Yep I know I am a Boomer for saying but I miss 80’s and 90’s B-ball. My favs were the shorties Spud Webb and Mugsy Bogues. Me being in the White Men can’t jump category they were my heroes because they didn’t need elevation to ball in the NBA. Though as pointed out I watched Spud take the Slam Dunk contest and it was awesome. Not saying there are no awesome players but that was a special time honestly. MJ, Magic, Pippen, Bird, Thomas, Wilkins, Thomas, Kareem any night of the week a Legend was on the court.
Nique was the most underrated player ever imo. He should have made the top 50 greatest players list that came out awhile back. How he didn't, I have no idea. 🏀💯
What was so crazy about Nique is that he was a 2 footed jumping high flyer. Its a little more difficult to jump and glide off of 2 feet and he mastered it
New era dunkers have the edge because your imagination gets better when you can build from the foundation older dunkers. VC dunks were flashy for the early 2000’s as was Nique for the 80’s I’m almost positive Nique could do every dunk that VC could he had the imagination
One of the greatest players people never mentioned because he blow both his knees out but would drop 50 on you every night was Bernard king,look him up bruh
My favorite player of all time. I love the Windmill and the double pump with Authority. It was exciting evertime. Him and Spud Webb are the only posters I had growing up. Gotta love it.
Great video !!! Dominique was one of my favorites as a kid and growing up around Atlanta I got to see a lot of his dunks in person man he was awesome !!! Thanks for posting and reacting great channel bro !!!!
Me too !! Even tho I live just outside of Boston and love all my hometown teams and most of the players we had Dominique was my 2nd favorite player. Chris Mullin is my favorite player of all time and MJ is #3.
Hit up both dunk contests with mike and nique. One last big banger bro....shawn kemp. Kemps 50 greatest dunks....he will leave you hyped. Makes sure its 50 dunks and not plays
Best dunker ever To jump up to dunk and have contact with another player and double pump it then dunk.... Again jump up have contact with another player double pump it and dunk it with 2 hands .... dude was a freak of nature
Dominique was one of the most underrated players in history and should have been a top 50 player. What's interesting is Lavine and Gordon are all time great dunk contest dunkers but you don't really see many dunks from them in the actual games but with 'Nique, MJ & Carter, you saw it in the contest and games.
Especially Carter & Nique. Jordan caught bodies too but I don't remember many of his posters having much additional flavor to them. Nique & Vince would put you on a poster while getting fancy
@@SportsSpeak73 I gotcha but I wasn't just referring to dunking on people but just doing some dunk contest-type dunks in the actual games. We saw MJ dunking close to the FT line, doing the kiss-the-rim leaner, etc. We saw Nique and Carter doing their windmills and what not.
Its been so long I forgot just how explosive he was. Also a completely different approach to dunking with those 2 foot monster jumps. Just Amazing to watch!
People don't realize that Nique avg 25 to 30ppg with 6.5 to 9 rpg from 1985 to 1994. That's almost 10 years of high performance . The Utah Jazz drafted him in 1982 as the 3rd pick overall and they trade him to Atlanta for 1 million $$ 🤦♂️🤦♂️ because the team needed cash. So imagine the Jazz with Malone, Stockton and Wilkins? That was one of the dumbest moves by any executive in NBA history.
55 was Spud Webb. Shortest man to ever win a dunk contest. And he won over Dominique. You should watch that video, it's awesome. Spud was 5'7", and WON the dunk contest.
You don’t see follow up dunks and fast break dunks like this anymore. Old school players were more aggressive and had imagination. I prefer watching 80’s and 90’s basketball than today’s.
