BEST Free Throw Line Dunker Of ALL TIME!!! James White!
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James White is the greatest free throw line dunker of all time. Discuss in the comments!
Gonna try to start making more dunk discussion videos to give you guys more consistent content, while still doing dunk sessions and making dunk mixes!
I personally seen J White take off behind the free throw line between the legs in Cincinnnati, 2002!!! had my mouth open for 3 dayz!!!
Glen Bruce 😂😂😂for 3 dayz....
Dog don't kill me...lmao.
I seen the same thing of James White as a freshman, yes a freshman at the University of Florida Midnight Madness back in 2001. OMG!! The kid did a two handed, then windmill, then between the legs from FT. I have never seen anybody do it like that and never have since. That includes Zach Lavine who copied the "Flight Package." Trust me, I have been a fan of James White since thay day my friend.
@clint45 yea but point is, he was the first one to do it and started the trend. Nobody seen that done before unless it was a folk tale or something
@@henrysimmons6767 I wished they had caught that on tape. Hopefully someone did.
James White first time that I have seen was in 2001 as a freshman at the University of Florida. There is no video evidence but trust me, he did the entire flight package (Windmill, Between the legs, and two handed) and the crowd went crazy. I saw it live and could not believe what I was watching. I have never seen anything like that since.
If someone take off from the 3 point line and grab rim I'm turning life off 😂
No bullshit!
The way these young cats dunking these days we may see that soon
I would be impressed with a layup from the 3 throw line or throw.
Hell record long jumps 29ft 4in. You ever seen Mike conley. He did it way behind in free throw 1992
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Spot on, I've always said the same thing from the beginning. Best glyde, hang time and style. His free throw cuffed windmill is unmatched.
Also as a former triple jumper I am biased lol
JClarkTheJUMPER you almost caught that1tho... That close... hope2 see u pull it off soon"!
Have you hit the double Eastbay again since the original video came out?
agreed! James White is the GOAT for freethrow line dunks!
AGREED
James White was a counselor for Dermar Johnson's basketball camp in maryland, real genuinely nice guy with some freakish athleticism, and yes he was throwing em down like its no big deal.
I'm glad someone made a vid about this shit kuz white was clearly not getting enough love for that AMAZING
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Great video! I dont know why this is an argument really lol. James White the One Footed GOAT. He has so much variety and distance compared to everyone else. Also just consistency. White has done freethrow line dunks so many times and proved he is the master.
I read this in your voice...
Sticky Situations 😂😂
It's actually quite ridiculous because I can even interrupt the sentence breaks/questions/other emotions in your voice/tone and it sounds exactly as you would say it. I think I've heard you speak one too many times LOL.
Sticky Situations im dead 😂😂
Zack Lavine did a 360 from the freethrowline in practice. Ive never seen another nba pro do that anywhere
James White. Absolute legend. I love comparing these jumps to elite long jumpers, who jump around 21 feet without a leg shoot (just running through). Obviously they don't have to be as high during long jump, but it's always interesting to see how similar their jump strategies are. His 25 inch achilles probably helped a bit, haha. Great review, Billy.
John Evans James White was a world class Long jumper w/o much training, legit jumped over 27 feet at Cincinnati.
Mike Conley actually has a video where he flips from the two hand hang attempt lol
I played against him in high school/AAU, one of the best athletes I've ever seen.
In 02 my High School team went to a tournament in Ohio at Cincinnati University and he put on a dunk show for everybody and I remember watching his tapes when he jumped from the line so I had to see it in person and he most definitely can jump from behind or at the free throw line💯💯 memories for life
James white is absolutely the best free throw line dunker of all time...you kidding me....and he won that high school dunk contest...HE GOT ROBBED LOL
James White by a country mile, it's not even close.
agreed
So slept on. Remember watching him on the old ball above all mixtapes
Remember him back in the day I was in middle school. Im 27 now. I watched the McDonald's all American game then the highschool dunk contest. First person i ever seen do a windmill from the ft line. 2 hand dunk from the ft line. They had a segment on him on this old basketball dvd ball above all. He was always a great dunker. To me he's the greatest non NBA dunker of all time.
