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the 2016 dunk contest between Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon is pretty incredible

2016 dunk contest was definitely one of the best. Also spud Webb and Nate Robinson who both showed up in the video were 5’6 and 5’9 and spud at 5’6 won a dunk contest. The hoop is at 10ft high for reference. Also you should watch Zach Lavine highlights

Spud was 5’6” that’s what makes his dunk so impressive

Vince Carter jumping over a 7-ft tall center for a dunk during the Olympics is the best in-game dunk I’ve ever seen. Some have even dubbed it the “dunk of death.”

Some context for you guys since i think it didnt get the reaction they deserved, spud webb who had a couple dunks in this video is FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES! Unreal hops from a short king legend and Hawks icon

Hands down the best dunk contest ever is 2016. Imo that Aaron Gordon "Air Chair" dunk is the best contest dunk ever.

Spudd Webb was 5'6" in the NBA. Crazy.

2016 probably one of the better dunk contests. Gordon & Lavine's performances were awesome. Although you watched most of them in this video anyway 😂

Also a thing to remember is that the older dunks are usually the first time theyre doing it in a dunk contest so its new to everybody which makes it more exciting

Julius "Dr. J" Erving was the first to dunk from the foul line in 1976--he repeated it again as you saw it here in the 80s--he's the best ever for dunking. Go back and look at "Spud" Webb--no. 4 in the red uniform and understand that he was just under 5 feet 7 inches tall!--the others are at least 6'4" and many much taller than that.

It's 2016 without a doubt, it's pretty much unanimous among NBA fans. That's the one with Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon, you saw most of those dunks in this video, but it's so much better seeing them all back to back with the context. Definitely watch that video

2000 Dunk Contest was the best imo because everyone in it could do crazy dunks. It had so many legit stars in that year but they were all overshadowed by Vince Carter.

The Slam Dunk Contest was actually an invention of the ABA. In 1976, they held the first ever professional slam dunk contest at the halftime of their All-Star Game. "Dr. J" Julius Erving won it but the ABA was merged with the NBA after that season and we didn't get another All-Star Game dunk contest until 1984. Then in 1986, it was folded into a series of All-Star festivities the night before the All-Star Game called All-Star Saturday Night where there was also a 3-Point shooting competition. Now there is an entire weekend of games and competitions on Friday and Saturday leading up to the All-Star game Sunday including a celebrity game, a rising stars game, G League dunk and 3-Point contests, the G League All-Star Game, a skills challenge, the 3-Point competition, and the dunk contest. These days the dunk contest is judged by a panel of 5 former players and celebrities. They'll give a score from 6 to 10 (I think, and not sure of degrees between the whole numbers) and add up the total for the dunk score. They've tweaked the number of dunks per round and number of rounds over the years but description Damo found at the beginning sounds current. Y'all watch come February and they'll tell you. For a number of years in the NBA, the slam dunk was actually outlawed because the players were more powerful than the rims, backboards, and stanchions and it was deemed a safety risk. Spud Webb was all of 5 foot 6 inches. The mere fact that he COULD dunk was impressive, let alone the stuff he was able to do while he was up there. Jordan actually copied Dr. J on the dunk from the free throw line. That's the dunk Dr. J used to win the ABA dunk contest and he brought it in for that first NBA contest in 1984 to bring back the memories but it wasn't enough to win the title that year. Jordan then came in and put so much more air under it than anyone had seen before and just flew away (although his foot was over the line which always bugged me a tiny bit but no one I've ever seen has pulled off that dunk better). I pretty sure Cedric Ceballos could see SOMETHING through or under that "blindfold." Sure was hella fun to watch at the time though. 7:50 - The guy heading the ball to Amare for that dunk was his point guard at the time, and all time great, Steve Nash. Nash grew up in Canada but his mom was Welsh and his dad was from Tottenham so he is a massive Spurs supporters. He played soccer through high school but once he found an aptitude for basketball, he had to make the choice of heading to London to pursue soccer or go to college in the states to play basketball. He went to Santa Clara University in California, made the NBA hall of fame and is considered one of the best, if not the best, point guards of all time so he probably made the right decision but dude does have some sweet skills with his feet and head. Best dunk contest overall? 198, Michael vs. Dominique. Injuries had prevented a proper showdown between the 2 for a few years but they were the best dunkers of the 80s by far and a fair number of these were from that contest. Michael got a little bit of home cooking since it was at Chicago Stadium but it was a doozy. Honorable mention to some of those great individual performances from Vince Carter in 2000, Zach Lavine in 15 and 16, and Dwight Howard in 2008 where he broke out the Superman cloak. (Note from later, I had forgotten that Tracy McGrady and Steve Francis were also in 200 so you definitely should check that out.) The dunk contest has gotten a bad rap for many years as being boring and needing to either be innovated or done away with entirely because everybody feels like they've seen it all before and there's not a lot of room in the space to innovate (and like Damo said, they make it look so easy even though it's not). Also, the stars don't do it anymore like they used to for fear of injury or looking bad. My take is, as a competition to see who the best dunker is, yeah, it's kinda lame. But as an exhibition to see absolutely unholy feats of inhuman athleticism, it doesn't get much better and I'll watch every year.