7:55 For historical purposes, Dominique Wilkins preceded Vince Carter by about 10 years. Wilkins was known as "the human highlight reel." He was considered by most as the best dunker. Then Shawn Kemp came to the league and provided the same thrills. Kemp was 6'10 and acrobatic and it was debatable who was the best between those two. Now Vince Carter is like the evolution of Wilkins. He is the best in game dunker of all time. Kinda like Kyrie being the dude with the best handle of all time. In the Olympics Vince Carter literally leaped over a 7'1 French center named Fredric Weiss that got drafted by the Knicks. Carter had his crotch in Weiss's face. That dunk ended Weiss NBA career before it even started. Weiss never played a minute of NBA ball. Vince Carter was nicknamed after a Nas rap phrase from the song IT AINT HARD TO TELL. The nickname: "half man, half amazing".
Most NBA fans just thought of Nique as a dunker for the slam dunk contest however, he's the greatest in game dunker ever! He dunked on everybody in game, and his put back dunks were phenomenal! He had a total game not just dunks.
Nique was frightening. Dr. J obviously revolutionized the dunk, but to this day I'm not sure if I've ever seen another midsized player with his combination of hops and raw power. There was nobody like him at the time. His double-clutch poster slams are just legendary.
Arguably the best if not the best two-footed leaper ever. His explosiveness off both feet were insane; if he was gifted with mitts like his homeboy (23) the goals would be at least 11 feet now 🤷🏿♂️.
You should do "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He may be the first person I've seen do the behind the back ball fake pass for a layup, but I may be wrong. That was in the 70's I believe. Great ball handler.
Vince had power but Dominique was ABSOLUTELY violent. Both were hyper explosive. Dominique was putback dunking his own rebounds in some of these hilights. Not sure U copped.
Jordan was every1's fav b.I.T.D bUT "The Human Highlight Film" was always #1 to me!!!...Salute to Dominique!!!...For some reason-he didnt make the NbA's TOP 50 Players Of All Time List nor did he get seleCted to play for an OlympiC team...CRAZY!!!...IMO... TOP 3 Dunker Of All Time..(1-Carter 2-Jordan)
Fam it's funny cause the way you're reacting to him ..is the way we all reacted back in the 80's when he actually did these Dunks!...The Human Highlight Film
The thing about Dominique Wilkins is tha that he did all his jumping down dunks off of 2 feet which is waaaayyyyyy harder then jumping off of 1 foot Salute to this true athlete
1) Dave Corzine was exactly that, when he got smashed.....CORAZONE! 2) I was at the Knick game (the second Knick clip). Knicks blew them out, but seeing him dunk, in person, I got my money's worth!
My former supervisor at work had a try out with Detroit Pistons Years ago. One day we were talking basketball and he told me that Dominique Wilkins would jump so high, that they had to teach Dominique Wilkins how to shoot a jump shot on the way down instead of on the way up.
At 11:15 he dunked on NBA vet Bob Lanier, he didn't speak to Dominique for years after. Lanier said his kids asked him why did he let the young skinny dude dunk on him like that.
Nique, Vince Carter, MJ and Julius Erving are the best in game dunker the NBA has ever seen. I will give a slight edge to Vince. Nique was the king of the power dunk in a game in his era. Also a great scorer able to win the scoring title a couple of times in the Jordan Era. There is a statue of him in the city of Atlanta for a reason...clearly the best and more impactful player the Hawks have ever seen...
I think Pistol might have been the 1st to do the behind the back fake pass. It's really shame we don't have more footage of him when his was dominate in the league. I also forgot about Dominique missed windmill in the all star game. That was funny!
The quality of players of that era was as it good as it can get. Everyone says that these guys couldn't compete against current players are either haters or delusional
Regarding the fake behind the pass, the first player to do it is Pete “Pistol Pete” Maravich. Before Dominique, Magic and Rondo, there was Pistol Pete.
If there is a video for his highlights, you should try watching "Darryl Dawkins". I may be wrong, but I think that he was one of the first players to shatter a backboard? He was called 'Chocolate Thunder'.
Lifelong Celtics fan here. Nique was filthy and could leap out of the gym. You’ll notice in the video that he is flushing it with ease over 7 footers. I actually preferred him as a dunker to Jordan
The master of TIPS If it hit the rim He was coming down with 2 points. No dribble needed. Above the rim. Spud Webb was 5'6 ... But he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Pistol Pete was the first person I saw do the behind the back fake pass. With the Hawks, so early career. Recommend checking him out, along with Jason 'White Chocolate' Williams Showtime video.
