A chart and article about players who don't dunk. Uncle Cliffy had 2 seasons where he didn't throw it down. Kapono has racked up 4 season without a dunk. Sasha Vujasuk didn't stuff a ball in two of the seasons he's played. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/sports/basketball/12dunk.html?_r=1
Uncle Cliffy was old, but his name on the list still surprises me. I don't recall Blake dunking either? Maybe it's players who have dunked, but stopped? Mugsey Bogues would be at the top of the list
Well... I did not watch him up close through his entire career. 82games.com shows him dunking 0% last year and the year before. If anyone is willing or interested to look at his stats earlier in his career - please publish your finding, HAAK is interested.
That list is a little flawed. It should be based on minutes played without dunking rather than seasons. Raef dunked plenty before he came to the Blazers, but once here he hardly ever played. Hard to dunk when you're sitting on the bench (or home on the couch in jeans). Whether it's due to injuries, or just racking up endless DNP-Cds, I find seasons without a dunk less interesting than guys who play big minutes but don't throw down. For example, ZBo plays huge minutes, gets tons of FGA, but rarely dunks. It would be interesting to see something like dunks/48 for all PFs and centers over the past few seasons. BNM
There are tons of smaller players who never dunked in an NBA game in spite of really long careers. In addition to Mugsy Bogues, I don't ever recall seeing Damon, Kenny Anderson, Tiny Archibald or even Rod Stricklad dunk in a game. Or Stockton, Bob Cousy, Calvin Muprhy, etc. I think the focus of the list is on guys who should be plenty tall enough to dunk, but don't/didn't. BNM
That would be sweet. Make a play called "Camel Fight" where Greg stands right next to the hoop, Lamarcus runs up and jumps on his shoulders, and then lob it to Lamarcus for the dunk. They would be the equivelent of about 12 feet tall.
Does Rod Stricklad have a daughter called Rod Stricklass? Actually I remember Strickland dunking as a Blazer on a breakaway, and the whole bench erupted. Last season some tall Timberwolf (might've been Jefferson) bet Bassy that he couldn't dunk. Turns out he could easily, but then the dirty reneger refused to pay up. So there's probably a lot of "could but don't"s. Here's Steve Blake FAILING to dunk: [video=youtube;5xssF20-8BE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xssF20-8BE[/video]
I think Kirk Hinrich has dunked once or twice in his NBA career, though he dunked plenty in college. I only remember Larry Bird dunking once in all the times I saw him (too many).
I remember seeing Bird dunk several times. He certianly wasn't Dr. J, but at 6'9" he could dunk fairly easily. BNM
Here's a few Bird dunks for you. [video=youtube;y300SqnSxtw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y300SqnSxtw[/video] The most famous was the game 7 dunk during the finals, but I also remember the base line diriving reverse slams. Being a great outside shooter, Bird liked to use a pump fake to get the defender to leave his feeet and then drive around him for the dunk. BNM
lol at Blake's dunk attempt. I wouldn't blame him if he didn't want to attempt one again for the rest of his career. That had to be embarassing.
It looks like the list only includes players 6'6" or taller. It's pretty sad that any players 6'10" or taller can go entire seasons without dunks. Foster LaFrentz Potapenko Robinson Ferry
