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- Standing just 5-foot-7, the Atlanta Hawks' Spud Webb shocked the world by beating teammate Dominique Wilkins to win the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
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This is what happens when talent meets hard work
BREAKtheArtist so he is the talent.
K_v_n d_r_nt (Kevin Durant )
I fucks with this so hard
Loch F no, genetics play a big role in things like vertical. But hard work is the most important component
отпираете genetics don’t really play a big role in a vertical jumping wise, unless you meant height im assuming?
It looks like he's flying.
"I believe I can fly! I believe I can touch the sky!" LOL! Keep in mind this is the year BEFORE Michael Jordan finally won it (in 1987 after losing to Dominique in 1985). From that standpoint I guess we could say Julius Erving and Anthony Webb were the two dunk contest champs who exhibited "flying" in the dunk contest prior to Michael Jordan winning it even though Michael seems to get all the credit for that concept of flying while dunking AFTER winning the 1987 and 1988 dunk contests with his versions of the Julius Erving foul line slam. I feel in many ways that was a media branding thing. He got the credit for flying while dunking the most because the media scope around sports projected his brand to crazy levels in the 1980's and 1990's way beyond the media branding in any of the previous eras probably because of deeper investment into professional sports form big business entities which likely wouldn't touch sports with so much as a ten foot pole during the tape delayed days of basketball games. I'm making a wild guess here since I was born in 1985 so all I've known are basic and cable TV broadcasts of basketball games on stations like ESPN, ABC, NBC, TNT, ESPN 2, and TBS. =)
Cuz he is flying he is a living cheat code
No it looks like hes jumping. Dont be silly. I'm tired of seeing silly ass comments all the time. I take life too seriously for that shit.. I'm fuckong triggggggerrrrrrreddddddd!
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695
but MJ was flying though ....sorry im pushing your button.hahahah
He is
this man had some serious hops
he had to have at least a 40" vertical, his head was easily above the net and the net hangs down about 15" from the rim.
Sounds about right, he could jump like a mf'r
And wingspan look at him holding that trophy
@@carlosmatos9848
Curry wishes he had Spud vertical 😂
it looked like gymnastics or like Diving spins
This dude will always be one of my favorite NBA 🏀 players of all time. It just amazes me that he can dunk a basketball being 5’7
Did you see that there's a dude who is only 5'4" and dunks..? Amazing stuff
did you see a video of the high school 5ft1 basketball player that dunked of course he's now a 6ft0 prospect in college but it's still amazing to look back on
Not just dunk either, but win a dunk contest against MJ.
@@bluedeadpool7511 so he was 5 feet 1 inch in his high school and then he became 6 feet in his adulthood?
@@postmodernmarxistnihilist4282 ever heard of puberty?
No that dunk from Spud Webb wasn’t just a 360. It was a REVERSE 360, if you watch closely.
That is easier than a regular 360
I’m taller than an NBA Slam Dunk Contest winner 🤯
Russell Wilson aren't we all
Gavin Free feelsgoodman
And we both can't dunk worth a damn! Lol
Choumane so am I
Choumane 🎖
After all of these years and many dunk contests later,
no one has ever topped this
5-7” inch marvel.
Cap
@@jeremyfuller7730
“Cap”tain 5-7” inch Marvel.
@@MOBROOKSlmfaooo
For being below 6’0” it’s very impressive. Though other players have topped this, this is impressive because of his height.
Mac McClung???
His reach put's him at about 7' tall. That means he needed at least a 40" vertical just to clear his hand over the bar and probably dunk a volleyball. Adrenaline aside, his jumps are probably closer to 45" here. The fact he could not palm a basketball made it all the more impressive. He was a blue collar worker in a white collar world.
I'm 5'7, have a 28" vert.
I need a 33" vert to touch the rim, and maybe another 3-4" to actually touch the rim. Soo maybe a 35"-38" vert I need to actually dunk.
@@j.rjunior5584 it also depends on your wingspan
@@GiannisDaGoat4Real my dad thought I could never dunk but we got monkey arm genetics he didn't even really notice.
@@j.rjunior5584 if your wingspand is short forget it
@@lemickey6151 My wingspan is 5'8, is that good?
As a 5’7 person, this gives me all the hope in the world
Me too
Just be a 0.01 percentile athlete
As a 5’5 person this still somehow gives me hope lol
Me too
I need more motivation coz I'm just 5'-6"
He’s the real life version of that 5’7 slasher build with a 90+ driving dunk on 2k 😭
Muggsy could also dunk, albeit with a smaller ball. It just looks so much cooler when the smaller guys dunk, it's like they are flying. Sick!
Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this he could but with a smaller ball, dunking is putting a ball in a hoop with your hand
Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this wrong? Then what’s is dunking?
Jake McCoy is right but I am going to add this muggsy could get up he had a 40+ inch vertical he could dunk a ball into a 10ft rim but why would he do that in a game if it’s a really risky play
Sorry for misspelling/grammer im Not native
@@nolmizzle The question is "Why didn't he with a real basketball on a real court with a rim at exactly 10 feet high?" The answer: HE COULDN'T. Translated from logic to idiot, that means Mugs couldn't dunk. I was a 5'4" white guy that could put a tennis ball through a hoop (your version of "dunking") at age 17. It was a pretend dunk that I did. But was it legit. Certainly not. JAke Mckoy is right...IS RIGHT.
You have to be very athletic and light on your feet to be able to dunk a basketball and to see this guy at 5'7" dunk a basketball like he did is really remarkable
The most unbelievable performance I've ever seen in the Slam Dunk Contest.
I'm 6'3 and I can't even come close to dunking wtf
qwerty6801 that's pretty bad
truly
You need more milk
You must be a t rex
Mj go to moves
I'm 5'9. Spud's vertical exceeded 43 inches. That means the bottom of his shoes were about up to my chest!! This man deserves more credit as an athlete..absolutely amazing 👏
Its not like he's barely making these dunks either this man is pokin from multiple angles 🔥🔥
Legendary!
This dude was unbelievable. Dedication and passion can do anything.
Webb, Wilkins, early Jordan.....the golden era of the dunk contest
carter
YES!
After all these years, he still continues to impress everyone. Hats off to this legend.
Great comment
I’m 5 foot 7 and when I play basketball at my local basketball court I can barely touch the net. It’s amazing how he ever accomplished a slam dunk.
same
how did he get that vert man, nasty!
Awesome Gamer the fuck 34 is a really good vertical tons of nba players don’t have that
@@yungboomer6467 The average vert NBA players have is 30 bruh
exactly which means a lot don’t have 34 lmao
@@yungboomer6467 that dude Is lying. If he had a 34" vertical, hed be in the nba. Period.. dude probably has more like 6. "Awesome Gamer" is not the name of someone with a 34" vertical.
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 and u don't even know what are u talking about tf having a good vertical doesn't mean he gotta be in the nba
a 42-46 inch vertical at 5' 6" is unbelievable.
I started watching the NBA in when I was 3 years old (1985) and I didn't even know Spud Webb existed until the '86 slam dunk contest. I remember thinking he couldn't win because of his height. Oh boy, did I eat my words.
Still incredible all these years later.
As a 5'9 guy this gives me hope that ill be able to dunk if i keep working for it
Oscar Rowley if you are above 5’4, anyone could dunk. Just takes a lot and lots of training
Did u dunk yet??
I’m 5’9 as well and can dunk a tennis ball easily
420 subscribers before 420 Challenge so a 1’1 person could dunk? Naw
Edit: i wuz jus jokin
DawgerD a 5’4 person can dunk 🤦♂️ search up Andrew McFly he even measured himself on tape
Ppl dnt realize how brilliant this performance is ....GOAT for all 6ft and under leagues
Fucking AWESOME
What an inspiration, I thought I would never be able to dunk at 5'9 but this man proved that height doesn't really matter if you work hard enough
Leaping ability is genetics and cannot be attained by hard work
@Awakened Goy you can, but this dude is dunking at 5’7, sorry to say but unless you have the genetics to do so, you can train all you want but you aint dunkin at no 5’7. Thats like saying you can run as fast as usain bolt or close to him if you practice sprinting long enough. Nah, aint happenin
@@nemu9176yes it can you computer slug😂 vertical can defently be imported with hard work. Your one of those guys that think athletes are naturally gifted. I grew up with fecked up joints and mild asma but I've always been amongst the best athletically where ever I go becouse I put the work in from a young age.
@@nemu9176it can be improved on though and that's been verified
The Atlanta Airforce!! I remember this. Was in 6th grade and Loved The Hawks!!
Shoulda won in ‘88 but Larry Bird went off in game 7...
@@alakuwa Hawks blew it in Game 6 at home. They let Cliff Levingston take the last shot trying to trick the celtics. Ball game.
Just imagine if he was 6’7..
That would be Zion Williamson. He is 6'7 with a 40 inch vert! He also weighs in at a monstrous 285 pounds!
