tha_rock220 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
Are you saying you're as tall as Dwight Howard and could jump as high or were you talking about Wilt???
thief must've missed this...or maybe he ignored it i'm not sure. But thief is a big mug! He's seriously as big as Dwight, not sure about that jumping bit but he's one big guy. He tried to walk-on to the Hornets this past summer and then joined the Vipers in the NBDL, but he got jerked around by the staff there.
Back on topic...
Dwight apparently has been working since last year to train and get higher and higher on the board. Ever since his 12'6" mark wasn't impressive to the judges in the dunk contest, he's been trying every day to get higher. I doubt he's gotten there yet, but I think if he devoted all his time and energy to increasing his vert he could.
I don't think anyone has ever done it. There'd be a picture, video, more verifications. If someone could do it, don't you think he'd be doing it all the time to show off? Don't you think at least all his teammates would've seen him do it? Not just some random guy?
I'm the biggest Wilt fan out there, but i've come to realize not even he could probably do it. The only proof we've got that Wilt could is his word, which unfortunately isn't worth much because of his 20,000 women claim (whether he did it or not this claim ruined his word's worth forever), and an old school leaping legend, who could've said it because Wilt was his friend or something.
I think someone will do it one day, and when they do it'll be a big deal. But I wouldn't be surprised if it's not even a basketball player. Might just be some freakish athlete.