Height and style plays a big part. Jordan has the best looking style with legs bent back and Zach between the legs has flair. But if it's exactly behind the free-throw line I guess your pick will win, but he's taller than MJ ... and I believe any shorter player that can pull off the same or almost distance is more amazing to watch.
only 7 people have dunked BEHIND the free-throw line. 2 of them are interestlingly white. They are Jim Dilling and 6'2'' Pat Dickert.
#3 Zion Williamson, #4 Shelby McEwen, #5 Mike Conley, #6 James White, #7 Serge Ibaka (on the line or not?)
Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen came very close. Jordan barely touched the line, really not clear, in the late 1980s.
Rodney Carney attempted the longest dunk humanly possible I think at 3 feet behind free-throw line. He came close and touched the rim. I think Zach LaVine could achieve the longest dunk ever 2 or 3 feet behind the line, so far he hasn't even done a BEHIND the free throw line dunk tho.
Pat Dickert did a behind the free-throw line dunk extending to his max. If LaVine extended to his max I think he'd be capable of doing the dunk Carney attempted 3 feet behind the line which is as far as a human could ever possibly do it.
dang 24%? that’s sad.
yup...what's more sad is that he didn't get into the NBA dunk contest until 2013. If it would have been like 2011 or earlier, he would have put on a show.....I think he had a nationally televised dunk contest curse (mcdonalds, college, nba)
Dunkademics 2 Less of a curse. More of a he’s terrible under pressure. Seeing every minute of his playtime as an NBA player, he can’t take any pressure at all when it comes to something he’s doing in the US whether it’s a dunk contest or basketball. He psychs himself out and freezes up even though he’s quite talented and not a bad basketball player.
@@DunkademicsOfficial that is real talk.💯 James White should have been got out the NBA early before 2013 if James White should have made it in the NBA early he might have saved the dunk contest. forever
I totally agree on ur opinion plus the free throw line on courts with FIBA dimensions is actually 15.09 feet away from the Hoop so White basically jumped from 1/2 foot behind the nba ft line
Is that true? I've never heard that
Dunkademics 2 It is. The FIBA court dimensions are slightly different from the NBAs.. i guess its cuz they measure everything in m/cm and if they would use the NBA dimensions with in/ft the numbers would be too inaccurate so they adjust them a little. In this case the difference in ft line distance is just a little more than an inch but if we are talking "behind the ft line dunks" i guess that matters.
dang that's crazy! thanks for the info
That's not true. NBA measurements are lengthier than FIBA
Arnold Henry Well yes, some are, but the FIBA ft line is further away than the NBAs.. You can look it up if you dont believe me.
Thank you so much for your nice video, and argument. In my opinion, there in one very important fact that almost everyone ignores! And that is: Although traveling and double-dribbling are allowed in dunk contests, Michael Jordan never traveled or double-dribbled on a dunk, which makes a dunk remarkably more difficult. All the others did! If he had just palmed the ball and run all the way along the court, he would probably have been able to take off from farther away in his prime. And do not forget that windmills and between-the-legs were not common back then. More recent players, like Vince Carter and the other guys, took the ideas and creativity from the past generations, and added to them their own, and that's why they sometimes seem better than them. If MJ tried windmills and between the legs, there is no proof that he wouldn't have been able to do them.
for some people, that's true....but michael jordan has gigantic hands, and can palm the ball easily off the dribble, so it's really not that much of a difference for him to palm it the whole way...it might even be more comfortable for him to dribble it
shows that jordan had a better chance to free throw dunk in a game cause he always dribbled the ball on his dunks
Exactly! The level of concentration to dribble and complete that dunk makes it that much more impressive. Then he tops it off with the effortless flying motion. If you haven't seen it yet check out "Michael Jordan's unseen 360 pump elbow dunk" in the 80s, an absolute masterpiece and the degree of difficulty is unreal.
