Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop

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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#101 » by Edrees » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:15 pm

"That was a spectacular dunk by Giannis"

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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#102 » by Greek » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:19 pm

An all time great dunk. Probs to Jr who tried to defend that
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#103 » by Perishable517 » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:19 pm

Edrees wrote:"That was a spectacular dunk by Giannis"

-Me, tampering with Giannis to get him to join the lakers


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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#104 » by ItsThatEasy » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:20 pm

JunkYardDog6ix wrote:
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JunkYardDog6ix wrote:What ? It definitely has a wow factor , Giannis sonned him


Didn't wow me in actual game speed which is important to me.

Vince's dunk was an immediate wow, he did it off a one dribble vertical leap. Giannis' just didn't strike me as much as something like that should have.


Yeah it didn't wow me either at first when I was watching Sportscenter highlights , but then the guy doing the highlights said " Did you notice Giannis went right over THJ and not around him , it looks like he went around him but he went right over him " then they should the replay from another angle and that definitely had the wow factor. THJ just froze like he couldn't believe what was happening , Giannis owned him


With Slow motion/Replay it's definitely an All-Time great dunk. I doubt this will be on highlight reels 10/20 years from now though. There are a lot of factors other posters have mentioned but for me it just wasn't immediately attention grabbing.
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#105 » by axeman23 » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:31 pm

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I feel like a noob for saying this but who was that ?


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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#106 » by Jim Naismith » Wed Feb 7, 2018 9:38 pm

Best photo of the dunk that I have found:

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Post#107 » by LuDux1 » Wed Feb 7, 2018 10:12 pm

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Post#109 » by axeman23 » Wed Feb 7, 2018 10:20 pm

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I was gonna post the commentators reaction, but thought I'd better keep it PG rated... :lol:
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#110 » by jokeboy86 » Thu Feb 8, 2018 3:22 am

Spectacular dunk but not top 5. May not even be top 5 alley oop dunks. Vince alone has some ridiculous alley oops that I would rank higher but to me there is nothing and I mean NOTHING that will ever top Gerald Green's alley oop against the Rockets.
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#111 » by anish23 » Thu Feb 8, 2018 5:53 am

jokeboy86 wrote:Spectacular dunk but not top 5. May not even be top 5 alley oop dunks. Vince alone has some ridiculous alley oops that I would rank higher but to me there is nothing and I mean NOTHING that will ever top Gerald Green's alley oop against the Rockets.


that one handed catch and alley oop finish vince had against the Clippers is the best alleyoop dunk of ALL TIME.

plus Kidd to Vince alleyoops are insane... there are like a 100...

not a 100 but you get my point.
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#112 » by Rock Hardy » Thu Feb 8, 2018 11:45 am

That is the DOTY for sure. Timbug Jr joining Brandon Knight in Valhalla.
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#113 » by ChuckyFE » Thu Feb 8, 2018 12:13 pm

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He about to go full-on Father Pat from Semi-Pro when he first witnesses the alley oop.

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Post#114 » by IrishRainbow » Thu Feb 8, 2018 3:01 pm

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Hindenburg wrote:Gotta get Giannis in the dunk contest. He can pull some crazy stuff.

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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#115 » by Mister Ze » Thu Feb 8, 2018 3:04 pm

Edrees wrote:"That was a spectacular dunk by Giannis"

-Me, tampering with Giannis to get him to join the lakers

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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#116 » by Laimbeer » Thu Feb 8, 2018 3:11 pm

Why do guys duck for these? Stand straight, and bring your elbow up to protect yourself. He can worry about how he lands. Won't happen again.

I mean, am I the only one who sees this as big time disrespectful?
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#117 » by ReasonablySober » Thu Feb 8, 2018 4:23 pm

Laimbeer wrote:Why do guys duck for these? Stand straight, and bring your elbow up to protect yourself. He can worry about how he lands. Won't happen again.

I mean, am I the only one who sees this as big time disrespectful?


Giannis didn't even know Jr. was there. Wasn't like he was out to ruin his life.
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Re: Giannis jumps over Tim Hardaway Jr. for the alley-oop 

Post#118 » by Laimbeer » Thu Feb 8, 2018 4:33 pm

ReasonablySober wrote:
Laimbeer wrote:Why do guys duck for these? Stand straight, and bring your elbow up to protect yourself. He can worry about how he lands. Won't happen again.

I mean, am I the only one who sees this as big time disrespectful?


Giannis didn't even know Jr. was there. Wasn't like he was out to ruin his life.


Mea culpa. Upon further review, Jr slid under him as he was in the air. I don't think either had a clue Freak would end up going over him.

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