The rules on contact were a LOT looser back then. That's why you see so many contesting and finding out just how high Nique could jump. I watched him live many times.
Pistol Pete was the first to fake behind the back and then score. #33 for Houston who you told to go drive a bus was Robert Reid. He was a pastor. Once I sat courtside and heard Larry Bird, who was torching Reid for 30 points at the half, told Reid "you better go back to preaching". Both sides laughed their ass off.
@@NehemiahRyan Agreed on both counts. I too saw a video of Cousy doing it. But Pistol, made it a weapon. Ask Magic, Isaiah, Jordan, and they all Say Pistol was the man!
Dominique WIlkins. He wasn't called the "Human Highlight Reel" for nothing.
Dominique Wilkons, Shawn Kemp and Vince Carter are probably the best 3 in game dunkers of all time.
Agree with this
Forgot about Jordan game dunkers were crazy
1- Kemp 2- Wilkins 3-Carter
Doc
Eric Gordon and j Rich too
Spudd Webb is tiny but he won a Dunk Contest. You should watch that one.
and beat Dominique to do it
Yep I know I am a Boomer for saying but I miss 80’s and 90’s B-ball. My favs were the shorties Spud Webb and Mugsy Bogues. Me being in the White Men can’t jump category they were my heroes because they didn’t need elevation to ball in the NBA. Though as pointed out I watched Spud take the Slam Dunk contest and it was awesome. Not saying there are no awesome players but that was a special time honestly. MJ, Magic, Pippen, Bird, Thomas, Wilkins, Thomas, Kareem any night of the week a Legend was on the court.
Spudd and Nique had the same vertical leap, 42" !
Dominique could ball. He was a bucket. Not much defense, but he would drop buckets on your head. No problem
Dominique is one of the most underrated players of all time
Dominique Wilkins is an OG from above the rim with authority!!! Loved watching him play...
Nique was the most underrated player ever imo. He should have made the top 50 greatest players list that came out awhile back. How he didn't, I have no idea. 🏀💯
That still blows my mind to this day. I seriously stopped watching NBA basketball for a while after seeing that bs list.
He gets no respect at all.
@@clgaines2006 A damn shame.
Facts. Scottie was a great player & the consummate swiss army knife on the court, but no way should he have made that list over Nique
9:28 Spud Web (5'7") didn't miss that shot. He deliberately laid it up off the rim for 'Nique to go up and get it!
This dude’s dunks were ferocious !
The dunk at 1:26 was over 7-4 Ralph Sampson.
What was so crazy about Nique is that he was a 2 footed jumping high flyer. Its a little more difficult to jump and glide off of 2 feet and he mastered it
2 footed jump 2 hamded dunker
Real talk. Nothing but power
New era dunkers have the edge because your imagination gets better when you can build from the foundation older dunkers. VC dunks were flashy for the early 2000’s as was Nique for the 80’s I’m almost positive Nique could do every dunk that VC could he had the imagination
One of the greatest players people never mentioned because he blow both his knees out but would drop 50 on you every night was Bernard king,look him up bruh
Do you hear the power of his dunks? Do you hear the rim scream 😱
Clyde Drexler dunks next. He almost went from the FT line in game. Scottie Pippen has, and also Eddie Jones, in game FT line yams.
That's how the men did it back in the day, take the contact & then dunk. Dominique was a beast. Top 5 all time dunker.
Shawn kemp highlights are dope too
My favorite player of all time. I love the Windmill and the double pump with Authority. It was exciting evertime. Him and Spud Webb are the only posters I had growing up. Gotta love it.
The human highlight reel. I loved growing up watching Wilkins vs Jordan.
Great video !!! Dominique was one of my favorites as a kid and growing up around Atlanta I got to see a lot of his dunks in person man he was awesome !!! Thanks for posting and reacting great channel bro !!!!
