I'm 6-foot-4. If my life depended on it, I could still dunk a basketball. Then I would need assistance from a first responder to get down from the rim.
Some athletes aren't small, they're just short.
I can jump really high, yeah. I'm proud of that. I'll take it.
As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.
I can't jump the highest. I'm obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.
I'm not jumping through the gym by any means. But I don't need to be able to do that in order to be a great player.
You know the secret to dunking a ball? Big hands. You've got to be able to palm it, and I couldn't.
I don't like one-foot jumpers like LeBron James. It looks better jumping off two feet. Every time Michael Jordan jumped off two feet, it looked so much better.
I tipped one in college and dunked in high school. I can still touch the rim. I've always been a guy who has been able to get off my feet. I've still got a little hop to my game.
After I played him for the first time, I said 'Let's see. He's four or five inches taller. He's 40 or 50 pounds heavier. His vertical leap is at least as good as mine. He can get up and down the floor as well as I can. And he's smart. The real problem with all this is I have to show up.
I have big hands - I wear either a XXXL or XXL glove. I have a 6-8 wingspan on a 5-11 body - I can dunk. My wingspan allows me to do a lot of things that other people at my height might not be able to do.
'Vert' is, like, straight to the top, like a vertical leap.
When the ball is up in the air for a rebound you always have to be on your toes to go up for the ball. It's the same situation in football as a receiver; I'm always trying to get the ball at the highest point like a rebound.
If you look at all the great shot-blockers of all time, they had length, and they had instincts. Even when you look at guards, like Dwyane Wade. He's one of the best shot-blocking guards ever, and he has great instincts. He's kind of cat-like.
Most of my game is not really based on explosiveness, but I've gotta have a little lift on my jumper.
I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.
There are a lot of 7-footers that aren't good shot blockers whether it's their athleticism, their quick jump, their eye-hand coordination, their ability to get their hands on the ball. Part of it is just instinctual.
I can't jump high, so I jump from high places.
I knew I wasn't going to be a dunker.
Can I still dunk... Are you stupid?
Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.
