The best dunker in NBA history?

[trapsetter]

1. Dominique
2. Jordan
3. Drexler
4. Dr. J
5. shawn kemp circa 1995

[MCS]

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shawn kemp circa 1995

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This was back before he began eating his illegitimate children.

[Pudge714]

Best in game dunker or best dunk contest dunker?

[ThePost]

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Carter and by a decent margin

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[ononimo]

Ononimo's Top 5 All-Time Dunkers

1. Carter - Pound for pound and inch for inch, the best overall combination of creativity, finesse, power, and, at times, pure viciousness. And the dunk over Frederic Weis is one of, if not, the best in-game dunks ever.

2. Jordan - his hangtime, speed to the basket, and ability to make even the most simple dunks look like poetry in motion is beyond compare.

3. 'Nique - the first to regularly combine acrobatics and brute force into his dunks in game settings... the first hybrid between the Dr. J school (finesse) and the Chocolate Thunder school (power) of dunking.

4. Dr. J - a pioneer due to his finesse ... introduced the concept of "hangtime".

5. Darryl Dawkins - pure brute force with demoralizing consequences for the opposing team. singlehandedly responsibly for changing how backboards were constructed.


Darryl Dawkins and Dr. J were the building blocks. 'Nique was the first to fuse those two schools.

While Jordan was the ultimate refinement of the Dr. J school, Vince is the ulitmate synthesis of Chocolate Thunder and Dr. J without anything being sacrificed due to the combination.

Everyone else may be a refinement of their basic building block but lesser than their archetype, with the possible exception of Amare (pre-injury), who may be better than 'Nique.

[J-Mac]

[ThaSaltCracka]

Carter w/o a doubt. You old timers are hilarious.

[ChuckyB]

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1. Dominique
2. Jordan
3. Drexler
4. Dr. J
5. shawn kemp circa 1995

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To not include Vince in a top-5 list is ridiculous.

[el mapache]

Dominique is the correct answer here. I stil think he got hosed at the dunk contest in Chicago that one year. But I'll throw out Darrel Griffith. You youngsters may not have heard of 'Dr. Dunkenstein'. Oh, and 'Jammin' James Bailey.

[Green Kool Aid]

carter in his prime was the best dunker of all time.

the best dunker currently is either gerald green, andre iguodala, or jason richardson.
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