Me too !! Even tho I live just outside of Boston and love all my hometown teams and most of the players we had Dominique was my 2nd favorite player. Chris Mullin is my favorite player of all time and MJ is #3.
This era of players was sooooo good! And MJ was the best of the best.
Hit up both dunk contests with mike and nique. One last big banger bro....shawn kemp. Kemps 50 greatest dunks....he will leave you hyped. Makes sure its 50 dunks and not plays
Hell yeah. React to Kemp top 100 dunks. You will be amazed
Man...... when GP would throw those lobs to Kemp!!!!! Its like he was throwing them 15 feet high on purpose, and Shawn would go get them!!!
Best dunker ever
To jump up to dunk and have contact with another player and double pump it then dunk....
Again jump up have contact with another player double pump it and dunk it with 2 hands .... dude was a freak of nature
Dominique should be in top 5 small forwards
Lebron, bird, hondo, Baylor, Rick Barry, Dr j,..not quite
Another great reaction. Now you gotta check out Shawn Kemp’s dunks.
Beat me to it. I was gonna suggest Shawn Kemp too!
Yep I agree
First I thing I thought of when he started this vid!
Nique was the first one unleashing on the rim like that ..natural, raw, wild, unadulterated ferocity.
Dominique was one of the most underrated players in history and should have been a top 50 player. What's interesting is Lavine and Gordon are all time great dunk contest dunkers but you don't really see many dunks from them in the actual games but with 'Nique, MJ & Carter, you saw it in the contest and games.
Shawn Kemp too
Especially Carter & Nique. Jordan caught bodies too but I don't remember many of his posters having much additional flavor to them. Nique & Vince would put you on a poster while getting fancy
@@SportsSpeak73 I gotcha but I wasn't just referring to dunking on people but just doing some dunk contest-type dunks in the actual games. We saw MJ dunking close to the FT line, doing the kiss-the-rim leaner, etc. We saw Nique and Carter doing their windmills and what not.
Its been so long I forgot just how explosive he was. Also a completely different approach to dunking with those 2 foot monster jumps. Just Amazing to watch!
And cats be acting like there wasn't any athletes in that era 🙄
Pull up Spud Webb ASAP. Your gonna go crazy when you see him in the dunk contest
People don't realize that Nique avg 25 to 30ppg with 6.5 to 9 rpg from 1985 to 1994. That's almost 10 years of high performance . The Utah Jazz drafted him in 1982 as the 3rd pick overall and they trade him to Atlanta for 1 million $$ 🤦♂️🤦♂️ because the team needed cash. So imagine the Jazz with Malone, Stockton and Wilkins? That was one of the dumbest moves by any executive in NBA history.
Dominic and Shane kemp till this day are the best power dunkers to ever lace up.
This is why I subscribed keep up the goodwork
55 was Spud Webb. Shortest man to ever win a dunk contest. And he won over Dominique. You should watch that video, it's awesome. Spud was 5'7", and WON the dunk contest.
Gotta get one of them Allen Iverson highlights
You don’t see follow up dunks and fast break dunks like this anymore. Old school players were more aggressive and had imagination. I prefer watching 80’s and 90’s basketball than today’s.
7:55 For historical purposes, Dominique Wilkins preceded Vince Carter by about 10 years. Wilkins was known as "the human highlight reel." He was considered by most as the best dunker. Then Shawn Kemp came to the league and provided the same thrills. Kemp was 6'10 and acrobatic and it was debatable who was the best between those two. Now Vince Carter is like the evolution of Wilkins. He is the best in game dunker of all time. Kinda like Kyrie being the dude with the best handle of all time. In the Olympics Vince Carter literally leaped over a 7'1 French center named Fredric Weiss that got drafted by the Knicks. Carter had his crotch in Weiss's face. That dunk ended Weiss NBA career before it even started. Weiss never played a minute of NBA ball. Vince Carter was nicknamed after a Nas rap phrase from the song IT AINT HARD TO TELL. The nickname: "half man, half amazing".
