<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">As hoops fans all over the world gear up for Saturday night's dunk contest, the Dime Crew takes a look at the 10 best dunkers in the NBA right now. We judged the guys on our list by their dunking style and what they've shown us this season. 10. Shaquille O'Neal In terms of pure power, Shaq will be unmatched until he leaves the NBA. And before you all start killing us for having him on the list, here's what we have to say to you: Any time there's a chance of the basket being ripped from its foundations when a guy hammers, he belongs on the list. 9. Fred Jones Freddy is without a doubt one of the league's best open-court dunkers. He made a joke earlier this year about being too old to get up and throw down in contests, but we all know that's not true. 8. Dwyane Wade Word of advice for NBA players: Don't let Flash catch you napping on the baseline. While dunking isn't the first thing that necessarily comes to mind when you think of Dwyane's game, he's caught numerous guys on alley oops, baseline drives and in the open court. 7. Tracy McGrady It's a shame he's been slowed this season by lingering back injuries, forcing him to settle for lots of long jumpers, because when given the chance, T-Mac is fierce. Just ask Shawn Bradley's face. Remember when Tracy caught him in last year's playoffs? Filthy. 6. Andre Iguodala Congrats to Andre for jumping from our Honorable Mention list last year to the top 10 this year. He's quickly building a rep for being able to crush on cats in the open floor. Daily highlights of Sixers games almost always include Iguodala catching an oop from A.I. or him ripping it on a fast break. Last year we predicted that he'd win a dunk contest before it was all said and done and this year he'll have his first chance. 5. Josh Smith Coming into the league last season, we knew that Josh Smith could get up (the Oak Hill highlights were unreal). But what he did in the dunk contest last year? The guy goes 6-foot-9, 206 pounds: not exactly the ideal build for an elite dunker, let alone one that suggests the ability to hurdle Kenyon Martin in a dunk contest. Josh has been relatively quiet this season, but he'll be back to defend his title this weekend. 4. Kobe Bryant Following every off-season, No. 8 seems to come in every season with a different physique. For some seasons he's bulked up, for others he's slimmed down, resulting in different variations of his dunking arsenal. This season? Kobe came in somewhere in between and he's been crushing with speed and power. His resume is tight as well. He was the slam dunk champ back in '97 and if he ever went for it again, we'd put good money on him to win. 3. LeBron James The King is probably the most powerful non-big man dunker in the game today. We've all seen him unleash his patented one-hand windmill countless times ? ferocious. If there's one knock on his skills, it's that he doesn't, or hasn't yet, offered a lot of variety on his dunks. 2. Jason Richardson We had J-Rich ranked as the NBA's top dunker last season, but he lost a little ground due to the resurgence of our top pick. His credentials are rock solid ? he's the only player other than MJ to win back-to-back dunk contest championships (2002 and 2003). He dunks are bursting with height and power and running with Baron has given us a nightly dose of his abilities. 1. Vince Carter His resurgence over the last year has brought VC back to dunking's forefront. As far as a dunking resume goes, VC is unmatched. From hurdling Fredrick Weis in the Olympics to the show he put on in the 2000 dunk contest to his steady stream of in-game highlights, you could make the argument that Vince is the game's all-time greatest dunker. </div> http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/5333432?GT1=7840 Why is Shaq there?
http://media1.guzer.com/videos/shaq_backboard.wmv That's why Shaq is on the list. (Right click and save it to your computer)
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Swish15:</div><div class="quote_post">http://media1.guzer.com/videos/shaq_backboard.wmv That's why Shaq is on the list. (Right click and save it to your computer)</div> DAMN!!
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Thank god Nate Robinson isn't there...Fred Jones is a very underrated dunker IMO.</div> Yeah but I think this is before the Dunk Contest.
