5'-7" Spud Webb Top 10 in Game Dunks 

He couldn’t palm the ball either

@@wr7d171 crazy

@@wr7d171 those balls don't need big hands to be palmed, they have a pretty nice grip.

​@@mcmerry2846No you need good size hands to palm them and strong fingers and grip especially if your hands aren't huge. If you have small hands forget about it. I've been able to palm a basketball since I was 13 and 5'4 but my hands were 8.5 inches long measured from wrist to middle finger tip.

Him dunking in any NBA game has to be the peak of human athleticism. There are probably only a few people alive at any time even capable of doing the stuff he did, and I mean only in the way of potential. Robinson was right there with him but he is a little taller. Nate claimed to be 5'-7" 1/4" as his legit height, not the listed 5'9". Spud was LISTED 5'7", probably more likely 5'5" or 5'6" at the most.

@@joebauers3746 5'5'' Earl Boykins dunked once in the NBA.

​​@@joebauers3746Nate was measured at 5'7 3/4" in college so close to 5'8 but with basketball shoes on he'd be around 5'9 (I think that's how they measure them in the NBA from what I've heard). And yeah Spud without shoes was probably 5'6 (they actually said he was that height in the NBA Street game).

​@@mcmerry2846I've watched Earl but I don't think that happened in a game (it would've been in all the highlights online even 15+ years ago). If I recall he could grab the rim but couldn't dunk the ball. Feel free to link the video but I used to watch NBA top 10s online going back 20 years ago when my family still had dial up Internet and Earl was not dunking in any of them. I've seen 5'5 (and 5'4) guys dunk on RU-vid and I knew a guy that short who could grab rim (I was grabbing rim myself probably when I was 5'5 3/4" or so).

Magic Johnson was like, "What's the little fellow doing".. *DUNK*

That is ridiculous for 5'7"

His coach in Atlanta, Mike Fratello said he was only 5-5.

Ken Perk yeah I met him and he’s as tall as my mom. 5ft 5.5

That’s nuts period

Spud was a frickin bullet from end to end. No dense could set up quick enough to contain him.

and they’re afraid of being booed for blocking a small man.. I could imagine it: “pick on your own size!!” 🤣🤣

I think it was more of a fear of hurting him if he's 10 feet in the air and comes crashing down.

Because if they will block Webb it might cause hazard on part of Webb

Short man? He was bigger than all of you combined! XD

Absolutely, very underrated as a player

We're not small, Just too much material went into our heart.

Woulda been a great player if he could dribble with his left hand. You can find plenty of clips of him moving left while dribbling right. His handles were not good at all for a little man.

hes a one leg jumper, two legs takeoff would make it so easy lol

Man it’s so effortless it make you mad 😆

Wrong.

Spud was nasty...

Erik Larson wrong? What do you mean? In the 80s did they have dunk programs?

Stephen Farquharson THEY NEVER WATCHED HIM PLAY THEN

Stephen Farquharson he won the slam dunk contest in the late 80's.

Stephen Farquharson those people should have never been born.

anyone that knows the name spud webb knows that he can dunk. they were just trolling you.

@Lil' Wayne's guitar teacherI think you need to read my post again. I know he can dunk just like everyone else that really knows spud. i was just being sarcastic because the guy that told him this doesn't really know spud webb.

I guarantee you all these extra short pro dunkers that are like 5’3-5’9 and short NBA players that could dunk like Nate Robinson or IT were all heavily inspired by Spud Webb

look were he took off from unbelievable

Jonathan Akerele that explosiveness will never be seen again. 5'7" in his shoes. Webb is a legend of dunkers and deservedly so. The guy is truly inspirational.

It's possible...but you need to be higher than 99 overrall of skills.

NATE THE GREAT ROBINSON

Muggsy Bouges, 5’3”, played with the Hornets in the late ‘80’s, early ‘90’s.

Stuff that 6,5 wnba players can't do 😂

Sorry UT, but 5'-9" Calvin Murphy was doing it in the 1960s and 1970s. It was rare, but not unheard of. Spud probably had at least a 40" vertical......

@@milojanis4901 No, not "unheard of," in fact, my friend in high school in the mid-80s was 5'9 and could dunk. Re Calvin, I'm pretty sure he never dunked in a game, whereas Spud was doing reverse in-game dunks in college.

There are not “lots” of 5’7” guys who can dunk in the nba because there’s not a lot of 5’7” guys in the nba.

@@milojanis4901 Murphy was at least three inches taller than Spud, and he could barely dunk. Spud straight up WON the NBA dunk contest...

That’s like saying he dunks better than grade 6 boys

@@oriondool1525 about the same height

Not only that - he proved in 1986 that he was the best dunker in the NBA since he won the Slam Dunk contest.

@@rikkidgermano9640 They gave him the win because of his size. He's amazing for his size, but he wasn't the best that year even with Jordan not competing.

​@@rikkidgermano9640​Dominique was definitely better but Spud was the little guy AND the hometown favorite. I say this as a 5'7 guy myself who looked up to Spud but now I know politics and entertainment. Same with Nate Robinson when he won his first contest against Andre Iguadala. Nate missed that between the legs dunk over 10 times before he made it and he still got a 45 for it and there was another dunk he kept missing but they didn't penalize him for it. Iguadala did two different between the legs dunks and got a lower score on the second one even though it was a different variation aka different dunk and it was clean and he made it on the first try (look at when Zach Lavine did several between the legs variations against Aaron Gordon and he still got big scores every dunk). Anyway it's about the crowd and entertainment as opposed to the actual best every time. Sometimes the best actually win but if the crowd favorite does just enough they'll give it to them anyway. It's about money and keeping customers happy.

In 93 Everybody was Dunking on Shawn Bradley.

@@gm-te8nn everybody wasn't 5'7 dunking on him

Anthony Height

But keep in mind spud is 5 7

Probably a much healthier heart, honestly.

It was so unfair....FOR SPUDs opponents. He frustrated Michael Jordan many times. Jordan was a proud man and believed he could shut down anybody. Jordan would man up on him, Spud would make a quick jab step, turn on the after burners and ZOOM! BYE BYE Mister Jordan!

@1995 GetJiggyWitIt if you're 7ft u can easily dunk. He made it look easy at 5'7"

He could'nt palm it, that is all 100% coordination and timing.

large ceiling fan Yeah crazy, i guess you either have it or u dont

Defeatedeye not really curry isn’t training to jump high he is just trying to make 3s its hard work and jumping a lot and Technique you might be gifted to jump high but anyone can jump high if they work for it

@@WOW-jw4du Curry is overrated and SUCKS!

Shark Buttholio "Skill" and "talent" have 0.0% reason to do with your ability to dunk a basketball, have you ever tried playing the game before? Anyone can make 3's? Not like Steph Curry they can't. He is the greatest shooter in NBA fucking history. Golden State's reign might be over, but that is irrelevant. Try again next time. Better yet, pick up a ball and try it. It's a great sport.

Well yeah, one's a one of a kind freak of nature athletically and the other is average at best athletically for an NBA player.

Your might be mixing up Spud with Mugsy, Mugsey is 5'3". Spud was always listed at 5'6" or 5'7" when he played.

@@ProHoopsDaily Hopefully right...!!!👍

Well you've had 6 months to train which is more than enough time...you dunking yet?

Yeah bro he dunked

Yup. I witnessed it. Bro was up there too.

Maybe the most amazing thing about spud was he could't palm the ball but he was moving so fast and getting up so high, his forward motion helped keep the ball out front which helped him keep control of the ball on the flight down to the basket.

Indy

Thanks!!