Deer Runner wrote:
Allie Oops wrote:
I doubt it. Apparently some of the world cares if we don't believe.
I am a big Allie O fan but obviously she did not dunk. She is 5’1”, so her standing reach is maybe 6’10”. That means she needs a vertical leap of 38” just to touch the rim. Add another 6” to actually dunk, and she needs a 44” vertical. A vertical of 38” would put her in 11th place at the NBA draft combine, 44” would make her second.
I realize that a vertical leap test is different than a run up to a dunk. But the math is still daunting. By way of comparison, NBA point guard Mugsy Bogues was 5’3” and had a 44” vertical, and apparently dunked only once in his life in practice, although he could grab the rim.
Or just look at women’s basketball players — very few dunks in D1 and WNBA, where the average height is much greater than 5’1”.
dude i like how you state confident'y that she "obviously" didn't dunk, then procede to state facts that entirely leave the door open to the story being true. first off, the claim was basically that she 'amost' dunked ( grabbed the rim on a lay-up). So you state a 38" vertical is needed for that. Well, there have been female volleyball players in that range. So, unlikely, but possible. Next, consider that this was done in the hinterland of Alaska, I bet you money that are some non- regulation hoops up there, probably left over hand me downs from the ww2 build up, etc. So I imagine there's some hoops 10"2 some 9"10....Alaska's not the place that has up-to date regulation equipment in every rural high school.
Then you have to factor in that some of the small school gyms proably have that springy rubber floor that you see in middle schools etc. Not only does it lend an inch or or to a vertical, the more important thing is that in the case of remodeling old schools IT IS POURED OVER AN EXISTING FLOOR, and I guarantee you they don't go back and adjust the hoops every time. so that thicker floor effectively lowers the rim an inch or 2 as well.
So can she dunk on a 10' hoop....yeah unlikely
did she maybe get her hand on the rim in some po' dunk 9'9" middle school rim......we'll you have to admit it's possible.
you never would have believed she was going to win the steeple either....