Little Known Fact: Bill Laimbeer once entered the NBA Dunk Contest. He came in last after not being able to complete his dunk in the allotted time. Unfortunately, Bill thought it would be a good idea to attempt a 360 dunk, while Scottie Pippen had him in a sleeper hold.

(W.W.)

This picture is pretty filthy. Congrats, Quake Griffin. 

(h/t @JESkeets)

@Suga_Shane

Serge Ibaka, the first man to dunk from behind the free throw line in the dunk contest?

(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

(SK)

chynawhyte:

Congrats Blake Griffin!

[via ESPN]

JaVale McGee delivered the entire JaVale McGee experience tonight. Insane creativity, ridiculous ambition, seven total dunked basketballs, a seeming lack of understanding of how basketball works, and a ton of missed dunks.

Unfortunately, Serge Ibaka’s toy rescue duplicated JaVale’s planned money-in-the-mouth dunk, or the final round could have been epic. JaVale was never going to win the popularity contest of the finals, and with the KIA and the gospel choir on hand, there was no way Blake Griffin wasn’t making the finals. Dick Bavetta was one of the five judges, right?

Unless McGee put on a Justin Bieber wig for his last attempt, he wasn’t pulling off a text-based upset. But he’s still the dunk champion in my heart. Now if he could devote the same amount of time to pick-and-roll defense and jump shots that he spends learning to dunk three basketballs at once, he might become a truly special player.

(Sean Keane)

grantlehner:

gotemcoach:

Five of the Greatest Dunkers of All-Time…

…and if you’re rating them just on their ability to stuff it, Kobe’s the worst…

…by a mile.

Got ‘Em

By a kilometer

MJ always gets the middle

Vince Carter, 2000

Rudy Fernandez goes behind the backboard for this dunk, as Pau Gasol exclaims, “o no you dit-ten!!”

Shawn Kemp, Reign Man