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We Major Wednesdays: Top 5 Dunk Contest Winners of All Time, Sprewell Really Has to Feed Fam Now!
Posted on February 13, 2008 9:42 AM
Let's face it - The dunk contest is still exciting, but nowhere near what it used to be. SOHH, I made this list to salute the Top 5 Dunk Contest Winners of all time. And heeere we go!
5. Spud WebbListen ... to see a cat 5'7" do all the crazy sh*t he did was phenomenal. Dude had ups for days, months and years. One hand off the backboard, the 180-degree two-handed stuff off the lob from the floor at 5'7" ... are you kidding me?
4. Jason RichardsonAyo, Jason Richardson has to be the most underrated and underappreciated dunk contest winner of all time! And ... he won twice (2002-03). Watch the cat on this clip. It's almost as if he springs up SOHH high that he's waiting to come back down to dunk it.
3. Dominique WilkinsThe Human Highlight Film aka the best nickname ever. Any cat you see do the windmill this weekend got that from 'Nique. No question. But one difference: 'Nique finished with power. That's missing now.
2. Michael JordanWhat's crazy about Jordan's dunks is if you rank them against some of the newer cats' jams, they don't really hold weight (in terms of difficulty). But back then to be throwing down a free-throw dunk and lean in on the baseline was Jordan telling 'em that he's ahead of his time. And...Jordan did it with style. Look how he did the foul line dunk: Hand to the side behind him, legs bent at the knee. Dude knew it was going to be a poster. Same with his lean-in dunk. His body was sittin' sideways. Ugggh! God gave MJ style.
Here's the 'Nique vs. Mike clip:
1. Vince CarterI stand by this: There was never a better show put on by a dunk contest winner than the show Vince Carter put on in the 2000 contest. UNREAL! The first dunk won him the contest - point blank. Dude took off from just inside the baseline with his back against the grain, windmilled and flushed with one hand. UGGGGLY! Then the windmill between-the-leg off the bounce from the floor. WHAAAAT!? And the elbow in the rim!? Jesus.
Some things just don't make sense (Word to David Tyree)!
Vinsanity - The Best Dunk Contest Winner of All Time!
On a sidenote: Remember when Latrell Sprewell turned down a three-year, $21-million contract extension, saying, "I've got my family to feed" ... well, dude wishes he would have signed now. (By the way what the f**k were his kids eating!?)
Newsday reports that Spree's home is up for foreclosure and his yacht was sold at an auction to help pay off the $1.3 million he owes on the boat, according to court filings.
What happened to your rim business, son? Did Jay-Z shut that down too like he did with the throwbacks?
"Young enough to know the right car to buy yet grown enough not to put rims on it."
Damn, Spree! You Lost! It was all good just a week ago!
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HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED. TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO SEVEN MILLION A YEAR SALARY.
JAY Z DID IT AGAIN IN AMERICAN GANGSTER. "NO SIXES ON SPREES"
THATS FUCKED UP THOUGH BECAUSE HE WAS A BALLER FOR THE KNICKS, WARRIOR, AND WOLVES.
Kudos to Ballsy...this list is on point. just one thing i would have done differently. i would have replaced spud with larry nance. dude did for big men what spud did for midgets, i mean lil men hahah.
"Come on man.. don't buy drugs.. but some rims! They spinnin nigga they spinnin they spinnin nigga they spinniiiiiin!" - Chris Rock
1.JORDAN
2.CARTER
3.WILKINS
4.RICHARDSON
5.KENNY WALKER
I love watching those highlights... that shit get's me fired up to go ball!
1) Jordan
2) Carter
3) Dominique
4) Spud Webb
5) J-Rich
Sprewell made 96 mill and some change throughout his career with the Warriors, Knicks, and Wolves and this fool is broke? You can only feel sorry for his stupidity cause that fool was set for life if he was smart about it. that's way more than your average person will ever make! Dumb ass motha fucka! Props on this blog though, i love this shit!
