November 13, 2008 1:43 pm  |  56 Comments

Best High School Dunks 2008

Treating the bucket like scrap metal.

by Justin Walsh

College basketball has no idea what it’s in for. Demar Derozan may be exposed as a man with (to paraphrase from a Pac-10 scout I overheard at the Nike SayNo Classic) “stupid hops,” but do they have any clue that 15 other guys are about to make more posters than a printing press on the NCAA? I doubt it. Attention Bob Huggins, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Calhoun; it’s time to open your eyes and gawk at the future highlight reels of college basketball. Mr. Thabeet, come get you some of this transition jaw loosening glory! Any defenders who feel a need for national press coverage, simply stand pat on the baseline and get smashed on. SLAM faithful, I give you:

Demar Derozan
John Wall
Jrue Holiday
Victor Rudd
Charles Odom
Michael Snaer
Jeremy Tyler
Renardo Sidney
Dwyane Polee
Shannon Sharpe
D’Sean Anderson
Guy Landry
Clarence Trent
Gerard Anderson
Kevin Young

Dick Vitale, get your superlatives ready.

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  • weston1988 Posted: Nov.13 at 1:45 pm
    oh my god. scrap metal indeed

  • TADOne Posted: Nov.13 at 1:52 pm
    The kid that drove the length of the floor and #10 and the end were the most impressive. Most of the others? Meh…

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 1:53 pm
    sickness

  • mat smith Posted: Nov.13 at 2:15 pm
    ewww, check slam with their own inbedded video, youtube must be bricking it.

  • Pic Posted: Nov.13 at 2:25 pm
    Dwyane Pool? Is that a typo or is there really a second person in this world with the name Dwyane? And is it just me, or is Dwayne now starting to look like THE typo?

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Nov.13 at 2:28 pm
    It’s Polee, pronounced Pole-EE heh. Names these days…He’s the basketball last name version of brett FAVRE…spells it like that pronounces it farve

  • Peter Robert Casey Posted: Nov.13 at 2:28 pm
    John Wall is the truth!

  • Stephanie Posted: Nov.13 at 2:32 pm
    lmao @ the smashed on part & dammmm the dunk at 1:36

  • Pic Posted: Nov.13 at 2:38 pm
    My bad, Polee, Dwyane Polee.

  • Allenp Posted: Nov.13 at 2:40 pm
    Yeah, that music made me want to dunk on somebody. And I can’t jump.
    Also, that kid who drove and then dunked, plus that one-handed tip jam were nastiness.

  • B. Long Posted: Nov.13 at 2:41 pm
    Demar is looking more and more like a J-Rich clone everyday.

  • Cub Buenning Posted: Nov.13 at 2:46 pm
    I’m excited for this season, for sure. Shannon Sharpe? Why didn’t Ozzie Newsome’s bangs make this tape?

  • Easy Posted: Nov.13 at 2:47 pm
    Damn, some of them dunks were straight criminal. Props to the new player too, lookin’ clean.

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Nov.13 at 2:48 pm
    Shannon Sharpe has FILTHY hops. He’s about 5 foot ten, pullin between the leg dunks off baseline… HAHA @ the ozzie newsome line

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 2:49 pm
    B. Long, Demar can jump off of 1 and 2 feet.. J-rich is mainly a 2 foot dunker.. remember the 2002 dunk contest when had to do the free throw line dunk but couldn’t jump off 1 foot for sh!t!

  • mike Posted: Nov.13 at 2:55 pm
    how about when kemba walker dunked on jrue holiday in the mc d’s all american game now that was nasty

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Nov.13 at 2:57 pm
    mike, that dunk was so dirty! the kemba facial was a blemish on an otherwise solid game by jrue

  • Anno Domini Beats Posted: Nov.13 at 2:57 pm
    Great mix!! Glad you used my beat too haha!

  • Tarzan Cooper Posted: Nov.13 at 3:14 pm
    the fifth one was extra nice, reverse oop. then of course, all the dunks ON somebody, esp. the putbacks

  • Diggy Posted: Nov.13 at 3:24 pm
    Derozan is sick…

  • T-pott Posted: Nov.13 at 3:28 pm
    is there really 2 charles odoms? lol

  • Moose Posted: Nov.13 at 3:39 pm
    Those were nice. Can anyone tell me the name of the soundtrack?

  • Ryne Nelson Posted: Nov.13 at 3:42 pm
    Thanks for that correction, T-pott.

