Whose gravity defying feats of power did you enjoy the most?
I never saw the 5-9 Ransom dunk in a game, but I saw him get way above the rim a number of times on some back-side alley-oops. (If the mid-late 1970s were before your time, imagine a Jerome Randle with 10-15 lbs more muscle. Super multi-sport athlete out of Berkeley High.)joe amos yaks said:
Circus King.
Gene Ransom.
BiPolar Bear said:
The Thurmanator!!!!!
calalum81 said:
KJ needs a mention. He had a dunk at Stanfurd that defied gravity. I think he used his left hand to pull himself up an extra couple of feet.
SFCityBear said:
A dunk should be worth 1 point.
Instead of dropping the dunk to 1 point, why not have style points? A hook shot with your off hand? Worth 3.5, a tear drop in the lane while moving? 2.5. A jump shot 2.0, A layup, 1.5, a reverse layup, 2.0. A free throw with your eyes closed? (Michael Jordan) 5 points.SFCityBear said:
I don't have a favorite Cal dunker. Maybe Bob Presley. In 1957, I saw Bay Area basketball legend, 5'-8" Joe Gardere of McClymonds (and later St. Marys) during warmups before a game. He was standing under the basket rebounding free throws for his teammates. When there was a missed shot, Gardere would leap from a standing postion, up above the rim and slam the missed shot down with a dunk. Shot after shot.
A dunk should be worth 1 point. Or the basket should be raised 2 feet. The dunk requires only impressive leaping ability, and requires less skill than any shot in basketball. If a Cal player misses a dunk, he should be benched for at least 10 minutes to think about it. Devon Hardin had the worst and most missed dunks in Cal history. If any Cal player cost Cal a victory by missing a dunk, or injured himself while dunking, maybe he should be dismissed from the team (just kidding about the last part.)
Very creative. One trouble with it is the scorekeeper would have to be a judge, and then you'd likely have more baskets disputed, more replays, and the game would be even longer than it is now. The blindfolded free throws would be interesting. Rick Barry might have loved it. And I can think of a number of players who might shoot better blindfolded than without. Sam Singer, Ty Wallace. In the NBA, Ben Wallace, Wilt, and Shaq.UrsaMajor said:Instead of dropping the dunk to 1 point, why not have style points? A hook shot with your off hand? Worth 3.5, a tear drop in the lane while moving? 2.5. A jump shot 2.0, A layup, 1.5, a reverse layup, 2.0. A free throw with your eyes closed? (Michael Jordan) 5 points.SFCityBear said:
I don't have a favorite Cal dunker. Maybe Bob Presley. In 1957, I saw Bay Area basketball legend, 5'-8" Joe Gardere of McClymonds (and later St. Marys) during warmups before a game. He was standing under the basket rebounding free throws for his teammates. When there was a missed shot, Gardere would leap from a standing postion, up above the rim and slam the missed shot down with a dunk. Shot after shot.
A dunk should be worth 1 point. Or the basket should be raised 2 feet. The dunk requires only impressive leaping ability, and requires less skill than any shot in basketball. If a Cal player misses a dunk, he should be benched for at least 10 minutes to think about it. Devon Hardin had the worst and most missed dunks in Cal history. If any Cal player cost Cal a victory by missing a dunk, or injured himself while dunking, maybe he should be dismissed from the team (just kidding about the last part.)
Joe,joe amos yaks said:
Well, a lay-in using the backboard is 3 points.
A lay-in to the hoop is 2 points.
A dunk is 1 point.
And a slam dunk is zero points . . . for style and ego only.
Btw--I remember the SMc greats Joe Gardere, Bobby Dold and Leroy Doss, Meschery, Hart, Sigady, Gray and the others ~~~.
