Was Dwight Howard's "Superman" Dunk Really a Dunk?

Lakersfan23 · Post #1 » by **Lakersfan23** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:51 am

Looks like he came up short and just chucked the ball towards the basket and it luckily fell through...

Don't you have to at least touch the rim with your hands for it be considered a dunk and not just a shot?

Death Knight · Post #2 » by **Death Knight** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:54 am

A half court shot should be considered a dunk too! But remember, you gotta jump really really high before you shoot the half court shot.

DanniIce · Post #3 » by **DanniIce** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:54 am

Who cares it was awesome

Post #4 » by **SOUL** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:55 am

DanniIce wrote:Who cares it was awesome

Post #5 » by **bleu** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:55 am

cb4_89 · Post #6 » by **cb4_89** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:56 am

Who cares. He would have won anyway.

j-ragg · Post #7 » by **j-ragg** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:57 am

DanniIce wrote:Who cares it was awesome

Tmac970 · Post #8 » by **Tmac970** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:57 am

I don't care, man. That was the sickest flight dunk that I have ever seen. He took off from a far distance. He truly was superman. He gets props for the flight in my opinion. Everybody's reactions were because of the flight. That was nasty. There is only a couple of people that could fly from that distance in their prime and their names are Jordan, 'Nique, and Vince. I literally fell outta my chair. I'm not being a homer because if Gerald would have done it, I would have had the same reaction. I'm happy for him because he truly got robbed last year. :clap:

BTW, it was one of the greatest dunks of all time in the dunk contest IMHO. Not trying to take anything away from the "through-the-legs" dunk, but it has been proven that it can be duplicated by many. Now, how many people can do what Dwight did? The best dunk contest dunk of all time was Carter's "hand stuck in the rim" dunk. I have not seen that duplicated successfully. Dwight's dunk is in the top 5.

The Evidence · Post #9 » by **The Evidence** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:58 am

vainsake wrote:Was it a dunk? No.

Should it go down as one of the greatest dunks in the history of the game? Yes.

Wait, what? :crazy:

Diaper Dandy · Post #10 » by **Diaper Dandy** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:58 am

Gotta go with "Who cares it was awesome". In fact, you know it's awesome when you're sitting around with a bunch of chicks and even they're like "whoa!"

Mags FTW · Post #11 » by **Mags FTW** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:58 am

Tmac970 wrote:I don't care, man. That was the sickest flight dunk that I have ever seen. He took off from a far distance.

Off of both feet too.

The Letter J · Post #12 » by **The Letter J** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:58 am

Wordnet

dunk

noun
1. a basketball shot in which the basketball is propelled downward into the basket

Wikipedia

A slam dunk (or simply a dunk) is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both of his hands.

Dictionary.com

3. Basketball. to attempt to thrust (a ball) through the basket using a dunk shot.

Merriam-Webster

3 : to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim

Warriors510 · Post #13 » by **Warriors510** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:00 am

well do you consider this a dunk was basically the same as howard superman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALAf186 ... re=related

Post #14 » by **INKtastic** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:01 am

DanniIce wrote:Who cares it was awesome

this should be added to the thread title

MagicFan3 · Post #15 » by **MagicFan3** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:02 am

DanniIce wrote:Who cares it was awesome

Post #16 » by **bleu** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:03 am

Beautiful Avy MagicFan.

Post #17 » by **UCFJayBird** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:13 am

yes it was a dunk, as it was thrust down through the hoop from above. It's not a traditional dunk, but a dunk nonetheless.

PlinkingPanda · Post #18 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:13 am

Warriors510 wrote:well do you consider this a dunk was basically the same as howard superman...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ALAf186 ... re=related

Based on the multiple definitions from legit sources The Letter J showed it would pretty much be a dunk. I believe I remember KG doing a similar move as well off a rebound. Either way it was an impressive display.
:clap:

Post #19 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:24 am

Michael Jordan did it in space jam, except I think Dwight took off from further back :lol:

sule · Post #20 » by **sule** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:26 am

that was actually more remarkable than a dunk, since he actually made it

kudos to Dwight for implementing props into the contest successfully