@@saubergt2390 yup. Dudes a beast.
@@saubergt2390 he needs to lose weight
@@jaedanbellamy66 Yes. He actually is too heavy to play in the NBA. A real doctor said that if you lose 10 pounds it would relieve 40 pounds of pressure from your knees.
Pure destruction
Spud Webb is one of the GOATS 🐐
In the NBA DUNK CONTEST
IN MY EYES
BECAUSE HE IS ONLY 5 FEET 7 INCHES TALL that is like one in every 10 million of people that can do that
Amazing just simply AMAZING
girls on Tinder dont understand how height works lol
If a girl, especially a short girl, wants a specific height for their man, leave because she values superficial things rather than what you are like as a person.
Just clap back that they need to be 5'4 or under in your bio. 😂
They just wanna get plowed and dominated shes a trick my friend
If she says how tall are you
You say straight back, no hesitation
How much do you weigh?
Works every time
This is incredibly insane. Good stuff indeed.
5'6 and 360 dunk . That's insane
5'7 guys are underrated.
Spud was only 5'7" with basketball shoes and socks. He's claim to stand at 5'6" in the shower
Man, Spud Webb is an inspiration for all that despite being 5 foot 7 inches he still winning the dunk contest. I'm 5 foot 7 too but I ain't even closer to his hard work and determination
A MAN of LEGEND!
Spud Weeb: *Sings I believe I can fly*
Everyone else : We know you can
I remember seeing this live back in the day. The reason Spud won is because he was so short it made his dunks look like he was flying; his feet were like 5 feet off the ground! Martina Navratilova was a judge and that's basically what she said. Amazing the vertical leap Spud had!
M.×we p 2
Around 1990 I knew a 17yo guy who also was 5'7" and could dunk with two hands. White Italian kid, super impressive.
Italians aren't white
@@loweni7460 you can be Italian and white though
@@timdeathly Only if one of your parents is white which makes you half white also you mean **White looking** hispanics can also look white but that doesn't make them white
@@loweni7460 Italians are white
STILL the best contest winner I’ve seen
He had some nice vertical only standing at 5’7” I wish I had that motivation
@@TWMWFT For me it's clearly the opposite. Not that the genetics are not very important, but it's much more about motivation than genetics in my opinion.
People wonder how can a man be so far ahead so many athletes in terms of vertical leap, even though so many athletes train super hard until they're exhausted and can't train anymore. People generally think it must be possible to be a little better than other athletes by training hard, but not **that much** better, unless you have crazy genetics. But thing is, even though you can't become that much better just by training more, you can if you train smarter. Most professional athletes already train as often as they can, but Spud Webb didn't just train more, it's mainly that he's trained smarter, and used a revolutionary training method : he focused on plyometrics. Long story short, instead of strengthening the muscles, plyometrics improve the elasticity and muscle spring. Instead of just pushing his feet hard on the floor, he focused on using his forward speed to push on his muscle spring, which made him bounce upward.
There are many revolutionary training methods that are discovered all the time, even nowadays, and in the coming years we might see other people crush all of the competition in their field by using a revolutionary training method.
Nice vertical? Nice? That is a god damn understatement. Webb had an amazing, astronomical, supercalifragilistic vertical. Also amazing is his hands were not big enough to palm the ball, so he had to improvise.
motivation made him an nba player, his dads sperm gave him the jumping ability
@@namnam2701 black people are genetically made for speed , their calf muscles are higher up and their Achilles tendon attaches in a different spot on the heel(I believe its lower) but this combined to make a more springy system, their legs are. Whites are not as naturally gifted in that area on average with training you can have some white people who can jump high like that it's just not as common and. On the reverse side whites are genetically built for strength, shorter arms, hips more broad, torso longer to support more muscle mass, we are naturally gifted in this area, and of course there are black people who are extremely strong as well, its just the way it goes.
@@ruger51995 You gonna bust out the skull measurements next?
The greatest NBA player taking into account his size and what he was able to do. Forget about Magic, Byrd, Jordan, Kareem, Russell, Chamberlain, etc. This was unbelievable.
Defied the laws of gravity... Anthony "Spud" Webb is THE MAN
Where amazing happens. He is definitely a real air, true jumpman for sure.
I remember him, and i loved. It's inspirational af
I will never forget spud, he looked like something our of a science fiction movie.. I could not believe what I was seeing...
