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"Superman" Dunks

Postby JaoSming on Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:59 am

So I personally love this dunk cause when I was playing it was the coolest looking dunk I could do. Just throwing the ball into the rim with the powa, loved it.

Last night Ariza threw down a superman dunk
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And of course we all know Dwights
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and then their is Keon Clark over Shawn Bradley
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So does anyone else know of any "Superman" dunks?
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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby hova- on Thu Feb 18, 2010 2:15 am

I don't know any other superman dunks, but the Ariza one was definitely sick, lovin it.
Same goes for Howard. I know there are some guys who think it's more a layup and dislike it (Andrew for example, if I remember right), but for me this is even more difficult than a "real" dunk. You have to be even higher and to jump from a good distance to make it look good. Not to forget about the skill to not let the ball rim out. It just looks so cool and for me there is no arguing about it being a dunk or not, it's definitely in the same area in case of authority, physical skill and also creativity (in case of the SDC).
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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby Patr1ck on Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:38 am

Throwing it down with power like that is awesome whether you touch the rim or not, imo. In a dunk contest they should definitely do dunks and not power layups.
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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby Andrew on Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:12 am

hova- wrote:It just looks so cool and for me there is no arguing about it being a dunk or not, it's definitely in the same area in case of authority, physical skill and also creativity (in case of the SDC).


I'd argue it, because by definition you're touching the rim on a dunk. Otherwise, it's a layup. An extremely forceful and cool looking layup, but a layup nonetheless.

I think it looks better in-game where the only goal is to put the ball in the basket one way or another but in a dunk contest, I still don't think it should count. Again, it looks cool in its own way but if you're not touching the rim as you're putting the ball through the hoop I don't see how it can fairly be called a dunk.
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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby koberulz on Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:15 pm

I don't necessarily think your hand needs to touch the rim, but it should at least enter the cylinder.
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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby Moz on Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:19 pm

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Re: "Superman" Dunks

Postby JaoSming on Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:27 pm

noice
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