You got to be crazy to pick anyone but Jordan. Jordan does not travel, does not carry, his dribbling, form and timing is perfection! And thats why he beats everyone else.
dribbling isn't part of the dunk
Cincy has always had amazing dunkers... anyone remember Melvin Levett..?? UNREAL!
1:19 is just SICK!!!!! Everyone always pays attention to if a dunker's foot is behind or on the line. To me that means 100 times less than what his body position was at the time of the dunk. If you take off 4 inches behind the line, but end up stretching like Jordan did....that means much less than if you take off on the line, like Lebron did in Cleveland or White here, and end up dunking the ball behind your head and your body position is vertical. To me that means if you took off 1 foot behind the line and stretched you still could have made the dunk. White is just plain sick!
ive been sayin this since james white mcdonalds high school dunk contest...kats didn't believe when I said he leap from the ft with both hands
GodBody SuperNatural Healing two hands, between the legs...dude was a legend
Switched ball midair
Jordan dunked from completely behind the line in LA. The one where he put a piece of tape down on the line.
MJ's free throw dunk is pure grace.
For sure he also was the only one who dribbled the ball legally b4 taking off
Jordan cant compare
Stop sucking dick
James White surpassed what he did.
Thats just the obsessed JORDAN FAN in you saying that crap, lol
JAMES WHITE free throw dunks wouldve destroyed all 1980's DUNKERS in a CONTEST
1985 Michael Jordan took off from behind the free throw line. NBA Dunk contest.
Facts
Small funny story, i was drunk at the casino one time watching these guys play black jack and it took me like 10 seconds to realize it was James White. I was like “oh shit James White, you’re the best dunker of all time” And his boy was like awww here we go don’t tell him that 🤣. When i was a teenager i watched him at the college dunk contest and i was in disbelief. The most underrated dunker of all time in my opinion.
2:57 - even more impressive was that he decided to wear his Sunday undies as a durag when he pulled off that dunk
White is the best dunker from the line. Jordan best/most iconic form from the line.
T MK excellent analysis
It’s nice learning about these dunkers, I never knew who James White was. Good look Dunkademics!!
Thanks! gonna try to do weekly "dunk discussion" or "dunk debate" videos so that I can start putting out more consistent content, along with continuing to do sessions with the dunkers
I'm all for it
damn bro so sad im alrdy old lol and people dont know james white
Yes I agree u 100%, but the best Jordan dunk from free was in 1988, that move with the body in the air, his hands, arms, and legs were absolutely art, that's also an unique skill above the rest, never forget it ;)
I love Michael jordan but James white is the best free throw line dunker ever. I mean he dunk two hands, between legs, windmill all from free throw line. All other free throw line guys was just regular dunks
He’s by far the best free throw line dunker - not even close
James "Flight" White!
All time greatest free throw line dunker, point blank period! Case closed
James White had the perfect build for one foot jumping. Perfect height and weight. Plus for his size his strength was just nuts. I'll never forget his 2006 college dunk contest. He lost, but there was never another quite like him. Lavine is great, but somebody jumping from the free throw, with a two hand jam head at the rim is just unlike anything yet to be seen again
Man, people forget about what James white did in the college dunk contest he was showing out. James White most defiently should've been #1 on this.
I agree bro he is one of the most forgotten high-flyers of the 2000s.. I do remember James White back then and now
jordan dunk was graceful, and effortless.
iono about effortless, but definitely graceful
My favorite dunker ever since I seen him on Ball Above All Volume 1 back in 2002.
Anyone got footage of the ball above all VHS James white was windmilling from the line and he was like a freshmen in high school lol
search it on youtube, it's there...he didn't windmill on it tho
Dr. J is the only player who I have seen go one on one with someone in a game and dunk it. He would stand behind the free throw line, look the defender in the eye and tell him he was going to drive to the right and dunk it, and then go right ahead and do it. I know he did this in the championship game against the trailblazers but I also saw him do it (on TV) against the Sonics and the defender almost pushed him out of bounds on the right but he passed him just by a bit took off behind the basket about 10 feet away and dunked it.
Jordan dribbled into his jump. He didn't just run up with the ball in his hands. That adds a level of difficulty.
