The Mid-Air Tap will Revolutionize the Dunk Contest

maltonwala · Post #1 » by **maltonwala** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:34 pm

In this years dunk contest, for his 3rd dunk, Dwight Howard threw the ball in the air, jumped, tapped it off the backboard in mid air and dunked the ball.

Due to the fact it's really hard for players nowadays to come up with dunks that have never done before, players will now incorporate the mid air tap into their dunks.

Imagine this, a player throws the ball up in the air, jumps, taps it off the backboard (ala Dwight Howard) and does a windmill, a 360 or even a through the legs dunk.

That is something extremely difficult to do and only with players with ridiculous hang time will be able to do it. And in my opinion, that is what's in store for NBA fans for years to come.

In case anyone doesn't know what dunk I'm talking about, here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06X7rdCcP5s

MagicFan3 · Post #2 » by **MagicFan3** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:35 pm

Wouldn't surprise me. I think that 3rd dunk is being overlooked a lot because of the Superman one, but the fact is it was an amazing dunk.

Post #3 » by **5DOM** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:36 pm

great dunk.

but why not post this in the all stars thread

magicfan4life05 · Post #4 » by **magicfan4life05** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:37 pm

a change gonna come, it's been a long time commin, and i KNOOOOWW, a change gonna come..oh yes it will...

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #5 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:40 pm

It also will be more difficult since you have to throw a lob at the right place. You have to lob the ball so that it bounces up vertically and not moving towards the backboard. It's crazy how the creativity in dunk contests keep getting better and better over time.

EiRON · Post #6 » by **EiRON** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:45 pm

Ughhh too much Dwight Howard threads. lol. Stick to one thread people's. But yah the mid-air tap dunk was sick.

MagicFan3 · Post #7 » by **MagicFan3** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:47 pm

EiRON wrote:Ughhh too much Dwight Howard threads. lol. Stick to one thread people's. But yah the mid-air tap dunk was sick.

That's how dominant SUPERMAN is! :clap:

EiRON · Post #8 » by **EiRON** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:49 pm

That mid-air tap dunk was better than the Superman dunk actually.

cb4_89 · Post #9 » by **cb4_89** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:54 pm

I think you are right. Just as carter brought the through the legs out, howard opened up the gates for this dunk.

D-Wags#13 · Post #10 » by **D-Wags#13** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:54 pm

MagicFan3 wrote:I think that 3rd dunk is being overlooked a lot because of the Superman one, but the fact is it was an amazing dunk.

So true... I tried to find it on youtube, but that's almost impossible. All I found was Superman, even some dunk contest summaries left that one out. :nonono:

Post #11 » by **Hassassin** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:58 pm

EiRON wrote:That mid-air tap dunk was better than the Superman dunk actually.

That was my favorite dunk out of the entire night. I'm not impressed with dunks that relies on props.

Cevap · Post #12 » by **Cevap** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:00 pm

cb4_89 wrote:I think you are right. Just as carter brought the through the legs out, howard opened up the gates for this dunk.

didn't kobe do the between the legs dunk in 97?

D-Wags#13 · Post #13 » by **D-Wags#13** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:05 pm

yep, and isiah rider before kobe... :bowdown:

yet vince's 2000 between the legs was the one with the most flair by far, he made it look tooooo easy...

Patterns · Post #14 » by **Patterns** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:16 pm

Cevap wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

didn't kobe do the between the legs dunk in 97?

Isiah Rider was the first to do it in the dunk contest. Kobe was the second.

Mad Balla 15 · Post #15 » by **Mad Balla 15** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:27 pm

I actually thought he did the mid air tap dunk better in his preview before the dunk contest than the one he did in the contest itself.

Pats19andO · Post #16 » by **Pats19andO** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:28 pm

Post #17 » by **TheGlyde** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:43 pm

Patterns wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Isiah Rider was the first to do it in the dunk contest. Kobe was the second.

Orlando Woolridge was actually the first, he did it way back in 1984... no-one did it between then and Rider.

Last Guardian · Post #18 » by **Last Guardian** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:45 pm

It will. For Dwight, it looked too easy. But the 6'6 guys, if they can pull that off and some fancy finish along with it, you'd have one of the best dunks in history.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #19 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:05 am

D-Wags#13 wrote:yep, and isiah rider before kobe...
yet vince's 2000 between the legs was the one with the most flair by far, he made it look tooooo easy...

Gerald Green and J-Rich would be able to do it. The ball was bouncing UP towards Vince Carter which made it easy for him to get it and put it between the legs.

Jason Richardson bounced it off the backboard and as the ball came DOWN against him, he caught it and put it between the legs.

CupcakeNoFillin · Post #20 » by **CupcakeNoFillin** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:07 am

The dunk will look really plain in 4 or so years. Right now it's amazing since none of us have ever seen a dunk like that before. But once people start making it more complicated and have more variations for it it will be incredible.

Just like Spud Webb's "off the floor then off the backboard" dunk back in the day. We were all amazed by that dunk then, but when we look back at it now it looks plain.