. Could have turned out badly if not for LeBron's freakish hops. Not that I'm making excuses; I don't really care one way or the other.
That's what's silly about all this "over the back" bs. LeBron had no intention on jumping over JL3. He went up for the ally and JL3 backed into him while in the air. Jumping over a 6' guy without knowing you need to jump over him is impressive.
As far as Blake's dunk goes, it was amazing as usual, but he's constantly using his offhand to aid that dunk. Pretty sure you're not allowed to use your offhand to prop yourself up/pull the other guy down. Still amazing to watch though and props to Blake for always wanting to kill someone on a dunk.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 7:45 am to imraged
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it looked like he may have been mad that Lucas almost undercut him. Could have turned out badly if not for LeBron's freakish hops.
wait, what?
So now Lucas has to give up position and just let him go by?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 7:47 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Lebron's is better
Posted on 1/31/12 at 7:48 am to jturn17
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but he's constantly using his offhand to aid that dunk. Pretty sure you're not allowed to use your offhand to prop yourself up/pull the other guy down.
yeah he was pretty subtle about it, but as he's starting to come down he definitely holds himself there with the left arm for a min...fortunately for him his right hand is doing SO MUCH that nobody is ever really going to notice that at game speed
Posted on 1/31/12 at 7:56 am to St Augustine
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So now Lucas has to give up position and just let him go by?
JL didn't know where LeBron was, but JL undercut him while he was in the air. You can't run under someone while they're in the air. So yes he has to give up position in that situation.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 8:56 am to UFownstSECsince1950
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@kingjames
dunk of the year!! @blakegriffin just dunked on kendrick perkins so hard!! Wow!! I guess i'm #2 now. Move over #6
Posted on 1/31/12 at 9:04 am to Augustus
its the lead debate on first take
Posted on 1/31/12 at 11:03 am to wope
Skip gave Blake's dunk a 3
Posted on 1/31/12 at 11:10 am to Augustus
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@kingjames
dunk of the year!! @blakegriffin just dunked on kendrick perkins so hard!! Wow!! I guess i'm #2 now. Move over #6
lebron is a such an arrogrant pos.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 11:38 am to rocket31
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lebron is a such an arrogrant pos.
What was arrogant about his tweet?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 11:44 am to jturn17
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JL didn't know where LeBron was, but JL undercut him while he was in the air. You can't run under someone while they're in the air. So yes he has to give up position in that situation.
Is this for real?
Posted on 1/31/12 at 12:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
My objective opinion: Lebron's dunk > Griffin's Dunk.
They each show just how athletic both guys are. However, while Griffin dunked on a MUCH bigger and taller guy than Lebron did, his "dunk" was barely a dunk. It looked more like the "threw" the ball through the net as opposed to "dunking" it.
Lebron not only had to jump over a defender (admittedly much shorter than Perkins), but still had to catch the pass, with one hand mind you, and finish the dunk.
They each show just how athletic both guys are. However, while Griffin dunked on a MUCH bigger and taller guy than Lebron did, his "dunk" was barely a dunk. It looked more like the "threw" the ball through the net as opposed to "dunking" it.
Lebron not only had to jump over a defender (admittedly much shorter than Perkins), but still had to catch the pass, with one hand mind you, and finish the dunk.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 1:17 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
A monsterous Jam!
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:43 pm to Alt26
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My objective opinion: Lebron's dunk > Griffin's Dunk.
They each show just how athletic both guys are. However, while Griffin dunked on a MUCH bigger and taller guy than Lebron did, his "dunk" was barely a dunk. It looked more like the "threw" the ball through the net as opposed to "dunking" it.
Lebron not only had to jump over a defender (admittedly much shorter than Perkins), but still had to catch the pass, with one hand mind you, and finish the dunk.
There's probably at least 50 people in the NBA that could have finished Lebron's dunk in a similar fashion.
Other than Griffin, Lebron and Dwight Howard are probably the only other two people on the planet that could have finished Griffin's dunk. That wasn't shawn bradley stick figure, that was a 275lb 7foot guy putting his body into you 5 feet from the rim to stop a dunk. Most people would have gotten blasted and it would have been a hard foul on Perkins.
Like i said, other than Lebron and maybe Howard, i don't think anyone else is athletic enough to do that while also being strong enough to absorb contact from a much bigger person.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 2:59 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Griffin's wasn't even a dunk. Sure it looked cool but he just threw the ball into the basket.
Posted on 1/31/12 at 3:18 pm to STEVED00
down into the basket...which might make it more impressive
Posted on 1/31/12 at 3:29 pm to STEVED00
at Griffin's not being a dunk.Posted on 1/31/12 at 3:44 pm to STEVED00
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Griffin's wasn't even a dunk. Sure it looked cool but he just threw the ball into the basket.
I will
at this as well.Posted on 1/31/12 at 4:53 pm to Ford Frenzy
I agree it looked pretty cool, but he threw the ball into the basket over Perkins hands after he was pushed back by Perkins. He didn't dunk it thru him.
I just think its way more impressive when the dunker absorbs some sort of contact from the defender and still proceeds to dunk the ball thru the defender with the defender ending up being knocked back.
I just think its way more impressive when the dunker absorbs some sort of contact from the defender and still proceeds to dunk the ball thru the defender with the defender ending up being knocked back.
This post was edited on 1/31/12 at 4:57 pm
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