Vince also did it all on his 1st attempt

2016...that dunk contest was soooo incredible that the commentators, the final 2 contestants, and fans said it should've been a tie

That Aaron Gordon dunk over the mascot is prob my fav ever in the contest and Lavine v Gordon the best contest. Dunk contest is usually pretty meh. When everything's been done already, guys start relying on gimmicks that are usually lame. And 50s are given out like candy which kinda cheapens things. Big stars don't typically enter these days too, or guys who are known for incredible in-game dunks. Every now n then you get a Lavine v Gordon though, two supremely athletic guys nailing awesome dunks like it's easy. So that's fun.

A vlog of yall just shooting hoops would be cool to watch haha. Maybe a little shooting contest between the two of you.

2016 Slam dunk contest EZily, Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon going head to head will forever be iconic

7:51 the head pass is by steve nash. he also played some soccer (futbol) before basketball i believe. also the guy who dunked over j cole is dennis smith jr. hes like 6’3-4 and was one of my fav players coming up. you guys should react to his mixtapes and dunks in high school. he was filthy! and ya 2016 is arguably one of the best dunk contests. they went back and forth and some ppl thought aaron gordan got robbed.

Spud webb being able to dunk at all at 5'6 is insane, let alone win dunk contests against guys a foot or more taller than him

Context is everything when it comes to the dunk contest. A lot of dunks that might seem "alright" were first-ever attempts, Spudd is 5'6", Dwight is almost 7-feet tall, etc. Also, Jason Richardson is the most overlooked dunk contest champion ever! He was robbed of a third straight crown my some mid tier dunks from Fred Jones.

Can't believe J.R. Rider wasn't in this compilation... he won the dunk contest sometime in the 90s with a couple incredible dunks. He had one where he pulled his jersey all the way up over his face and dunked, pretty funny.

Jason Richardson's 2003 reverse between the legs has never been topped IMO. There's been a lot of great ones, but that one was next level.

The 2016 NBA Dunk Contest is by far thee GREATEST dunk contest ever. Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine put on a hell of a show! The greatest in-game dunk... Vince Carter over the 7' french men in the Olympics... also Gerald Green's windmill alley-oop when he was on the New Jersey Nets...

Y'all have to realize - Spud Webb (the 4th guy dunking) WAS 5 FOOT SEVEN INCHES (1.7 meters) with that awesome dunk! 🤯

Can’t believe the Gerald Green birthday candle dunk wasn’t there. That one was astonishing.

Dominique Wilkins was known as the “human highlight film”. I can’t remember the year but the year it came down to Jordan and Dominique was pretty amazing.

Lavine V Gordon is probably the best year ever. There was also a year someone blew out a birthday candle before dunking...twas a silly year. But I wish they showed the dunks in chronological order. You would have seen the evolution of the dunk better and the entire intensity of Lavine V Gordon would have been highlighted. They showed all the dunks but split them up. So many of those dunks happened within a span of about 30 min which is what made that year so intense. 50 after 50 after 50....

2016 dunk contest was the best for the finals but the 2000 dunk contest with Vince was probably the best individual performance

Its close for me but I'm an old guy I like Spud in 86 or Jordan in 88 as the two greatest dunk contest years. Dunks have evolved alot since then but a 5'6" guy dunking and Jordan's vs Dominque never get old.

2000 Vince Carter HAS to be the alpha and omega of dunk performances, it's such a perfect crystallized moment in time

Love the reactions! Keep it up! You guys are amazing!

I can't believe you guys never took note of the heights of some of these guys. Average height in the NBA is about 6'7", and Aaron Gordon is 6'10" and Dwight Howard is 6'11". They can do things that were once thought of as impossible from bigger players. And on the other end, Spud Webb is 5'7". To be able to alley-oop the ball to himself on a 10-foot goal was just as, if not more impressive. Not only that, but one of his opponents in that contest was his Atlanta teammate, Dominique Wilkins, who was the league's dunk king before Jordan arrived.

