*DUNK* Ohhhhhhhhhhh *DUNK* Ohhhhhhhhhhhh *DUNK* Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

February 20, 2016 5:26 PM

“You don’t know what you just saw, but when you see it in slow motion you’ll know what you just saw.” The NBA released a mix-tape of last weekend’s All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest. The highlight of the weekend was Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon's Slam Dunk Duel but even the All-Star's kids got in on the action. For the greatest of all time, there's the Ultimate Slam Dunk Contest Mixtape. You can also view it in 360 FreeD Angles.

Bonus dunks:

Vince Carter's Ultimate Toronto Raptors Mixtape

2014-2015 NBA Mixtape: Best Dunks

posted by Room 641-A (24 comments total)

Gordon's under-the-butt-and-over-the-mascot dunk was the sickest of all time, I don't care if LaVine won.
posted by carsonb at 5:29 PM on February 20, 2016 [10 favorites]

Nah, the sickest dunk of all time is Vince Carter over a 7'2" Fred Weis in the Olympics.

le dunk de la mort

Vince Carter is the best dunker of all time.

(can we please just post awesome dunks? because that thread would be awesome. god I love the nba)
posted by yeahwhatever at 5:47 PM on February 20, 2016 [12 favorites]

That dunk showdown was surreal. So many where the momentum is working against them but they're making it work as if their hands have magnets in them.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 5:52 PM on February 20, 2016

Gordon was robbed. Still, it was a great contest this year.
posted by protocoach at 6:07 PM on February 20, 2016

I feel like some of those gentlemen might have been traveling.
posted by jacquilynne at 6:15 PM on February 20, 2016 [10 favorites]

If the best dunks don't include Jordan Kilganon's no-look, behind the back dunk... in jeans, then it's categorically not the best dunks.
posted by GhostintheMachine at 6:16 PM on February 20, 2016 [5 favorites]

I have so much love for the Magic mascot and his(?) assists.
posted by TwoStride at 6:16 PM on February 20, 2016

I also find it oddly soothing to watch the mascot twirl slowly on the hoverboard. I need a gif of just that.
posted by TwoStride at 6:25 PM on February 20, 2016 [1 favorite]

Phenomenal!!
posted by soakimbo at 6:29 PM on February 20, 2016

Here's a 5'5"(!) high schooler dunking in a game.

And Gordon was robbed.
posted by mcmile at 7:05 PM on February 20, 2016 [5 favorites]

Yup, Gordon was robbed.
posted by oddman at 7:41 PM on February 20, 2016

Wade isn't known as a dunker, but here's a good old-man-dunk.
posted by oddman at 7:51 PM on February 20, 2016

I think the most underrated dunk in all of the history of the NBA Dunk Comp is the Aaron Gordon double pump (his last dunk.) I've never seen a double pump where the ball went so far in either direction
posted by matrixgeek at 8:02 PM on February 20, 2016

Anything where the dunker is at eye level with the rim works for me.
posted by Lyme Drop at 8:48 PM on February 20, 2016

Post more dunks?

Cocked that joint back and banged on 'em
We just saw a man fly!
posted by yeahwhatever at 8:58 PM on February 20, 2016 [3 favorites]

Was at the MJ Dominique Dunk Contest in 1988 in Chicago. The most amazing athletic feats I believe I will ever see in person. Truly incredible. Electrifying.

I thought both Gordon and LaVine were terrific. To me, it is like a boxing champion, you have to beat them convincingly to take the crown. LaVine did not lose, he just did not win.
posted by AugustWest at 9:07 PM on February 20, 2016 [1 favorite]

From NCAA - up, up and away.
posted by azpenguin at 9:33 PM on February 20, 2016 [1 favorite]

Wade isn't known as a dunker, but here's a good old-man-dunk.

Why does that beardy Aryan-brotherhood looking guy get up after the dunk and hold people back? Was it to avoid a penalty for teammates going onto the court?
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:31 PM on February 20, 2016

Yes, ever since the Malice at the Palace (previously) there have been penalties for players leaving the bench.

At this point it's usually more of a thing for show as opposed to serious.
posted by yeahwhatever at 11:44 PM on February 20, 2016

Incredible.
posted by bongo_x at 12:02 AM on February 21, 2016

Jordan Kilganon is a beast, and his dunk during all-star weekend was awesome. But this might be the best one he's ever pulled off.
posted by Fireland at 3:00 AM on February 21, 2016

I feel like some of those gentlemen might have been traveling.

Highlight truthers are everywhere these days.

The seated dunk was amazing, as were many of Gordon's dunks. They were fun, they were creative. Levine, though, he just looked so at ease, so relaxed with his dunks. Effortless. It's one of the reasons I love basketball above other sports. It's the one sport where everyone once in a while, someone does something that makes you forget humans can't fly. Levine's dunks we (uh, sorry) like Legolas walking on the snow while the rest of the fellowship struggled through it. His first dunk, from behind the backboard, it was like he was relaxed, like he was reclining in mid air.

And the mix tape of all of the "perfect" dunks, that's gotta be the best hourlong commute fodder I've ever seen. I just started watching, not thinking about how long it would be, and finally checked how much time was left around maybe Kobe Bryant. I wasn't finished when I got to my station, so got off the train and stood on the platform for the last three minutes.
posted by Ghidorah at 4:16 AM on February 21, 2016

Why does that beardy Aryan-brotherhood looking guy get up after the dunk and hold people back? Was it to avoid a penalty for teammates going onto the court?

Yes, he doesn't want them to get called for a technical foul for having too many players on the court.

Also, A history of Chris "Birdman" Andersen's tattoos
posted by T.D. Strange at 11:40 AM on February 21, 2016

My favorite dunk. You've heard those stories about adrenaline giving people superpowers, so they can lift cars and whatnot?
posted by Lyme Drop at 5:40 PM on February 22, 2016