Shawn Kemp Top 50 dunks in the NBA! GO GO GO!
Most NBA fans just thought of Nique as a dunker for the slam dunk contest however, he's the greatest in game dunker ever! He dunked on everybody in game, and his put back dunks were phenomenal! He had a total game not just dunks.
Nique was frightening. Dr. J obviously revolutionized the dunk, but to this day I'm not sure if I've ever seen another midsized player with his combination of hops and raw power. There was nobody like him at the time. His double-clutch poster slams are just legendary.
Yeah Shorty, that 'Nique right there! Enjoy your intro. Lol.
The Human Highlight Film !!! 💪💪💪
YOU GOTTA REACT TO YOUNG RAY ALLEN‼️
Ray could dunk too
Ppl forget how cld young ray was A beasttttt
That dunk on Robert Parish is probably the most aggressive dunk I’ve ever seen.
I’d have to go with kemp on Lister
Nique best in game dunker all time the reel is insane PROOF IS FACTS
Look up Domique vs Bird. Such an epic game. They went back and forth the whole game
Arguably the best if not the best two-footed leaper ever. His explosiveness off both feet were insane; if he was gifted with mitts like his homeboy (23) the goals would be at least 11 feet now 🤷🏿♂️.
You should do "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He may be the first person I've seen do the behind the back ball fake pass for a layup, but I may be wrong. That was in the 70's I believe. Great ball handler.
One of the best nicknames...all time...
React to Wilt Chamberlain next. Dominique dunks were fire
Vince had power but Dominique was ABSOLUTELY violent. Both were hyper explosive. Dominique was putback dunking his own rebounds in some of these hilights. Not sure U copped.
"If he ain't have no kids he did after that " I cracked tf up
Dominique's teammate Spud Webb (5'7") was a dunk contest winner in 1986.
Jordan was every1's fav b.I.T.D bUT "The Human Highlight Film" was always #1 to me!!!...Salute to Dominique!!!...For some reason-he didnt make the NbA's TOP 50 Players Of All Time List nor did he get seleCted to play for an OlympiC team...CRAZY!!!...IMO...
TOP 3 Dunker Of All Time..(1-Carter 2-Jordan)
Fam it's funny cause the way you're reacting to him ..is the way we all reacted back in the 80's when he actually did these Dunks!...The Human Highlight Film
If you think Spud Webb was tiny, you need to find his dunk highlights. Unreal!
The thing about Dominique Wilkins is tha that he did all his jumping down dunks off of 2 feet which is waaaayyyyyy harder then jumping off of 1 foot Salute to this true athlete
1) Dave Corzine was exactly that, when he got smashed.....CORAZONE! 2) I was at the Knick game (the second Knick clip). Knicks blew them out, but seeing him dunk, in person, I got my money's worth!
My former supervisor at work had a try out with Detroit Pistons Years ago. One day we were talking basketball and he told me that Dominique Wilkins would jump so high, that they had to teach Dominique Wilkins how to shoot a jump shot on the way down instead of on the way up.
Dominique was my favorite player 😄
Glad you did a Nique video ✊🏾
At 11:15 he dunked on NBA vet Bob Lanier, he didn't speak to Dominique for years after. Lanier said his kids asked him why did he let the young skinny dude dunk on him like that.
“Boiii go drive a bus”🤣
Nique, Vince Carter, MJ and Julius Erving are the best in game dunker the NBA has ever seen. I will give a slight edge to Vince. Nique was the king of the power dunk in a game in his era. Also a great scorer able to win the scoring title a couple of times in the Jordan Era. There is a statue of him in the city of Atlanta for a reason...clearly the best and more impactful player the Hawks have ever seen...
Dunking Monster, so much power!!!
I think Pistol might have been the 1st to do the behind the back fake pass. It's really shame we don't have more footage of him when his was dominate in the league. I also forgot about Dominique missed windmill in the all star game. That was funny!
