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re: Could you dunk?
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:27 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:27 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Yes, 11th grade. BTW I am white.
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Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:29 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Yes
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:30 am to Harry Rex Vonner
LOL. No. Could touch the rim in my "hey day" years ago. I can't even touch the bottom of the backboard now. Hurts my spine just trying. 
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:33 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I’m 5’8
So no
I could get my hand in the long part of the net though when I was in my 20s doing a lot of plyo stuff.
So no
I could get my hand in the long part of the net though when I was in my 20s doing a lot of plyo stuff.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:46 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Tennis ball, thats it
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:50 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Not 10'. Obviously I could with the goal lowered which is how I ended up ripping an earlobe with a curved barbell earring. It was the right one but I quit wearing the left one after that.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:51 am to junkfunky
Could get rim if I had a running start. I cannot even dunk an 8’ now.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:51 am to Nole Man
I just went outside and looked at the basketball goal and now my back hurts.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:53 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Bad knee so had to dunk jumping off two feet. White man's disease but I have monkey arms at 6'3. With stickem, I could do a 360 dunk taking a couple of steps . Only dunked in a live game once and it was in a fraternity game after a steal. Had to stop in front off rim and jump off two feet.
This post was edited on 10/24/25 at 10:17 am
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:53 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:55 am to BDPops85
quote:
Sounds like some of you baws need to pick up a pair.
My friend in high school swore by these haha.
Jump Sole shoes! My 6'5" brother had these and still couldn't dunk
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:56 am to chryso
quote:
I could jump up and touch the bottom of the net.
I feel this in my bones and that was in my "prime" and I wasn't bad at all playing basketball. Jumping, not gifted at alllllllll
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:57 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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I just went outside and looked at the basketball goal and now my back hurts.
After seeing the thread earlier I decided to grab the rim on our goal before leaving to go to work. I was able to grab it, barely, but I was in boots. However I threw my back out and and pulled some sort of muscle in my wrist in the process. Getting old sucks..Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:57 am to winkchance
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Junior year at 5' 9" I could occasional touch the rim on a running jump
That kind of sums me up. Missed the rim more than not, but could occasionally hit it. My house has 10 1/2 ft high ceilings and when I'm on the sofa looking across the room at them, it seems unbelievable that basketball players can easily surpass that height when dunking.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 9:58 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Every poster in this thread.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:12 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Yes....30 yrs ago
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:18 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I could dunk as a sophomore/junior in high school. By senior year, I had bulked up for football and could only get rim.
I knew a guy in HS who was 6'11" and couldn't dunk.
I knew a guy in HS who was 6'11" and couldn't dunk.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:18 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Yes but I couldn’t palm the ball very well. My athletic highlight was a 2 handed dunk off a missed layup in HS. I lucked out knowing the guy attempting the layup was a lefty trying a right handed shot that he would miss and I went for it.
ETA there’s no way I could have made that dunk handling the ball. It was the perfect setup off a steal by another player.
ETA there’s no way I could have made that dunk handling the ball. It was the perfect setup off a steal by another player.
This post was edited on 10/24/25 at 10:26 am
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:20 am to Harry Rex Vonner
Only when all the stars aligned.
Posted on 10/24/25 at 10:21 am to Harry Rex Vonner
I managed a few clean ones in practice. Most were not clean.
In warmups before one game I got hung up on the rim during layups and someone in the stands yelled “Ahaaaa white boys can’t jump!” It was Cecil Collins. True story.
In warmups before one game I got hung up on the rim during layups and someone in the stands yelled “Ahaaaa white boys can’t jump!” It was Cecil Collins. True story.
This post was edited on 10/24/25 at 10:27 am
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