So did White sometimes
Jordan is the shortest and also pumped the ball with the legs behind. He had style and flair like no other. And all that on the top stage - the NBA , not in Turkey or High school events..
He actually did the between the legs free throw line dunk at Midnight Madness when he got to Cincinnati
While not strictly speaking a foul line dunk. In the early 1970's the Players Association would hold their own all star games. NBA players versus ABA players and Dr J had a dunk in one game where he took off from the right side of the court about a mile and a half from the basket and threw it down. Everyone in the arena including players were stunned .It was a space flight!
a mile and a half?
Dude was so underrated! I remember first seeing tape on him when he was in high school. LOL two handed from the line and thru the legs from the line. He was doin this back when he was 16-17 years old.
James White vs Gerald Green in that Russian dunk contest was crazy 👀👌💯🔥🔥🔥
You must haven't seen Jordan dunk behind the line in a Dunk Contest at UAB Blazers in 1989. He dunked 3 times, the 3rd time was at the 7:25 mark of the video.
Jordan's was not the farthest and most creative but certainly the most beautiful coz every one else 's looked like olympic long jumps in slowmo.
If we're going to go for the longest free throw line dunk we will have to go with a celebrity basketball game back in the '80s. The dude was a triple jumper for the Olympics. He jumped from the top of the key and did a two-handed dunk. Yeah good luck with finding the footage though because they've lost it but I seen it live on TV
Glad he got the right dude. James "The Flight" White
When I watched him in the high school dunk contest, my mind was blown that a guy could jump like that.
Two handed off the back free throw line dunk !! Mike drop.
The picture from White at 2:26 is in Turkey.
in NBA is the free throw 15 feet from the Backboard and International 15,09 feet.
ya, somebody else commented the same thing. I didn't realize it was 15.09 international. That makes it even crazier
I wonder if he did long jump
Yup... albeit being a small increase it's even more impressive (and solidifies even more my opinion that White is #1)
I support you on that, James White made the most Clear Dunk from freethrow line, but rememer Michael Jordan or Dr J, dont have the same time practicing to make this kind of especific Jump Dunk that James had, it was only for that few competitions, James is someone who are more decided to get better on that Dunk, but is nice video
ehhh, don't think that's really valid. James White was doing two hand pumps from the free throw line in high school before he was ever in a real contest
The first time I saw him dunk two hands from way beyond the free throw was McDonald’s all American dunk contest in the early 2000s
James White should be the only individual with "Dunk behind the free throw line" . . . everyone else is either on the line or over it.
James White in the NCAA contest is the best evert performance in a dunk contest imo
James flight white...a world class jumper...
I wonder if he could win Gold Medals in the Olympics.
I'm so much glad that I watched live, James dunking behind the free throw line with a couple of different styles by my bare eyes. He is definitely better flyer than Zach. He could easily dunk "between the legs" by jumping from free throw line where Zach failed in NBA All-Star weekend.
Jordan will always dominate the air
First time I seen this was in high school and he was in school at Newport News in Maryland..... He been doing this since the 90's.....
We use to smoke in the bushes at Newport news school. I went to Einstein
James White was the best One foot jumper of all time by the time he was 16
yes, James White is the master of the free throw line dunk
When mj was young he actually dunk from the free throw line look it up 1985 , nobody talks abt that the always bring the one where he wears the cement threes
Mike Conley being only 6ft tall and jumping from behind the free throw line and dunking with his opposite hand not his strong hand is the most impressive.
Mike Conley was insane. I kinda wonder if he used a smaller basketball on his dunk tho, only because it looks like he's holding it like a grape fruit....but it's insane either way
Dunkademics Official i watched this dunk contest live. The contestants used a girls ball and were allowed to use stick’em in order to palm the ball.
3:14 It doesnt matter if youre slightly off center like that because youll still be jumping straight towards the backboard beacuse youre dunking with your right hand which is, towards the right side of your body.
it does matter....it makes it a longer distance....
