dunks

Some people watch baseball for the home runs. Or NASCAR for the crashes. In the case of basketball, its most prized highlight is the slam dunk, or dunk for short.

Videos of the best, dare we say "sickest," dunks are everywhere, and one amateur slam dunk artist was nominated for a YouTube award in 2007.

But that's in a gym. In actual games, dunks are exciting and can result in "posterization," or belittlement of the defender. Great dunks always mention the dunker and the dunked on, and typically "better," "nastier" dunks are done by shorter players against taller competitors. Hence John Starks' dunk over his taller foes Michael Jordan AND Horace Grant in 1993 being called "The Dunk."

The annual NBA Slam-Dunk Competition always creates a flurry of videos, especially when a creative dunk, such as Dwight Howard's "sticker dunk" in 2007, occurs.

And once in a while, dunks are mesmerizing when they end in writhing pain in the backyard on a trampoline.

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• Nike SB Dunk Hi “Wool” – Spring 2010

  
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  Anyone who doesn’t like Derek Fisher or the Lakers is going to enjoy this one… Wow…though I will say, it looked like a charge to me.
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• Jamario Moon’s Top 10 Dunks

  
  The Mixtape Monster Blog — Authority: 140
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• Derek Fisher Gets Faced By Corey Brewer

  
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• Video: Corey Brewer Dunks On Derek Fisher

  
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  This is like witnessing a crime being committed. In the role of victim, we have the Lakers’ Derek Fisher . His assailant is portrayed by young monster (and Tennessee native) Corey Brewer of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The look of terror on Fisher’s face lets you know he will need counseling as a result of the ...
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• Video: Kobe Talks About the Zoom Kobe V

  
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• TSG 3 Year Anniversary Nike Dunk High

  
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• When Dunking Goes Wrong: Ten Really Bad Dunks

  
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  My lack of height and vertical hops precludes me from experiencing the joy of throwing down a monster dunk on a regulation-sized hoop. I’ve crushed at Nerf basketball for over twenty years, but I’m pretty sure posterizing my brother on the seven-foot-high rim in my parents garage isn’t the same as Dwight Howard ...
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• The 12 best trampoline dunks of all-time

  
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