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5 Richardson
4 Spud
3 Jordan
2 Dominique
1 VC
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Jamario Moon will win the dunk contest. I'm callin it now.
THAT IS THE TOP 5 SLAM DUNK WINNERS OF ALL TIME BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKE TO SEE LEBRON GET INTO A CONTEST AND SEE WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE... AND DONT SLEEP ON DWIGHT HOWARD THIS YEAR HE SHOULD HAVE WON LAST YEAR TOO ( THE STICKER ON TOP OF THE BACKBOARD WAS CRAZY)
Jason Richardson? Come on, Ballsy. No stiff dunkers allowed.
The no. 1 dunk is Vince carter but its the one where he dunks over the 7 foot Russian guy in the 2000 Olympics.
Ok...first I want to say that the list is accurate on the dunkers. But How can MJ be "ahead of his time" but only be the second best? Also where is the love for DR J. Hard to figure out who to drop though. The Dr. has to be consider top 5 any day. Re-do your list fool.
YO COM ON WITH THE TYREE COMMENT ya ya u won but shit man my days goign fine enjoying your blog on the slam dunk contest aka basketball aka not football aka NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUCKING PATS and you gotta drop david I FOUND A BALL ON MY HEAD tyree's name jsut to ruin my friggin day
congrats on the superbowl and being a dick
1. VC
2. Nique
3. MJ
4. Spud
5. Skywalker
Nique got robbed in Chicago. He should have 3. Watch the video all you see is the same dunks by MJ from the free throw line.
Harold Miner anyone ?
I'm sorry but Dominique Wilkins holds the Crown for all dunkers . . . next to Dr. J of course, and yeah I'm from GA.
Dunk Contest Power Dunkers
1. Dominique
2. Vince Carter
3. Shawn Kemp
4. Harold Miner
5. Larry Johnson
List is on point. Vince ruined it for me though. All dunk contest, highschool and college included, have sucked from 2000 on.
LOL at Jay-Z shutting trends down with one liners. Sprewell should do what all these other broke rappers are doing. Since he's not making money, he should record a freestyle dissing Jay for him not being in the league anymore, and go on Youtube and "expose" Jay for what he really is.
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How ya gonna forget Andre Igoudala coming from behind the back board almost getting his head knocked off. Or Dwight Howard putting that sticker at the top of the backboard and then dunking it.
VINCE CARTER WAS DOING THAT SHIT IN HIGH SCHOLL
why do ya'll think spud webb should be placed in the Top 5? Because he was small ?! If you really compare his dunks to others they are kinda weak. Now I give props to anybody under 6 feet who can dunk a basketball but don't give Spud extra credit just because he was small. Harold Miner's dunks were better than Spud's, even Dee Brown, even though Dee Brown's dunks were rather weak.
That list was on point but you forgot about Dee Brown pumping up his Reeboks, that was hot and Kenny Walker's statue of liberty dunk was nice as well. The 80's was the golden era of the NBA, it's never going to be that good again.
Shawn Kemp was a beast also but he had to compete against Mike and Nique so it was a wrap....
Btw you can't mention a top 5 without naming names like Dr. J(the best, no Khaled),Daryl Dawkins aka Chocolate Thunder aka.., and David Thompson..those cats put it down in the 70's
Ay I agree wit bobby drake dis blog is tha shit but...I think tha dunk contest can b how it used 2 b if they stop puttin lame niggas n it...lebron need 2 stop bein a bitch n do one...if they put lebron, j.r. smith, kobe cuz he still got it and durant in it then it would b somethin
oh yeah vince had nutz all up in that seven foot 2 nigga in the usa game dats uuuuuuggggggggggggglllllllllyyyyyy
i agree with putting vince at #1.... that dude smashed everything in his way
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Has everyone forgotten the Andre Iguodala dunk from behind the backboard, he got robbed and that is one of the best top five if any doubters go back and youtube it
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