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And I spent the greater part of my youth trying to pull that dunk off (had a 42in vert in HS and Uni). A
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Sorry but i'm pulling the on that quote. Everyones claims of verticals are so overrated, even the NBA's. Seriously its simple logic, i mean if you had a 42in vertical, and i mean vertical as in not taking no steps or dropsteps or anything just standing still and jumping which should be how to truely measure your vert, and you say you are 6'2 then thats is 3 feet 6 inches so your head would be 4 inches from the rim of 10 FT. That means from a standing jump you should have been able to go between your legs and all type of shit if you had that much hops. If you had that much hops you would have been able to jump over someone that is 6'8 like vince did to the 7'2 guy. Most verticals are measured from dropsteps and shit whenever i see combines and tryouts, so that why i never believe the numbers. And then you watch the dunk contests and the have those electronic jump meters to measure how high they are getting and you always see like 36-38 inches and this is when they are running and jumping. But right before they dunk it shows their vertical and it will say 42 or so if they really have a 42 then they better be at like 46-48 when they are running and that shit ain't happening.

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Originally posted by n8y8:
And I spent the greater part of my youth trying to pull that dunk off (had a 42in vert in HS and Uni). A
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Sorry but i'm pulling the on that quote. Everyones claims of verticals are so overrated, even the NBA's. Seriously its simple logic, i mean if you had a 42in vertical, and i mean vertical as in not taking no steps or dropsteps or anything just standing still and jumping which should be how to truely measure your vert, and you say you are 6'2 then thats is 3 feet 6 inches so your head would be 4 inches from the rim of 10 FT. That means from a standing jump you should have been able to go between your legs and all type of shit if you had that much hops. If you had that much hops you would have been able to jump over someone that is 6'8 like vince did to the 7'2 guy. Most verticals are measured from dropsteps and shit whenever i see combines and tryouts, so that why i never believe the numbers. And then you watch the dunk contests and the have those electronic jump meters to measure how high they are getting and you always see like 36-38 inches and this is when they are running and jumping. But right before they dunk it shows their vertical and it will say 42 or so if they really have a 42 then they better be at like 46-48 when they are running and that shit ain't happening.

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Yea I rarely brag about verticals myself as they can be tainted numbers. But believe me when a D1 school signs a scholar athlete they send them thru the ringers. Coming out of highschool into Uni I had a verified 42in vertical. What you are referring to is a standing vertical which I registered a 36in. So in a sense you are right, your just mixing up the 2.

But the 720/540 is But that dude has hella hops in real life. He is from the And 1 tour. But 720 I'd have to see it in real life

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And I spent the greater part of my youth trying to pull that dunk off (had a 42in vert in HS and Uni). A
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Sorry but i'm pulling the on that quote. Everyones claims of verticals are so overrated, even the NBA's. Seriously its simple logic, i mean if you had a 42in vertical, and i mean vertical as in not taking no steps or dropsteps or anything just standing still and jumping which should be how to truely measure your vert, and you say you are 6'2 then thats is 3 feet 6 inches so your head would be 4 inches from the rim of 10 FT. That means from a standing jump you should have been able to go between your legs and all type of shit if you had that much hops. If you had that much hops you would have been able to jump over someone that is 6'8 like vince did to the 7'2 guy. Most verticals are measured from dropsteps and shit whenever i see combines and tryouts, so that why i never believe the numbers. And then you watch the dunk contests and the have those electronic jump meters to measure how high they are getting and you always see like 36-38 inches and this is when they are running and jumping. But right before they dunk it shows their vertical and it will say 42 or so if they really have a 42 then they better be at like 46-48 when they are running and that shit ain't happening.

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Yea I rarely brag about verticals myself as they can be tainted numbers. But believe me when a D1 school signs a scholar athlete they send them thru the ringers. Coming out of highschool into Uni I had a verified 42in vertical. What you are referring to is a standing vertical which I registered a 36in. So in a sense you are right, your just mixing up the 2.

But the 720/540 is But that dude has hella hops in real life. He is from the And 1 tour. But 720 I'd have to see it in real life

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You are correct in the explanation of different techniques to measure verticals.

I come from a volleyball background where everyone has hops and everyone is 6'6" or taller

I'm 5'11" and i had a legit 30" vert. My vertical reach standing is 7'4" and w/o a drop-step i can get up above the rim.

Sounds like you had/have some serious potential in the hoops game what was the outcome of all the scouting and signing with the Univ?

I still call on the vid I too think VC would be one of the many, many few that could even think about doing a dunk like that

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I mean I never got close and he did it effortlessly.

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Maybe he just has more hops and coordination. He probably practiced that dunk 4ever. Whos to say he didn't do it just because VC can't . There are waaaaay better dunkers out there than VC, not everyone gets to make it on TV

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I mean I never got close and he did it effortlessly.

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ROFL! Is that Vince Carter himself talking

I agree that dunk is hard as all hell...

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Originally posted by slowback67:
man that dunk look's hella fake...I thought i was playin' NBA JAM when i saw that shit. I'm suprised the ball wasn't on fire too.

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