Vince Carter is called "Half Man, Half Amazing" for a reason. He should be the ones doing the Old Spice Commercials heh
to me with jordan it isn't about how high he gets above the rim, it's the explosiveness and the hang time that are truly amazing. that is what set his dunks apart from the others. gotta agree on vince, he is probably the best dunker of all time.
I agree. I'm not as wowed by any of those as Shawn Kemp's. What strikes me about the ones in that selection is that most of them are over somebody. That looks much better than wide open dunks but (a) doesn't necessarily involve as much levitation, and (b) the height you get is often assisted by the guy you're jumping over. The most famous example of this syndrome is this Tom Chambers dunk (which looks better than most if not all of Jordan's and Tom Chambers wasn't THAT amazing): [video=youtube;UDyBSTQDwH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDyBSTQDwH8[/video] The modern master of this technique is (surprisingly) Jason Terry. You want truly awe-inspiring dunks? Shawn Kemp or Vince Carter....
...or, of COURSE, Clyde the Glide: [video=youtube;SvjJA93Xy9Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvjJA93Xy9Y[/video]
Here's the greatest dunk ever that involved Jordan: [video=youtube;JIlwUgdp3BM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIlwUgdp3BM"[/video]
Man, I hadn't watched any 'Nique vids in a LONG time. I love how many of his were double-clutches to avoid the defender, yet still throwing down with power. You just don't see people do that.
Top 100 Vince Carter dunks [video=youtube;JSmzkJF7Ons]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSmzkJF7Ons[/video]
What has always stood out the most to me about MJ's dunks as compared to most others is his ability to instantly create space due to his ball handling. No one before or since has had that coordination- Kobe is probably the closest. Most of those dunks were in some major traffic, which is what impresses me most about them. And to those who say VC, Lebron or Kobe are better dunkers, I'd just posit that it is in large part because they had Jordan's hugely creative body of work to draw from. 'Nique on the other hand... he might have been the best ever, considering his heyday.
