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Re: Wilt Chamberlain best dunker ever
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Originally Posted by kflo
wilt won the big eight high jump at 6'6 in '57. bill russell high jumped 6'9 1/2 in college to win an event called the west coast relays (it was the 11th highest jump in the world in 1956). i honestly haven't seen a single clip that illustrates wilt having a vertical that approached 40, which would put him among the highest leapers in the league today.
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Wilt was dunking on 12' baskets during his days with the Kansas freshman team. How do I know this? Phog Allen, the Kansas coach, was a bigtime advocate of the 12 foot basket. He had them at Kansas at the time, when they were debating whether to go with 10' or 12'. Wilt was dunking on the 12 footers then.
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