This girl can dunk with ease!

[Bull's-eye]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/hso/6207792.html

http://images.chron.com/photos/2008/12/02/14775118/600xPopupGallery.jpg

[Emerson1]

I would hope any human being that was 6'8" could dunk

[sahen]

Griner is averaging 27.1 points, 12.6 rebounds and 9.4 blocks per game and shooting 68.9 percent for the state’s top-ranked Class 5A team.

glad she is coming to baylor....

there have been women that were 6'8" in the past that couldnt dunk emerson...actually plenty of them in college basketball now....its not just the fact that she can dunk that is impressive, its the fact that she can throw it down like a man....there is really no holding ur breath hoping she is gonna make it over the rim like a lot of hte female dunkers now.....

[Emerson1]

I don't believe that any person physically capable of playing basket could be 6'8" and not be able to dunk. I am 6'2" with absolutely NO hops and can get the ball in + some rim.

[Bull's-eye]

Could Shawn Bradley dunk?

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by Bull's-eye
Could Shawn Bradley dunk? Yea but he just prefered to get on highlight shows by being dunked on instead of doing the dunking.

[MN95]

Originally posted by Emerson1
I don't believe that any person physically capable of playing basket could be 6'8" and not be able to dunk. I am 6'2" with absolutely NO hops and can get the ball in + some rim.

This is a dubious statement. Just do a little basic math factoring in your height, approximate reach, a 10' goal, clearance needed above the rim, and any 6'2" person that can dunk (or come close) would need at least a 30" or greater vertical leap, which I would guess is above average.

Am I mistaken?

[sahen]

Originally posted by Emerson1
I don't believe that any person physically capable of playing basket could be 6'8" and not be able to dunk. I am 6'2" with absolutely NO hops and can get the ball in + some rim.

its a girl...they arent built the same as men, there is a reason its very uncommon for a woman to dunk.....if it was as common as you are saying then the chronicle wouldnt be writing a story about it...jsut a couple years ago that girl at tennessee became the first woman to dunk in a college game...

[Keith7]

I knew a guy in high school who was 6'6" and couldn't touch rim..

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by MN95
This is a dubious statement. Just do a little basic math factoring in your height, approximate reach, a 10' goal, clearance needed above the rim, and any 6'2" person that can dunk (or come close) would need at least a 30" or greater vertical leap, which I would guess is above average.

Am I mistaken? maybe if he had the shortest arms ever

[Keith7]

Originally posted by MN95
This is a dubious statement. Just do a little basic math factoring in your height, approximate reach, a 10' goal, clearance needed above the rim, and any 6'2" person that can dunk (or come close) would need at least a 30" or greater vertical leap, which I would guess is above average.

Am I mistaken?

no you are right.. perhaps emerson has been trying to dunk on one of those retractable goals

[Emerson1]

Rim = 120 inches
My reach up = 98 inches
Add in 1 inch for shoes

Vertical reach = 99 inches

Would only need a 21 inch vertical to get rim

[Keith7]

Originally posted by Emerson1
Rim = 120 inches
My reach up = 98 inches
Add in 1 inch for shoes

Vertical reach = 99 inches

Would only need a 21 inch vertical to get rim

I want to see a video of you dunking on your youtube site

[DDBooger]

Originally posted by Keith7
I want to see a video of you dunking on your youtube site
yeah emerson, yall can title it "The J-Mac Story"

[OldBison75]

The question that I have is can you dunk from a standing position below the basket? This girl can and does it very easily. She made a two handed dunk from the side of the box from a standing start and had room to spare. That is impressive for a 6'8" man---much less an 18 year old girl. She is really an unbelievable athlete also. Passes well, runs the floor well, and can play super defense.

[Bull's-eye]

The size of someone's hands would factor in the ability to dunk a regulation basketball. Isn't the girl's basketball smaller in diameter?

[Bull's-eye]

Originally posted by Emerson1
I would hope any human being that was 6'8" could dunk

I'm very sure that if Yao Ming was 6'8", he wouldn't be able to dunk. He can barely get his feet off the ground.

[MN95]

Originally posted by Emerson1
Rim = 120 inches
My reach up = 98 inches
Add in 1 inch for shoes

Vertical reach = 99 inches

Would only need a 21 inch vertical to get rim

Sounds like you have very long arms. Still you need to add 6-7 inches to get the ball above the rim, which puts us pretty close to my original 30" vertical leap requirement. Less if your knuckles drag the ground.

[Emerson1]

I never said I could dunk. I said I could get rim while getting the ball in.

[20loboes10]

Originally posted by Emerson1
I never said I could dunk. I said I could get rim while getting the ball in.

If you can just touch rim then nobody really cares

[DDBooger]

Originally posted by 20loboes10
If you can just touch rim then nobody really cares you realize he wasn't trying to impress right

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by Bull's-eye
The size of someone's hands would factor in the ability to dunk a regulation basketball. Isn't the girl's basketball smaller in diameter?
Do they seriously have male/female basketballs? I guess either I learned something new today, OR every school I attended was too poor to get us our own. (Or both)

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Do they seriously have male/female basketballs? I guess either I learned something new today, OR every school I attended was too poor to get us our own. (Or both)
Yep. The female ball is 28.5" male ball is 29.5". The one inch makes a big difference though.

[MN95]

Originally posted by Emerson1
The one inch makes a big difference though.

Cue Michael Scott from The Office....."that's what she said."

[I_Do_Care]

Originally posted by MN95
Cue Michael Scott from The Office....."that's what she said." YES!! they start back up this Thursday

[sahen]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Do they seriously have male/female basketballs? I guess either I learned something new today, OR every school I attended was too poor to get us our own. (Or both)

the women's ball most guys can palm, even w/ small hands and its lighter so it adds a good 5 feet to your range....however, when u first start shooting w/ it you shoot everything long and once u hone in with it, but when u switch back to a men's ball u airball a lot til u get used to it again...

[eagles_victory]

Originally posted by Emerson1
Yep. The female ball is 28.5" male ball is 29.5". The one inch makes a big difference though. The male ball is 30"