Tom Chambers - The Untold Story of THE DUNK
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- In 1989, Tom Chambers of the Phoenix Suns threw down one of the greatest game dunks in NBA history. This is its full story.
Phoenix Suns vs. New York Knicks - January 27, 1989
Box Score: www.basketball...
People in this video: Kevin Johnson, Eddie Johnson, Mark West, Dan Majerle, Tyrone Corbin, Patrick Ewing, Mark Jackson, Bernard King, Gerald Wilkins, Charles Oakley, Marv Albert, Alvan Adams, Paul Westphal, Connie Hawkins, Walter Davis, Larry Nance, Mitch Richmond, Chris Webber, Steve Kerr
Music Credits:
"Discovery" by Scott Buckley
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"Time" by Hans Zimmer
Album: Inception Soundtrack
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TC 24 Imagine Chambers playing in the ABA with the likes of ppl like a YOUNG JULIUS ERVING,BOBBY JONES,MOSES MALONE,DAN ISSEL!!!!!!
Chambers should have been a Hall of Famer long ago. Totally underrated!
Before the internet was a thing, this dunk truly lived in mythology. Every now and then you'd talk to somebody who supposedly had seen it on a highlight reel and by the description, you'd have thought Chambers almost hit his head on the rafters, not the rim. The first time I saw it, I almost didn't believe what I saw.
Great video, btw.
George Michael's Sports Machine BABY! That's how we got to see it. The plays of the week.
@@youflatbro7498 The Sports Machine was our version of ESPN on the east coast.
@@dwightlove3704 It was the same the same for us in the pacific northwest.
@@youflatbro7498Thanks did you see the Chambers dunk on the frontcourt of Boston????
I'm old enough to say that I actually watched the game and I was a huge Knicks fan. Even 11yo me couldn't be mad.
A 17 minute video about a play that too about two seconds.
🤣🤣🤣
I absolutely love it!
So great. We need to hear more about the Master Tom Chambers. Oddly enough this dunk happened the same year the Bad Boys won their championship. What a great time for basketball so many great players and a shame no one talks about Chambers these days.
Tom Chambers a future Hall of Famer. It's about time!!!!!!
The consistent Traffic Jammer. Dunked on anybody. In-game dunking at it's best! Masterly improvisation.
Yes indeed the left hand hook dunk over The Sixer's was nice also!!
@@jaleelel-shabazz6736 I loved the dunk on the frontcourt of Boston
@@dwightlove3704: 👍🏾
@@jaleelel-shabazz6736 The dunk on Boston should have gotten more media attention.
i remember watching this live. A devastating dunk.
Marv Albert's complete lack of reaction to Chambers' epic dunk is just flat out hilarious to me LOL.
Marv Albert got it right. Sometimes there are no words.
Marv was the play-by-play man for the Knicks. He wasn't about to say that Chambers absolutely OWNED his team.
@@alfredhernandez9799 How many times did he scream the name of JORDAN!!!!!!
Steven Dern The Suns fan base did Marv's job for him
No, totally missed the moment. Blind and dumb.
Tom Chambers is the real life Flash Gordon!!! LOL
I met Tom today framing a house I'm proud of myself for recognizing him
Nice!
My favorite dunk to watch...it really looks so high. I was just a boy when i saw this and it's the thing that easily pops up in my mind when i think of dunks. It looks like there's an additional wings that work with him. There was no internet back then and I finally found it here.
Wow. Corbin, Eddie Johnson, Kevin Johnson, Chambers, Hornacek just to name a few. Pretty awesome roster; quite some talent there. The NBA used to be better than these days.
I totally agree with you. I miss those days.
I love the way he gets on with the game instead of screaming and hollering
This dunk turned into an unstoppable move on Lakers Vs. Celtics . Because no matter where you were, Around the basket Tom chambers would make the dunk. I never saw the dunk until I was older. I only knew that there was some tall white dude with hops on phoenix, because of the EA Sports " Its in the Game 🎮" video game. All the star had signature moves. What a cool game.
I never knew the story behind this dunk. March Jackson did go on and have a good career and was a winning head coach, he is in the top ten of all time for assists. and is a very good commentator. But him getting dunked on like that by chambers will forever stand with him. When Mark met Tom after 20 years, he handled himself pretty well. This was interesting. I am now a subscriber.
I think people forget just how good Chambers!
Greatest in game dunk I’ve ever seen!
A True Classic
I can't believe they made that movie three years after seeing this man jump.
Awesome video, it needs to go viral. Saw Tom not too long ago locally I live in Phoenix. Just looked at him in awe, didn’t wanna bother him.
aside from the iconic dunk against Mark Jackson, that was some acrobatic move that Tom did against Ewing at 7:45... wow!
I remember this dunk was in the first NBA game on the Sega Genesis. If you got Tom Chambers in the right spot and hit the right button it would trigger the dunk animation. It was unstoppable. LOL That's what I get for commenting before I watched the whole video.
