# Kid got hops **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305 "2005-02-22T05:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/1 "2005-02-22T05:18:40Z")
I’m not sure where to post this. Is Cafe Society the place for sports items? This has been around for a while, but this kid outdoes the dunk competition from the NBA All-Star Game by a bunch. [Amazing](http://hooplife.ca/viewclip.asp?clipid=9) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/2 "2005-02-22T05:57:11Z")
Wow. Any idea how tall he is? Or how old he is for that matter? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/3 "2005-02-22T06:03:29Z")
> [@](#): > > This has been around for a while, but this kid outdoes the dunk competition from the NBA All-Star Game by a bunch. No, he doesn’t. That stuff is standard dunk contest fare. He borrowed the “stick your arm down the rim” dunk from Vince Carter. Tons of people have done the “jump over somebody” dunk. The jump from near the foul line isn’t standard, but it’s not unique either. And there were definitely better windmill dunks at the contest the other night; Josh Smith’s winning Dominique-style dunk was really good. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/4 "2005-02-22T09:19:01Z")
He’s 6’5" and has a 40" vert according to http://www.herald.ns.ca/cgi-bin/home/displaypackstory?2004/07/29+101.raw+Under21+2. The thing to note about the foul-line dunk is that he jumped off of two feet. Sure he was a step inside the foul line, but I’ve never seen anyone attempt that dunk off of two feet…or attempt to throw it down Superman-style ala MJ. Absolutely sick. Vince Carter is the only guy in the NBA who could possibly match this guy’s raw hops. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/5 "2005-02-22T14:30:54Z")
Doesn’t anyone remember Mugsy Bogues? The guy is 5’-7" and won a dunk contest against MJ _and_ Dominique. THAT is a vertical. Josh Smith is really good, like **Marley23** said, but too many big names like Kobe, LeBron, Vince, T-Mac et al didn’t compete this year. It shouldn’t affect how we judge the contestants, but can anyone here really say that Josh Smith still would have won if he was competing against the top players in the league? I’m not saying he couldn’t have competed, I’m just not sold that he still would have won. Just MHO ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/6 "2005-02-22T18:11:35Z")
> [@unwashed brain](#): > > He’s 6’5" and has a 40" vert Damn. I’m 6’5" and consider myself fairly athletic and I can _barely_ touch the rim. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-got-hops/291305/7 "2005-02-22T18:27:55Z")
> [@Madd Maxx](#): > > Doesn’t anyone remember Mugsy Bogues? The guy is 5’-7" and won a dunk contest against MJ _and_ Dominique. THAT is a vertical. Josh Smith is really good, like **Marley23** said, but too many big names like Kobe, LeBron, Vince, T-Mac et al didn’t compete this year. It shouldn’t affect how we judge the contestants, but can anyone here really say that Josh Smith still would have won if he was competing against the top players in the league? I’m not saying he couldn’t have competed, I’m just not sold that he still would have won. Just MHO You’re thinking of Spud Webb. Mugsy Bogues was 5’3" and couldn’t dunk as far as I know.