The East German judge only gave him 1.5 on that kiss off the glass. Clearly, we have to worry about the fix. Do we have collusion here today folks? Will the Communist judges all align against the West? These and other questions after a message from our sponsor.....SFCityBear said:Very creative. One trouble with it is the scorekeeper would have to be a judge, and then you'd likely have more baskets disputed, more replays, and the game would be even longer than it is now. The blindfolded free throws would be interesting. Rick Barry might have loved it. And I can think of a number of players who might shoot better blindfolded than without. Sam Singer, Ty Wallace. In the NBA, Ben Wallace, Wilt, and Shaq.UrsaMajor said:Instead of dropping the dunk to 1 point, why not have style points? A hook shot with your off hand? Worth 3.5, a tear drop in the lane while moving? 2.5. A jump shot 2.0, A layup, 1.5, a reverse layup, 2.0. A free throw with your eyes closed? (Michael Jordan) 5 points.SFCityBear said:
I don't have a favorite Cal dunker. Maybe Bob Presley. In 1957, I saw Bay Area basketball legend, 5'-8" Joe Gardere of McClymonds (and later St. Marys) during warmups before a game. He was standing under the basket rebounding free throws for his teammates. When there was a missed shot, Gardere would leap from a standing postion, up above the rim and slam the missed shot down with a dunk. Shot after shot.
A dunk should be worth 1 point. Or the basket should be raised 2 feet. The dunk requires only impressive leaping ability, and requires less skill than any shot in basketball. If a Cal player misses a dunk, he should be benched for at least 10 minutes to think about it. Devon Hardin had the worst and most missed dunks in Cal history. If any Cal player cost Cal a victory by missing a dunk, or injured himself while dunking, maybe he should be dismissed from the team (just kidding about the last part.)
Joe McCarthy, where are you now when we really need you?petalumabear said:The East German judge only gave him 1.5 on that kiss off the glass. Clearly, we have to worry about the fix. Do we have collusion here today folks? Will the Communist judges all align against the West? These and other questions after a message from our sponsor.....SFCityBear said:Very creative. One trouble with it is the scorekeeper would have to be a judge, and then you'd likely have more baskets disputed, more replays, and the game would be even longer than it is now. The blindfolded free throws would be interesting. Rick Barry might have loved it. And I can think of a number of players who might shoot better blindfolded than without. Sam Singer, Ty Wallace. In the NBA, Ben Wallace, Wilt, and Shaq.UrsaMajor said:Instead of dropping the dunk to 1 point, why not have style points? A hook shot with your off hand? Worth 3.5, a tear drop in the lane while moving? 2.5. A jump shot 2.0, A layup, 1.5, a reverse layup, 2.0. A free throw with your eyes closed? (Michael Jordan) 5 points.SFCityBear said:
I don't have a favorite Cal dunker. Maybe Bob Presley. In 1957, I saw Bay Area basketball legend, 5'-8" Joe Gardere of McClymonds (and later St. Marys) during warmups before a game. He was standing under the basket rebounding free throws for his teammates. When there was a missed shot, Gardere would leap from a standing postion, up above the rim and slam the missed shot down with a dunk. Shot after shot.
A dunk should be worth 1 point. Or the basket should be raised 2 feet. The dunk requires only impressive leaping ability, and requires less skill than any shot in basketball. If a Cal player misses a dunk, he should be benched for at least 10 minutes to think about it. Devon Hardin had the worst and most missed dunks in Cal history. If any Cal player cost Cal a victory by missing a dunk, or injured himself while dunking, maybe he should be dismissed from the team (just kidding about the last part.)
joe amos yaks said:
SMc had a physically small team. . . Meschery being tBeast at 6'6" ~250# at forward. Did he dunk? The Gael's center was 6'5". Hart and Doss were thin as pole beans @ 6'4" - 6'5". They dunked.
Also that was quite a game at the Rec Center. USF greats, too, and Gary Lewis the big FB-type RB on the SF 49er roster during the years between Joe Perry and Kenny Willard? A big fast Lad from TxAMu? Traded to/from Detroit? Did he dunk?
Circus King? Did he actually dunk a ball? If so, it gives hope to all us short guys. Ooops. Vertically challenged guys.superbear99 said:
Circus
Jaylen.
Honorable mention to marcus lee - his dunk show in pregame was really impressive. Unfortunately, it was not replicated during the game.