There were 8 teams on that game. And out of the 8 superstars that had signature moves, Tom Chambers is the only player on the game who can't miss when he does his signature move. The other superstars in Bird, Thomas, Jordan, Barkley, Magic, Drexler, and Robinson all could miss their moves.
Damn,damn,damn!!!
What a legendary dunk!
Wow! 😳💪🏾🤎💪🏾
This was awesome. Loved the extra background info on the Lakers vs. Celtics double pump dunk!
The way TC24 kept going up and up and up! An absolute monster dunk! 💥🏀😳
Such a shame it appears that he'll never make the HOF like he deserves.
He has similar accolades to DeMarcus Cousins both being 4x All-Stars and 2x All-NBA. Chambers is in the Hall of Very Good
@@Keegan.999 I am a Celtics fan but there is a LOT of Celtic mediocrity in the Hall of Fame. Bill Russell even spoke out against it.
@@Keegan.999 well boogie didnt carry teams deep in playoffs... Bad comparison.
What makes you say this ??? What did he do ???
2:16 my first EA SPORTS NBA video game. Great shout out on Chambers’ 100% accuracy flying dunk from just inside the 3-pt line.
I’m from Arizona and was living in Phoenix then,and a suns fan,that Dunk will never be forgotten ever.
I’m from Arizona and was living in Phoenix at the time of course a Suns fan,that Dunk will never be forgotten ever.
Wow Richard Dumas in there! That almost brought tears to my eyes
I can't remember a greater two-handed dunk ever!
Mark Jackson will never live this one down, will he?
@@meg-k-waldren never! Haha
look up “Derrick Rose Goran Dragic”
Look up Dominique Wilkins dunking on Larry Bird.
D. Wilkins?
Marv Albert was working for the Knicks so he wasn't going to gush over the play. The other iconic calls came from when he was working for NBC. Marv knew his audience and New Yorkers would have blasted him for getting too excited.
From where he took off, he had to keep his head from hitting the rim on the way down. Unbelievable
I saw this dunk live on tv. Everybody was in awe! We knew Chambers had game, and had hops but this dunk was insane.
Chambers should have been inducted into the NBA HOF yesterday. 💯
Only player with 20000 points not in the HOF! Why not?
Antwan Jamison also
His points aren't of much consequence in the larger discussion. He was a magnificent ballplayer by all metrics. If the NBA had a HoF, I'm sure he'd already be in it. But Springfield is all of basketball. Maybe that's the reason. Maybe nobody put him on the ballot.
Support. With that.
HE IS A HALL OF FAME PLAYER. NO QUESTION..
STOP THE NBA SLANDER ON GREAT PLAYERS. JUST CAUSE U DONT GET A CHIP. ,, DOESNT MAKE U LESS
TERRIFIC video! Thank you so much for this
That's one that looked great in real time . . but only elicits the OMG reaction when slowed down. Plus, Chambers was such a stoic guy he just landed and ran back on D like "Meh."
And this is why we all miss 80's basketball.
The live shot was from too far away
Man had great career. Made 4 all star teams and had about a decade long run of being one of the better power forwards of his time.
Everyone talks about the dunk on Mark Jackson what about the Chambers dunk on the front line of Boston!!!!!!!!!
That was a great dunk. Got damn near the whole squad on that poster.
@@barthgrooks628 That showed the athleticism of Chambers I'm in the process of buying a Chambers jersey from his Seattle days.
@@barthgrooks628 I got a jersey of Chambers from his time with Phoenix.
I love Marv Albert but man he blew the call on that dunk!
Should have been Dick Vitale calling the game
Marv was busy biting a waitress during that dunk.
Bane voice: "THAT COMES LATER"
Bones Jackson Albert was the HANNIBAL LECTER of the sports media.
In fishnets, panties and bra!
I remember him on Sega Genesis on Bulls vs Lakers & he would do that same two handed dunk
everytime i see this dunk it remind me of the scene in angel in the outfield.
It’s reminds me of aussie rules footy. Watch any AFL mark of the year. Everyone is taught early on to try to get a knee on your opponent’s shoulders to mark the ball at the highest point.
Tom Chambers should have been in the Hall of Fame years ago! I don't know why he's been so disrespected by the NBA.
Great video!! Looks like a lot of work went into it
The Starks dunk is all time fav.
9:53 "He's a problem!!!"
I still remember The NBA Live 95 commercial with this
Iconic Tom Chambers Dunk
So ill
E A Sports ..
If it’s in The Game …..
it’s in The Game .
This team was AWESOME!
Greatest in-game dunk in NBA history.
The height... Mannnn AMAZING!!!
I always thought Marv didn't say anything after the dunk because there was nothing to be said. The dunk spoke for itself. That's just my observation though.
At first I thought this was a documentary on AK47 lol, him and chambers look a bit alike.