@@DunkademicsOfficial No it doesn't. He's jumping straight towards the backboard, he's not jumping diagonal. The hoop is slightly towards his right, the ball is in his right hand. His hand/arm is on the right side of his body. Get it? When he's jumping, he's taking off from slightly left of the center, and when you see him finishing the dunk, his body is slightly left of the rim (the rim is in the center).
The best overall dunker on opponents in the nba is hands down michael jordan partially because of the difficulty and sheer volume of the dunks but as far as free throw dunkers ill go along with james white, of course i havent seen everybody though.
Scotty Pippen did a free throw line dunk in a game!
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James White hands down, I would like to see DJ Stephens try a free throw line dunk
DJ Stephens is a 2 foot jumper, but i'm sure he could take off from pretty far
1000% agree James “Flight” White, best free throw line dunker ever. Shoutout to him as judge in Dunk League volume 2!
Mike Conley 9:08 on the other hand is by far the most impressive.
Obviously James White demonstrates more challenging and creative free throw line dunks. However, context is important. MJ's focus was obviously on his two threepeats, not on the FT line dunk. If MJ even put 2% of his time into further developing his FT line dunk, it would not even be close.
you gotta realize that we can only go off what people actually DID do, not what they COULD have done if they worked at it more...
The farthest back I've seen was Mike Conley, a track & field olympian, who dunked about 7 inches behind the line, but uit wasn't off the dribble. Giannis did one in a game. Scotty Pippen's was behind the line in contest. Jordan dunked several times, and a few of them were right at the line.
From - Gary,Indiana ---- This is the True Order - Of Dunkers - From the Free throw Line - (1) James White 6'7 👀(2) Zach LaVine 6'5 👀 (3) Mike Conley 6'0 (4) Michael Jordan 6'6 -- That was Simple 2 Pick!!! - By the Way Scotty Pipen Took - Off Farther - Then, His Teammate Michael Jordan - James White was a Super Freak!!! and By the Way - "Pay Some Respects" to - Dr. J = Julius Erving
BRAH YOU ARE THE GOAT FOR THIS VIDEO!!!!! HE IS THE BEST FREE THROWLINE DUNKER EVERRRRR!!!!
do you know his ig!! Man James white was the best PEOPLE DONT KNOW OR FORGET
It isn't just the distance. Jordan had style. His dunk is pretty, a better poster. Jordans is more artistic. Jordan wins.
I attended a University Cincinnati's team camp when in high school. Huggins had the palyers come out to shoot and dunk. James White dunked from behind the free throw line through the legs.
Wilt Chamberlain dunked free throws WITHOUT A RUNNING START.
"ALL TIME" did not begin with the invention of video.
In a Dunk contest, which would win: a Dunk with a full speed running start, or a the same distance dunk done with just a hop, skip gather and no running start.
Also, since Wilt could do so without running, as a high schooler at that, how much further could dunk from using a full speed running start?
WILT BEST EVER
Wilt never did that...it's a myth, like many other "stories" from back then, including David Thompson and Earl Manigault touching the top of the backboard...all fake. That's why there is no video of them even coming close to those feats.
I could say that I touched the top of the backboard too...doesn't mean I actually did it
@@DunkademicsOfficial Video technology, which is different than film, did not exist when Wilt dunked his free throws in a Freshman vs. Varsity game during college pre-season at Univ. of Kansas.
@@DunkademicsOfficial In a CZcams video titled "Wilt Chamberlain Scouting Video", @ 8:09, one can hear legendary Coach Tex Winter describe watching Wilt dunked his free throws. At the same time, the video shows a picture of a newspaper article from the TOLEDO BLADE. The headline of the article reads:
That Stilt, Wilt, responsible for rule changes; Kansas Chamberlain even dunked his free throws.
The subtitle of the article reads:. Hop, step, swish no longer allowed.
Tex Winter was at that time a rival coach scouting Kansas. When he witnessed Wilt dunked his free throws, he decided to campaign to have NCAA rules changed to disallow it.
Why would a Coach who also happened to be on the NCAA rules committee want to change a rule to prevent players from doing something noone had ever done? Why would Tex Winter lie and say he witnessed it. To compete with Jordan or James White, who weren't even born yet? Take a look at that video and then say if you need more proof.