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 3:42 pm
    T-Pott.. yeah there is and ANNO! good to see you on here man

  • BETCATS Posted: Nov.13 at 4:03 pm
    JOHN WALL!!!! REPRESENT RALEIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • WhaHuh Posted: Nov.13 at 4:23 pm
    I’m not sure if it was intentional, stolen or inspired but this is the school version of the “Art of War” (NBA) video by Expiredpineapples (search youtube)

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Nov.13 at 4:32 pm
    inspired i think. i think every hoophead has seen art of war video. only the song to this is a remixed version with a beat done by annodomini. definitely not stealing, but that art of war NBA video on youtube is oldschool. WhaHUh: nice funfact

  • Justin Walsh Posted: Nov.13 at 4:35 pm
    the other difference being that the art of war vid is nba footage from TV telecasts and all the footage on this video was shot by us.

  • the doctor Posted: Nov.13 at 4:44 pm
    whats the name of the track?

  • ciolkstar Posted: Nov.13 at 5:04 pm
    John Wall is the realness. Looks like some people on here already know.

  • ciolkstar Posted: Nov.13 at 5:14 pm
    Is Charles Odom the real little guy who puts the ball up high in his right hand than throws down on the break. Whoever that was, that isht was ridiculous.

  • slamfan4life Posted: Nov.13 at 5:20 pm
    this is sick stuff right here

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 6:00 pm
    WhaHuh.. it wasn’t inspired from the art of war, it was inspired after Matt heard the beat and knew he had to make a mix to it.. This mis just happens to sample the song used in art of war.

  • ML Posted: Nov.13 at 6:09 pm
    Great mix. That dude at about 1:37 pulled off the cradle with supreme ease. I think he could’ve embellished it more, however.
    PS. White guys in high school are still not dunking. Damn shame.

  • Moose Posted: Nov.13 at 6:48 pm
    I have discovered the song, y’all! Requiem for a Dream Remix by Clint Mansell.

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 7:14 pm
    ML.. white guys in high school are dunking alright.. just not good enough for highlight mixes LOL

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 7:15 pm
    Actually the beat is by Anno Domini beats.. it says it at the end

  • Moose Posted: Nov.13 at 7:17 pm
    The BEAT, maybe, Arek. But the song? Above.

  • BETCATS Posted: Nov.13 at 8:40 pm
    JOHN FREAKIN WALL

  • B. Long Posted: Nov.13 at 8:41 pm
    Whoever that kid was that pounded that last one off the miss is ill.

  • WhaHuh Posted: Nov.13 at 9:08 pm
    I went to the Ball is Life website and noticed one of the admins was VincentDa aka ExpiredPineapples aka red apples solutions. Lol the guy who made the original has some role on the website. My comment was not meant to disrespect the new mixer or video editor.

  • matt(ballislife Posted: Nov.13 at 9:28 pm
    the last dunk was demar derozan, come on b. long!! haha. the kid that did the cradle dunk is dwayne polee

  • Arek Posted: Nov.13 at 10:02 pm
    WhaHuh.. yeah VincentDa design the Ballislife website.

  • balla Posted: Nov.13 at 11:13 pm
    that was sick i’ma go out right now and start workin on my hops

  • Dr. Hoopz Posted: Nov.13 at 11:13 pm
    Nice video! BallisLife is Jammin’! Dr. Hoopz (Los Angeles Hoopz, America’s Favorite Basketball League)

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  • Prentice Mcgruder Posted: Nov.14 at 8:12 am
    QUDDUS BELLO CLASS OF ‘11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU HEARD IT HERE!

  • Randy Brown Posted: Nov.14 at 9:33 am
    All these dunks were RIDICULOUS. Made me wanna go work on my 7″ vert. Chubby white boys represent. @TadOne -How can you possibly not be impressed by the rest of those dunks?

  • Cizzo Posted: Nov.14 at 11:41 am
    Man I can’t wait until this season begins with the NCAA, 2 bad Brandon Jennings is in the Euro League he would put the college over the top!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Q-Tip Posted: Nov.17 at 2:44 pm
    man thats lil’ romeo wit tha red sleeve isn’t hez such a punk

  • Arek Posted: Dec.6 at 5:43 pm
    Q-tip.. thats not lil romeo

  • nastierthanyou Posted: Jan.3 at 11:07 am
    I am not nastier than Demar, but I’d still put 20 on his b***h a**

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  • malanacream Posted: Mar.10 at 10:48 am
    i cannot belive this is high school, f%$# this is amazing.

  • Petey Posted: Nov.24 at 8:23 am
    nice video, lovin it…

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