I'm sure there are a lot of NBA players who cant dunk. Do you really think John Stockton could dunk post age 35? Dudes like that, the aging PG who is small and never really dunked in their entire career.
Donovan Mitchell All Star Weekend Thread
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Oh Archie can throw it down. My money would be on him.
JJ Barea dunking would make him a freakishly good athlete jumping wise. That dude is 5'8" in shoes.
They should do a beer league all-star weekend events for the funniest guys in the NBA. Inlges would clean up.
After every made shot in a 3 point contest you have to chug a beer to even it out for the competition. Most makes win.
After every made shot in a 3 point contest you have to chug a beer to even it out for the competition. Most makes win.
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I'm definitely buying Donovan's Adidas over Giannis' Nike. And that's coming from a Nike fan. Why not? I know I am a Jazz fan so I am a little bias. But even if I'm not, I think Donovan has better personality overall. He just has that no fear attitude. I mean you don't see Giannis doing the dunk contest do you? Why not? I just love Donovan's overall attitude more.
Archie Moses
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I got a bad back, hip, and knees and haven't really worked out in a few years. I can still throw down, or at least think I can, but it wouldn't be very pretty.
One of my buddies from high school was over at my place during the dunk contest. We grew up playing ball always challenged each other on different dunks. He started dunking way better after high school and still has pretty good hops. We're both 34 now and our best days are long behind us. Anyway, he was telling about some dude here in Utah and his jumping program he offers in Lehi. I guess they are going to have a national dunk contest here that has some big name dunkers that have been on the dunk king. My buddy says he wants to start training with the guy. He's not interested in competing, but wants to get all of his bounce back. It got me thinking that I might try the six or nine week program too. I've lost a lot of core body and leg strength and I do not doubt it contributes to my back, knee and hip pain. It would be fun to see if it would help.
Lastly, let the board know I dunked on Troutbum once a long *** time ago. Bigb was there and saw it.
Haha.. I guess you're not a sneakerhead.
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I know this is becoming a drone on kind of thing but it can’t be said enough how amazing of a young man Donovan is.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such a good roll model for kids and even grown adults in the form of a 21 year old rookie. Enjoy him, thank him, support him, and take in such a great person with a great heart. Donovan Mitchell’s don’t come around often, and I hope everyone realizes just how rare and great Donovan is. Great at basketball, but on a stage that could have been 100% about him he brought up teammates several times and made sure his sister and mother specifically were brought up. Here’s a couple more clips
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such a good roll model for kids and even grown adults in the form of a 21 year old rookie. Enjoy him, thank him, support him, and take in such a great person with a great heart. Donovan Mitchell’s don’t come around often, and I hope everyone realizes just how rare and great Donovan is. Great at basketball, but on a stage that could have been 100% about him he brought up teammates several times and made sure his sister and mother specifically were brought up. Here’s a couple more clips
Archie Moses
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Donovan Mitchell, to my knowledge and half *** research, has the most IG followers on the Jazz right now with 550k followers. I thought Rubio or Gobert could have more, but it's not close. It will be interesting to when he gets over a million followers. My bet is, before the end of the calendar year. Gordon Hayward has 1.1 million. Mitchell is way more likable and his fan base is exploding.
Who was the last legit NBA player that won the Dunk contest? Blake? Who was before Blake? I don't recall anyone decent.
Archie Moses
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Nah, dude.
Zach Lavine and John Wall have won. Zach, imo, could be a really good player in this league still, too. There have been all star level players or future all stars who've competed and lost in recent years too.
Ah totally forgot John Wall have won. Might have missed that one.
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8 years ago tho.
Kind of funny he tried to do a similar dunk to Mitchell and failed.
Mitchell threw it off the backboard and caught it at the back of his extension for a tomahawk and Giannis tried to do it off a high bounce but couldnt control it enough to finish.