The quality of players of that era was as it good as it can get. Everyone says that these guys couldn't compete against current players are either haters or delusional
The underated thing about watching him jump like that is that those shoes back then were heavy as shit🤣
Regarding the fake behind the pass, the first player to do it is Pete “Pistol Pete” Maravich. Before Dominique, Magic and Rondo, there was Pistol Pete.
Ronald alot of people don't remember dominique william yo this man made super super star looking like baby when they face him
You need to introduce yourself to the beast that is "The Big Ticket" Kevin Garnett!
Vince in a Dunk Off. Vince is In Game and Dunk GOAT. Nique had his own dope style tho, 2 feet jumping at that
All time GOAT dunkers: Dr J, Air Jordan, 'Nique, Vince, Kobe, TMac, JRich, Lil Spud, "Sky" Walker, Blake, Zack Levine and David Thompson.
Don’t forget Kemp
Stromile Swift was another good dunker
The greatest power dunker in history
yes.. the greatest dunker in traffic..
Huan highlight was one of my fav players
Check Shawn Kemp power forward who played 4 Seattle Supersonics... High flier wit nasty mean dunks... Nick name da RainMan...
Allen Iverson Charles Barkley Penny hardaway
Look into SHAQ early days... He's why the NBA reinforced the backboard
They called him the human highlight reel. But Vince is the best drunker.
If there is a video for his highlights, you should try watching "Darryl Dawkins". I may be wrong, but I think that he was one of the first players to shatter a backboard? He was called 'Chocolate Thunder'.
Pete Maravich was the first to do the fake behind the back. Watch his passing highlights. He changed the game.
Lifelong Celtics fan here. Nique was filthy and could leap out of the gym. You’ll notice in the video that he is flushing it with ease over 7 footers. I actually preferred him as a dunker to Jordan
Dr. J had the one-foot dunks, Dominique had the two-foot dunks, Barkley had the savage dunks off both feet...and Jordan combined them all.
Dominique is one of three most underrated players of all time. Him and Vince Carter are the best in-game dunkers ever
U should watch the dunk contest between him and jordan 86 or 87 I cant remember I was a kid when it happened
The master of TIPS
If it hit the rim
He was coming down with 2 points. No dribble needed. Above the rim.
Spud Webb was 5'6 ...
But he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Dominique williams waa a monster
Pistol Pete was the first person I saw do the behind the back fake pass. With the Hawks, so early career. Recommend checking him out, along with Jason 'White Chocolate' Williams Showtime video.
Have you reacted to Spud Webb’s dunk contest performance?
Take a look at Dennis Rodman. The definition of unorthodox
Best in game dunker of all time.
Nick my second favorite dunker of all time
Shawn Kemp is also a highlight
LOL hold on lil bru, hold on,,, not he be printing posters out his self 🤣🤣🤣
Nique was best ever in game dunker I saw. And I saw Jordan.
The rules on contact were a LOT looser back then. That's why you see so many contesting and finding out just how high Nique could jump. I watched him live many times.
Can we get an Iverson reaction. Day I lost track of asking😂😂
You"got this video" of Jordan and Dominique having a dunk off. Oml you are such a kid.
Pistol Pete was the first to fake behind the back and then score. #33 for Houston who you told to go drive a bus was Robert Reid. He was a pastor. Once I sat courtside and heard Larry Bird, who was torching Reid for 30 points at the half, told Reid "you better go back to preaching". Both sides laughed their ass off.
I think I’ve seen a video of Bob Cousy doing it before Pistol Pete. But the Pistol definitely used it as part of his normal play.
@@NehemiahRyan Agreed on both counts. I too saw a video of Cousy doing it. But Pistol, made it a weapon. Ask Magic, Isaiah, Jordan, and they all Say Pistol was the man!
You should react to the old NBA dunk contests.
They nick-named Dominque Wilkins the "human highlight reel!"
Nique always reminded me of Darryl Dawkins ….Phi Slamma Jamma LOL