It's not that Tex was trying to lie, it's that his definition of "dunking from the free throw line" might be far different than you think. For instance, it could very well mean that Wilt used to jump from the free throw line to get closer to the basket, not actually dunking it, but throwing it through from a few feet away (instead of the full 15 feet)
@@DunkademicsOfficial You're actually suggesting that the BBall term "DUNK" had different meaning at one time. Really? That's absurd. Dunk might not have meant dunk. Your extreme prejudice against Wilt is showing. Dunk has always meant dunk. It never meant layup.
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Learned something new from this
Lavigne 360 was nice but Terence Stansbury can’t be topped
He was just too graceful and effortless with it!
That Mike Conley dunk could have easily been further back if given enough room to build up speed.
White only dribbled once, MJ dribbled all the way to the line. As far as being off center, White, who is approaching at an angle, is just off center enough so that his right shoulder is perfectly aligned with the basket: That's the optimum position! And Jordan on his 87' dunk was about 1 and a half inches over the line. If MJ prioritized dunking over greatness it wouldn't even be close.
Your comment is not valid in any way, shape or form, except for the part about MJ dribbling....which is only because he had hands the size of a giant, and could palm it like a volleyball
It's all valid cuz it's all true. And hand size is completely irrelevant as White held that ball just fine.@@DunkademicsOfficial
@@swampfox946 dumb take
I think Vince because he always kept it modest.
Mike Conley Jr. "Dang it, what I missed?" 9:30
I absolutely agree
James white doing all that stuff in the early 2000s is incredible.
Mike Conley had the furthest free throw line dunk video tapped
I didn't know James White, but for sure he is the GOAT in this department.
Do you know if Dr.J was the first?
8:27 if you freeze at the moment of take off, you see he is jumping from one step in front of the foul line.
Many of James White free throw dunk his head was even or above the rim I bet he probably could dunk from the 2ft behind the free throw line. I bet had he long jumped he could of jumped 30ft+. I bet even now in his late 30's he could legitamely compete in the Olympics and win the long jump or at worst place 3rd.
James White would have been my number one if he didn't choke in the NBA dunk contest
The man who disrespect gravity😎😎😎
Agree james was the best . Two hand back scratcher from just inside the foul line with authority. Ant nobody done that . Great video , love to see him dunk today October 2023 . His birthday is on the 21st he will be 41 . Sure he can with ease just not from the foul line .
His two hand windmill from the free throw line in the college slam dunk
There has only been 7 or 8 legit BEHIND the free throw line dunkers. 2 of them are white interestingly. Jordan is not one of the 7, but his one dunk is really really close, barely touching the line. Ibaka we don't know if he's touching the line or not. Jordan could do it, but we don't have video of it happening. Zach LaVine could do it too, but no video of it. Rodney Carney attempted the longest dunk possible (look for it on youtube), 3 feet behind the line, he came close and touched the rim. That's about as far as is humanly possible but hasn't happened. The longest dunk so far has to be Mike Conley. James White is my favorite tho.
Favorite dunk by him was the cradle from the corner of the box
Played the wrong sport, the long jump wr would have fallen had James took track more seriously instead of being a college hobby, still jumping 27 feet with minimal training is an incredible accomplishment.
i want to say he tried long jump for a little while, but i might be mistaken
Dunkademics 2 Not only jumps but the sprints as well, his long jump dunks are not only by product of his jumping ability but also his tremendous speed on the court. James was also a sprinter in HS specializing in the 200 meters running in the mid-low 21s
I remember seeing that James white free throw dunk. It was legit best dunk
James White is the best free throw dunker ever. If you sey no its lavine, obviously you dont know who is JAMES WHITE.
It’s travelling free throw line dunk、totally different from MJ‘s
Still way better than MJs. MJ never went between the legs or Windmill from the freethrowline or elbow
James White vs Gerald Green... White literally had to duck in one of his free throw line dunks just so he doesn't smash his head on the rim
I agree james white is d greatest 15thfeet free-throw dinner