Ikr. They like twins
He was ambidextrous a big advantage.
Marv blew the Damn Call! This Dunk was worthy of more than silence, should have shown some excitement
Everyone knew if you see him coming down rhe lane you better be ready to jump or get posterized.
Interesting video. Never knew anything about the Suns back story. The Suns are definitely due for a title, over due! It was a tough tough road back then. In the 80’s u had to get passed the Lakers. In the 90s MJ and the Bulls. Then Hakeem and the Rockets.
Bobby Jones over Bird was a great overlooked dunk too. Believe 1981 playoffs.
Still the greatest dunk ever. He used Jackson’s chest with his knee to spring himself higher to where he almost hit his head. It’s one of those once in a lifetime plays that you will probably never seen replicated in a real game.
Awesome video
FANTASTICAL! AMEN!
Wow ~~~ great the dunk wow ~~~!!!
the only "big dunking on a guard" that I can respect because most of those dunks, you're supposed to and not at all impressive, this one is different definitely
So so good
Players know more than management. Always.. There insight is better than who sit behind a desk..
And never played..
I didn't Drago played basketball and boxing
Cam Johnson brought me here.
Great video
Best game dunk of all time.....
13:41 The genesis (no pun) of NBA Action 94' that became NBA Live 95' and ever since. Sweet.
Marv still doesn't believe that dunk happened
Tom Chambers looks like the Keyboard player in the band A-Ha
Can somebody please explain to me why Tom Chambers is not in the NBA Hall of Fame? This does not make any sense.
Tom Chambers is the only person in NBA history who has scored over 20,000 points and is NOT in the HOF. Scandalous.
@@alfredhernandez9799 it just shows how deep the nba was in the 80s chamber was a great player but he just got overshadowed in his era
I think his better and best dunk is when TC goes by Bird and over McHale and Parish in the garden.
Great player put him the hall
The only dunk that may be better is Dr. J “rocking the baby” on Michael Cooper.
Just the greatest dunk any all the way white boy has ever pulled off. Jumped right OVER Mark. Just crazy. Head level with the rim. Crazy. Love ya Tommy.
Tommy "C" not only jumped over the 6'3" Mark Jackson, but the 6'7" Laker, Michael Cooper too, which they fail to show in TC's highlights! Unfortunately Tom Chambers had to make room for the Super Sonics, Shawn Kemp, and the Phoenix Suns Charles Barkley. Can U say "political correctness" crap?!!!! Tom Chambers belongs in THE HALL OF FAME!!!! Put him in NOW!!!!!
Whenever I explain to new people about the Slam Dunk and basketball/ I show people the Chambers dunk.
Is this dunk greater than Shawn Kemp's over Lister?
What made Shawn's dunk so satisfying, was that Lister was talking serious trash and trying to get under the Sonics skin the whole game to that point, being an ex-Sonic. He had riled Shawn to a boiling point when Shawn brought the HAMMER DOWN like Thor, the God of Thunder!! Who can judge between the two dunks though? They were both absolutely amazing!!!
The only dunks where I've seen a players CHIN above the rim. That was Gerald green and tom Chambers, the difference is nobody was standing in front of Gerald Green.
So Mark Jackson your one of best PG ever, but, what does Tom Chambers knee actually taste like...
"Well you know, kind of of salty."
Ernie Johnson looks so weird in this
the dunk in live motion is not as impressive as in slow motion
Anyone else blew up the newspaper article of the charges brought against the players and noticed anything
Thank God Jackson's chest was there to slow Tom down or he would've broken his face on the backboard.😂
First unrestricted free agent. The Andy Messchermitt Dave McNally of the NBA ( MLB players) Is this why TC is not in the HOF? Too much of a rebel back in the day?
White men can Jump Dunk Fly through the air ....
Need the KJ dunk or Hakeem!!!
10:15, you're welcome.
Interesting. But why so blue?
It is exaggerated though about how good the Suns and Knicks were. This was the year of the Bad Boys winning the first championship. The Celtics, Lakers, Pistons were the teams with the Bulls up and coming. Cleveland was even better than the Knicks, The Blazers were the team that unseated the Lakers in the West. The Suns were a nice story, but never really title contenders.
Marv Albert with the worst non call of an amazing dunk. Not even a half hearted "yes".
Those deaths sound fishy
12:25 guess common sense is uncommon to some idk wtf u thought the teams appointed broadcasters would prop up opposition embarrassments on their own
To TC24, and everybody who reads my comment: I want you to know this about me, so that you can understand where, when and how I grew up, and why I think the way I do about things: I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. A Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American (which shows you HOW I grew up). I HATED how Tom Chambers KILLED the Blazers! Being 5'10", which is very average height, but going to church around other Japanese-Americans, I was one of the taller ones. Therefore, I tried to play a "Tom Chambers type of game." Ball-Handling: B. Put the ball on the floor well for a man his size.
Play station dunk
why the crickets again ....