Vince Carter's dunk over a 7 footer in an Olympic game is his best ever.

The free throw line dunk was first done by Julius Erving (Dr. J) in the FIRST NBA Slam Dunk Contest in 1976 LONG BEFORE Jordan ever did it. Erving did it again in the 2nd Slam Dunk constest in 1985 ( I think it was 1985). The BEST slam dunk contest was the 2016 contest final between Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon.

Kenny Smith "lets go home" is the best dunk contest announcer in my opinion

@2:25 spud Webb was so impressive and got a high score because he’s only 5’ 6. One of the shortest players ever in the nba and won a dunk contest

The problem with this video is that they mixed up the dunks instead of doing them in chronological order so you can see the evolution of the creativity.

The Aaron Gordon vs Zach LaVine dunk contest is probably the best ever.

Spud Webb was 5 feet 6 inches tall. 48 inch vertical leave. Julius Irving was known as Dr J

1988. Vince Carter had the greatest single performance, but Jordan vs Wilkins in 1988 was the best final. Gordon and Lavine in 2016 was a great final too.

Great Vid!

2016 was the best, Zach vs Aaron was great

The first dunk on the video (1988 Michael Jordan) was did the free throw dunk as a tribute to Dr. J (Julius Erving 1984, which he also did back in 1976 for the ABA Slam Dunk Contest). I would probably say the 1988 contest was the best one. It had Dominique Wilkins vs. Michael Jordan. To set the stage, in 1985 Wilkins beat Jordan. Then in 1986, Jordan didn't participate and in 1987 Wilkins didn't. In 1988, two of the most dynamic dunkers in the NBA were both participating on the same court. Before you try to do your own dunk contest, post a video of you two playing HORSE. (In case you don't know the rules, one person calls their shot and if they make it the second person has to replicate the same shot. If they don't make it, they receive a letter. If the first person misses their shot, the second person gets to call their shot and the first has to replicate it, if made. This continues until someone spells HORSE and is deemed the loser.)

2016 and it’s not even close

Through the legs is used more often in actual games so I'd say under the legs or wrapping around would be harder.

2016 Lavine vs Gordon single handedly made the Dunk Contest relevant again

The blindfolded dunk, I’m assuming he’s practiced for days before, starting from the same spot, and counting his steps very tightly

I will argue that 2000 was the best. 2016 may be everyone else's best but 2000 with Vince and TMac was awesome

The NBA has a little side thing called “The Dunk King” Jordan Kilganon has some incredible stuff on there.

gotta understand spud webb is 5'7" or 170cm!

Ya’ll should react to a best handles compilation

There have been many good years for the dunk contest, the 80's being foremost while watching this, the early 2000's with Vince Carter, even this year(22-23) was good with the winner being a guy from outta nowhere to win

around the back is a more difficult dunk, because between the leg you create an upward momentum by pulling your knee up and moving the ball upward.

Number 4 jersey Spud Webb Is only 5 ' 6" . Thats why it was so inpressive when he won his year

When you dunk and put you whole arm into the hoop. Up to the elbow. Its called a honey dip and you can get very injured if the rim isnt smooth. It takes a ton of strength overall

They have to use props to keep it interesting because really there are only a limited selection of dunks that are humanly possible.

2016 is hands down the best dunk contest ever

MJ dunking from the free throw line made me believe he could actually fly.

Vince Carter, MJ and a dunker who I dont think was in any dunk contest was Shawn “The Rainman” Kemp (and by the way Vince Carter dunked on almost every one when he played him alone is a 20 minute highlight reel)

My favorite dunker was Shawn Kemp, check out his career highlights and see if you'd enjoy making a video of it. His ferocity in game was amazing, once he high fived the guy he dunked on right after like "we're godd bro, no hate" lol

Yeah unfortunately during the video they didn't realize that Aaron Gordon was 610 and Spud Webb was 5 ft 6

U guys should check out some videos from the Chanel thinking basketball. It gets more into the nuance of great players and teams. Specifically react to the greatest peaks series which includes in depth breakdowns of players who had the best peak seasons in league history.

Vince Carters 2000 dunk contest set is the greatest of all time.