There has never been anyone like Anthony. The pilot of Atlanta's Air Force
I'm tired of ppl saying 80s and 90s athletes were no good compared to today's athletes. This video says otherwise
I'm 6'4" and I could just barely dunk (in high school when I was half my weight now).... mad respect to this athlete.
Look how he expressed the win too. Humility.
He was amazing really amazing.
Spud Webb had them hops
I have to watch this every year just to be able to continue to believe it actually happened.
More fun than 2024 slam dunk contest 😂
Bro I’m taller than him and literally can dunk perfectly but he makes my dunks look like child’s play
Not only is he short, but genetically he has the ability to jump really high.
One of the best sports memories ever!
Spud had so much air time. Dude floats for few secs mid air.
The dunks weren't impressive, it was the height he could hit that made it amazing. That's crazy genetics and hard work combined. Both of those things are required to pull these dunks off at 5'7 and without being able to palm the ball. No matter how hard you train, 99.99% of people will never reach a 40+ vertical jump. Everyone can improve, but his genetics are off the charts. Genetics set a cap on how far you can go, and hard work lets you reach it.
Still can't believe my eyes when I see this!😳 He's 5'7...that's amazing!!😲
I've seen 5'7's grab the rim, and that's already impressive...
Me. But I can't dunk a basketball :/ need at least another 3-4 inches. (I have very long arms for my height)
He is Flying, amazing!
watching someone with almost a 4 foot vertical never gets old.
I’m 5’7 I only dunked on 10 foot once in my life but I was hyped everyone at the court was. Feeling is a lot better than if your 6,4 or 6,6 dunking.
I'm 5"8 and I got up high enough to miss a dunk back in High school and I felt athletic AF 😂 💀💀 what Spudd did is Amazing!!
So inspirational ...
Legendary performance 🚀🏀
That was simply amazing to see!You'll never see another guy that height do those type of dunks!Shot out Spud Webb!!!!
He lived on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager... late 80s
It’s also impressive that some of these dunks were not just alley oops; he was able to carry the ball to the basket.
Spud Webb made shorties believe !
We all love Spud Webb, just mad how he is able to dunk like that
There were one or two guys in my neighborhood that could dunk at this height.
Fly, man, Fly, he had me jumping high! when I was young & only 4'11 I was trying to dunk lol *because of Spud & Muggsy*
I can dunk like this in my dreams
Spud the stud ...this small warrior had so much talent and when he used his huge leaping ability it was so entertaining in what this underdog could achieve...love the spud...
Lol this comment section contains a high amount of sodium.
SALTY AF. Just bitter ass mofos
For real, they need to get their blood pressure checked
Salty is right lol 😂
Absolutely spectacular leaping ability. Much respect.
Its like he paid off gravity before the event
I’m 5’10” and as an athlete I could blow by pretty much any athlete I played against. And my school was 3000 and we played against schools of similar size.
I was explosive, but on a good day, not every day, i could touch the rim.
This guy, ffs. Would have blown my mind.
I would have kneeled at his feet and said you sir, are a legend.
I remember playing basketball in primary school in Australia in 1988 and everyone was trying to do a "Spud Webb". I had no idea it was a person until today, hearing that name has brought a tidal wave of memories back. The internet is great. My NBA knowledge, not so much.
0:47 that was a nice one!
Spud has some crazy ups!
Respect
He could have made a high jump work record If he wanted to
That 360 dunk was nasty spud the man
Legend
Thats crazy only 5ft 7 bruh meanwhile me at 5ft 9 could barely touch rim 😭
The unsung hero of dunks
5"7 phenomenon Spud Webb
Spud Webb's mind truly defied the rules of The Matrix! Gravity meant nothing to him! lol
This is still mind blowing
Lebron James is 6' 9" with a wingspan of 7ft, roughly making his standing reach 8' 9". That means taking into account the size of the ball and subtracting the length of his hand (where the ball ostensibly has to be for him to dunk) Lebron only has to jump 1' 11" to be able to dunk. This goes for Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Shaq etc. Conclusion: Spud Webb is the most gifted/greatest dunk contest winner ever!
this is insane to be able to dunk like spud at 5-7 is blowing my mind.
I’m 6’6” and can’t even touch the rim 😂
How
Total respect to this guy🤘
Super makina 🏀🦾
Put spudd webb into giannis body! He woul leap on yao ming instead! Lol
THIS IS THE BEST DUNKER OF ALL TIME TO ME. i'm 6'3 and used to live above the rim BUT what spud webb did at 5'6 is OUT OF THIS WORLD. it's a lot harder when you are short and have to defi gravity.