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Top 3 Dunks This Past Season

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  1. HoopFanatic
    Veteran

    These are the top 3 dunks I have seen this past season. I will just mention them instead of placing them in any kind of order.

    DeForest Bucker - Punahou vs. St. Louis @ St. Louis...DeForest on a 2 on 3. Punahou guard passes to DeForest on the left wing and he dunks it with one hand over 2 St. Louis defenders.

    Marcus Monroe - Moanalua vs. Kalaheo @ Kalaheo...Monroe catches a lob. Dunks it with 2 hands over a Kalaheo defender who's head is in Marcus' crotch.

    Malik Johnson - Punahou vs. Iolani @ Punahou...Malik catches the ball a little outside of the short corner. Takes 1 or 2 hard dribbles and two hand dunks the ball over an Iolani defender.

    Does anyone else remember any memorable dunks this year from Hawaii Teams?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  2. JM
    Member

    HF, I think Marcus was alone, or received an outlet on the break. Kalaheo stepped up to take a charge, got crotched, knocked down, and dunked on.

    All on OC16.

    Haven't seen any other dunks this year.

    Scratch that, Crabb's windmill at the Merv Lopes dunk contest.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  3. HoopFanatic
    Veteran

    JM, you are right, he got an outlet. His dunk on the lob was earlier in the game.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  4. JM
    Member

    Yep, that reminds me, put that dunk as #3. LOL. :P

    Posted 1 year ago #

  5. ballin808
    Member

    Dylan King Seabury Hall vs. AOP

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZ455Fa0X4

    Posted 1 year ago #

  6. HoopFanatic
    Veteran

    That's a pretty good dunk, but he really doesn't dunk over anyone. The guy rotates late and doesn't really challenge the dunk.

    Malik kind of did the same thing, except he threw it down with 2 hands over the Iolani guy while the Iolani defender already was waiting and his knees was like in his chest.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  7. punsfan9
    Member

    Great list HoopFanatic. Punahou had some high quality dunkers this year. Preseason there was a crabb alleyoop off the backboard from dowsett at Farrington. Very clean and unexpected. I'd throw that one in there.

    Ranking dunks doesn't matter, but the buckner one at St. Louis was really impressive. Anyone have a youtube link? Would love to see it again. Malik's against Iolani too. It was mean.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  8. beanboy
    Member

    yeah dunking is cool. I hear the puns spent the first hour of practice dunking.Thats probably why they are so good, how many points is a dunk worth?

    Posted 1 year ago #

  9. HoopFanatic
    Veteran

    I saw a video of DeForest's dunk. It was great. What made it even more amazing was Malik's dad. You can literally hear him go crazy after the dunk. That is what makes it even great, crowd appreciation.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  10. HoopFanatic
    Veteran

    @ Beanboy, dunking is really important. Although it is only worth 2 points, it can be a real momentum turner or can really energize your squad.

    Dunking is an aggressive move which often can set the tone on how your team will attack the rim offensively.

    I don't know how Punahou taught it this year. But, when Pete Newell used to run his Big Man Camp down here, they would take the posts on the side baskets and have them work on post moves.

    All the moves either away from the rim or when the post squares up and shoots were either a jump shot emphasizing shot form, or a half-hook emphasizing a soft release off the middle finger using their wrist.

    However, anytime a post move was made at the basket, the move would only count if the post players dunked it. I noticed that the post players had to dunk 5 shots from certain spots off certain aggressive post moves at the basket.

    Posted 1 year ago #

  11. Haole
    Member

    Without a doubt, Marcus Monroe from Moanalua had more spectacular dunks than any high school kids on the island. You could count on him getting at least one every game - in traffic, break-a-way, you name it. And who was it who called this kid lazy? Unlike many other leapers, Marcus could score from distance.

    Posted 1 year ago #

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