2000 with Vince Carter has to be my favorite

it is said that Ceballos could kind of see when he did the blind fold dunk the greatest year is either the 2016 mentioned, but the vince carter one it wasnt much of a competition, vince was that incredible. Also i dont remember the year but i think 86 Domonique vs MJ also great. Also yall could do one on 8ft rims,

It's important to note that the rules have changed which resulted in the freedom to be more creative. In the early competitions (ones with Jordan, Spud, Nique) that you only had 2 tries and if you didn't land one you basically would be out of it. Later on, not sure what year, but they went to an unlimited number of tries but had like 5 min or something for as many tries as they needed. I haven't watched one live in a few years so I think they changed it back to a limited number of attempts. Have to remember there were some dunks in here that are awesome but at times had to sit through watching them try and fail at it a few times first.

You guys should try to find a park or court near you with a hoop and give a few attempts. As i understand it the guy on the left is a big guy, I’d love to see him trying to jump up and throw the ball through the legs.

I cant believe this video didn't go on chronological order lol

Best dunk contest I've ever seen is the Aaron Gordon vs Zach Lavine one from 2016. One of them would have a crazy 50 point dunk, then the next one would do the same, and it kept going on and on and on lol.

as soon as i heard u say "what was the greatest year for the dunk contest" i went to the comments because i knew it would be filled with the 2016 contest, it was the best one ever and i still think to this day even tho lavine is on my chicago bulls team that aaron gordan got robbed

It’s between 2000 and 2016.

Nick Random sent me and comments are good for the KZfaq algorithms

Spud Webb is MUCH shorter than the others. He's 5'5"-5'6". His dunks are on another level. Not to take away from all the others, these were all mad dunks.

13:23 y’all should react to Tracy Mcgradys 13 points in 35 seconds 💥💣

2016 levine vs gordon is legendary

2016 for sure the back and forth battle was insane 2005 is underrated and 2000 with Vince and tmac who are actually cousins and played on the raptors at the time

2016 for sureee you gotta see it

7:53 Damo's mind is blown. Forgot where he was for a second there. 😅

2016 was crazy

2016 is probably the greatest contest because of the evolution of the dunker's abilities and creativity. They started a new wave of dunks and excitement never seen since Vince Carter who is probably the best in-game dunker hands down and his arm in the rim was the first ever seen and that's why the crowd was silent. No one knew how crazy it was until the replay. Plus he jumped over a 7 foot+ person in the actual Olympics. People like Spud Webb's dunks were impressive because of his sub 6 foot height. Same with Nate Robinson. Once you know the period of time and the story behind the dunks they look more impressive.

I forget the year, 2017 or around then, but Aaron Gordon vs Zach Levine 1 was the greatest dunk context of all time. 2 was also really good and Aaron got shafted both times.

Any dunk contest from 1986 to 1992. After the 90's (outside of Vince Carter in 2000) the best NBA dunkers quit participating in the dunk contest so it was not good until recently. Put it like this, in the late 80's all 90's players were fighting to get picked for the dunk contest, after Vince Carter until recently there wasn't any good dunkers so the contest almost got dropped

Nick Random sent me here

what amazes me is Spud Webb, at 5ft 6inches was doing amazing dunks and yet almost no women dunk in the WNBA even though many are much taller than him.

Y’all should react to the max mcclung dunk contest. That was one of the best in a while

the year 2000 where vince carter was ridiculous

The 2000 dunk contest that Vince Carter won was the best by far.

I wish this video was chronological so you could track the evolution. As it is, it just makes a lot of the 80s/90s dunks look quite shit, when at the time they were mindblowing.

Y’all needa to watch sum Tracy Mcgrady highlights🫡💪🏾

No 50, but i liked a dunk Gerald green did where he had a cupcake with a candle lit on the rim and he blew out the candle while in the air and dunked the ball lol

The contest rules isn't the same for every season though....they switch them up often Also most people cannot dunk at all so it is generally seen as very impressive. This particular contest is usually the highlight of the all star weekend especially if all star caliber players are involved.

1988/2000/2016 all quality for different reasons

No doubt 2016, won’t ever forget it! You should also check out spud Webb, 5’6” dude who could dunk

You have to remember that Spud Webb was only 5'6

hard to believe blake griffin jumping over a car wasnt in this video

The Cedric Ceballos blindfold was not legit. He admitted years later that he could see through it. But the Dee Brown, he closed his eyes and shielded them with his arm.

2000 and 2016 were the greatest Dunk Contest. If you ask me who my favorite dunker was, Jason Richardson.

Wow can't believe they forgot about Dee Brown 50 point dunk