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  • Dominique Wilkins.

  • He has a memory of all of his great dunks, But he also recalls when he got dunked on by Dr J.

  • He was a rookie when he wasn't upset about his coach called a time out.

  • He's like, Hey, rookie, you ready to play?

  • He's like Coach bro, like, That's the doctor.

  • What do you want me to dio?

  • And he gets subbed out for the rest of the game until he comes back down to reality, realizes he's playing in the league and gets to play.

  • Um, but obviously we're all back here unit with you now.

  • And I want to hear your memories because you guys have been around the game and you played in some of these games.

  • Woes.

  • Let's start with you.

  • Yeah, the memory of a dunk that you were actually in person for.

  • Well, we just saw there the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.

  • Vince Carter over Frederick Vice.

  • The most incredible dunk I ever saw in person one.

  • I wish I saw January of 1983 Dr J.

  • Against the Lakers and think of everything in play You have Dr J.

  • Who revolutionized the dunk who really turned it to an art form.

  • You've got Chick Hearn on the call.

  • Who says Rock the baby slam dunk?

  • He coined the phrase slam dunk and think of that season 1983.

  • Uh, the Lakers were defending champions and you had a Sixer team that sent a statement in January that this is our year.

  • They go on sweep the Lakers in the finals.

  • I don't think there is a close second of the most of the best dunk, the most important dunk in league history.

  • The dunks don't even really exist without Dr J.

  • If we're being honest, J will.

  • What's the one that you've seen in person?

  • You'll always remember M T.

  • I was in L.

  • A.

  • And it was March 9th was two days ago.

  • That's always a day is a guy, you know, fellow Tri State.

  • You know, biggie When he when he passed, okay?

  • In l A I go to Ah, Clipper game.

  • I'm there.

  • Of course I with my boy.

  • We're watching the game and I saw J Rose.

  • I saw DeAndre Jordan put Brandon Knight in a body bag.

  • I've never seen anything like this before.

  • I know we always got the height jokes.

  • But I gotta tell you that day as a little man is a guy who's 6162 I felt bad for the little people out there, J.

  • Rose, because we have no business being in the sky trying to contest with a guy like DeAndre Jordan.

  • There was a chalk mark on the ground after that game on.

  • There are a couple of names that we must just saying this conversation.

  • How about David Thompson, urban legend that he take a quarter off the top of the backboard and leave you change?

  • You mentioned Dr J.

  • Right?

  • Michael Air Jordan.

  • Clearly, Dominique was in there.

  • Shawn Kemp was in there.

  • Kobe T.

  • Mac and V.

  • C.

  • I just gotta say those guys, But I was in the building.

  • All of the dunks that you've seen are facing the rim.

  • My dunk is a backwards dunk, an in game dunk at Market Square Arena.

  • It was Vince Carter.

  • My first year in Indiana, I think, was like 1996.

  • Look, you drove baseline.

  • Look, it did a double pump dump in the game.

  • So when you get a chance, walls tell me the last time you seen anybody rich that Ricks makes it out of the way decision.

  • That was a business decision right there.

  • Did not have to look back at it.

  • I like that would.

  • Let's go with you, Jay.

  • Well, the best dunker in the game right now.

  • Like if we had to go buy a poster right now, Who is our in game dunker?

  • E J.

  • Rose.

  • I got shy Love here.

  • I just may have to go.

  • Zach Lavine.

  • I just feel like Zack Grant.

  • He's been shooting the ball in extreme high level, but, like people forget how crazy athletic he is.

  • I mean, doing windmills, piping it on people.

  • He just flushes it with ease.

  • Like he just He reminds me a little bit.

  • Events of how he just keeps Skying higher and higher and higher with the way he jumps.

  • My guy is only 6 ft one, but he plays like he's 6 ft seven.

  • Donovan Mitchell is my favorite endgame dunker, and if you notice all of those ones with Zach Lavine were uncontested.

  • When you see a guy his height going in there, you gotta go over somebody.

  • Donovan Mitchell has no problems doing that at 6 ft one.

  • That's my favorite in game dunk.

  • And Donovan Mitchell is a countdown All star.

  • Alright, A friend of the show he comes through, so shut up.

  • A being here, apparently.

  • Look, our production staff has a little bit of a special for us.

  • We got some posters, Bill.

  • You guys wanna take a look?

  • This is Jalen Poster.

  • You ready that?

  • You like that?

  • Yeah, I like that, e.

  • I wasn't gonna be dunking.

  • E got clothes line in high school.

  • Got carried off.

  • It's all J will of the international businessman.

  • That's the J will e a Queen e really didn't know.

  • You guys get me.

  • You just get me coming to America to right there, you know?

  • They shot it in the a t l rose.

  • Y'all were afraid to dio e o.

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