Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 at 10:35 am  |  20 responses

Joe Alexander and His Insane Hops

The Bucks’ Alexander wants to compete in the Dunk Contest this year, and with stories like these, I hope he gets a chance: “The 6-foot-8 Alexander repeatedly rose gracefully above the rim before throwing down a thunderous dunk. One time, Alexander took a few steps before ascending to the point where his head was level with the rim. Alexander then banged his forehead against the rim not once but twice while delivering a dunk.”

(via: Free Darko)

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  • Darksaber Posted: Dec.24 at 10:42 am
    Talk is cheap. Video evidence, anyone?

  • Moose Posted: Dec.24 at 10:55 am
    Cosign Darksaber.

  • flipinoman7258 Posted: Dec.24 at 12:22 pm
    Dunk contest winner…..No

  • Dark Posted: Dec.24 at 1:03 pm
    Him getting his head level with the rim is no surprise ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhLqYrq89wY ), though I’m not sure how you bang your head twice against the rim . . .

  • drayton Posted: Dec.24 at 1:25 pm
    yeeeh thas wha im talkin bout. hes gon dunk over a cactus in phoenix.

  • Josh D Posted: Dec.24 at 2:34 pm
    My Dunk Contest competitors list looks like this
    1.Superman A.K.A Dwight Howard(If Superman wants to compete)
    2 Josh Smith
    3 Julian Wright
    4 Al Thornton
    And if these guys can’t compete
    Joe Alexander
    Rudy Gay

  • what Posted: Dec.24 at 3:47 pm
    Just for the hell of it, I’d like to see a dunk contest involving Zydrunas Ilgauskas, Yao Ming, and Zaza Pachulia.

  • Tarzan Cooper Posted: Dec.24 at 5:03 pm
    josh d has a nice list, add iggy tho. what, thats funny

  • drayton Posted: Dec.24 at 6:58 pm
    no one showin love for my main bitch, nick young?

  • 王骁男 Posted: Dec.24 at 8:12 pm
    This is guy have been to China for many years as I konw. best wish for him!

  • wilz Posted: Dec.24 at 9:49 pm
    That’s a nice list?? no way man… first off, Josh Smith aint gonna come back
    secondly, I know Wright and Thorton have hops and can throw down, but they aren’t really dunk comp material. we can’t have a bunch of guys just trying to jump high cuz they aren’t acrobatic…
    was NOT impressed by Rudy Gay last year but i know he can do better…same with moon

  • Bostwik Posted: Dec.24 at 9:59 pm
    Josh D has a nice list, but don’t they usually try to go with mostly young guys? I can see why Dwight would get in, but Josh Smith and Iggy have already competed…

  • Jose Posted: Dec.24 at 10:19 pm
    whole class of 03 should enter.right?

  • mat smith Posted: Dec.25 at 3:56 am
    I prefer in game dunks, Amare everytime for me, that one against the Blazers was crazy, Pryz was “foolish”

  • mat smith Posted: Dec.25 at 3:57 am
    last white dude to enter was birdman, that went well….

  • Klemperer Posted: Dec.25 at 11:59 pm
    It’s a crime Nick young won’t be in it. He could do this once and shut the SDC down forever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdTh1RPIVAU

  • Klemperer Posted: Dec.26 at 12:00 am
    *Young

  • Diogo Posted: Dec.26 at 11:38 am
    Klemperer, JR Smith did that already (and Iggy too I think). It’s lame compared to the kind of stuff we see nowadays. This Alexander kid can jump! If he’s creative, he can *not* be humiliated by Howard. No way Rudy Fernandez should be in that. Not enough hops, not enough agility, probably not enough creativity. You gotta have at least too much of two of those.

  • Doug Henderson Posted: Dec.27 at 12:01 am
    Nick Young should be in the dunk is crazy 360 Behind the Back nice. Diogo all these guys did the dunk but not with a 360. you got to love it i want to see Dwight out there Joe Alexander got clicks on NBA.com of him hitting his head on the rim so i want to give him a trial and i wanted to see Patrick Ewing Jr. but he got cut so he will be a no show.

  • WVUBOI Posted: Dec.28 at 12:57 am
    JA, if he gets the 4th spot, will throw down some nasty dunks.
    he say’s he’s got something special in store, so hopefully we will be able to see it.
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