1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[tzvipain]

This, is what you call the art of true dunking, not the over rated propped crap we get today,

[mylesusa]

They all suck jordan off

[mylesusa]

I hate how they al

[swali555]

Any of these dunks would OWN Blake Griffin's

[dontdogtheboys]

Stansbury should have won

[dakotabattle1993]

jordan did make regular dunks but it looks like hes flying because he floats through the air with such grace...thus: Air Jordan

[HubieBrown2ndPerson]

8-9 Dunkers, more rounds, better players. Jordan Best ever, Drexler Hall of Famer, Nique, injured, most explosive player ever, Kersey, mad underrated, Harper - Great 2 way player, etc. Now there is 4 players and the dancing after the dunk is more exciting then the actually dunk

[musicNdrums]

what was that song at the end?? anyone know??

[23jvega]

jordan's dunks were regular in game dunks haha he didn't have to do nun new it still amazed ppl

[chrissmile2]

lebron traveled

[psainterlude]

2:39. Woooow!

[jioshed]

Jordan is the GOAT but he is an overrated dunker....This competition was fixed.. Terence Stansbury was robbed.. Did you see that beautiful 360? Did you notice that Jordan had more slow motion? I mean more slow motion time...

[HubieBrown2ndPerson]

Jerome Kersey was sick.

[99661244]

type "short guy dunks" in the youtube search box to see a 5'5 guy dunking a 10ft hoop

[Gambino19]

wait, jordan did the same dunk twice in a row? that's lame

[2anzzzKing]

lol jordan's 3rd dunk.. "look at the hang time".. no shit, it was in slow motion, real time, the hangtime was pretty average to me. that dunk is as overrated as the Blake Griffin car dunk.

[MrSquirrelsmith]

jordan last dunk that got a 50 looked more like a 20 to me

[urnme19]

im always told that the dunk contest was so great before, much better than todays dunk contests. But really??? Compare this dunk contest to the 2000 dunk contest, that one blows this one out of the water! Are you kidding me? N btw stansbury was the best dunker in this contest n didnt even make the finals. Jordan is so overrated when it comes to his dunking ability.

[The122310]

@urnme19 and you talk too much... you're just as good as your keyboard dude.

[macoy346]

@0:33 a full 360...unlike other players who did it....

[WeAndWeR1]

look at the hang time, look at the flying motion, Wow

[seraphlgabri]

these are real hardcore dunks, no those fucking pussy props.

[BoARaccoon]

I met Terence Stansbury today on a flight from Philly to Manchester (corresponding flights). He invited me to a basketball game :)

[fCukdumA]

stupidest fucking opening music.

[borneo215]

why the fuck didnt they put these in nba 2k11 man it would of been sickkkkkkk

[nicuyem77]

Random question, but anyone know what announcers were calling this?

[GregMQ]

2:31 a beautiful dunk

[TheWheels777]

@GregMQ My favorite, and in my opinion the most beautiful dunk of all time. I saw it live on tv when he did it and it was mind blowing. Still the best. Sublime.

[StefaniaPavidis620]

Trust me Kobe isn't the man

start dunking like a pro! take a look at this -  "goo.gl / JdHU3"

[Sal30]

It almost seems like Jordan had perfected his dunks by watching them in slow motion. Jordan's dunks look good in real time, but not world beater dunks, but in slowmotion, they're out of this world. Another guy could do the exact same dunk as Jordan get as high and jump from as far away, but he'd lose 5 out of 50 points just on style points. Style Points is where Jordan had NO EQUAL EVER.

[tsuky66]

that MJ windmill was sick, more airtime than southwest airline

[leliye95]

@weebull16 no man come on you are a can't get right this was in 1987 he was wearing the 3's the 6's did not come out until 1990 stupid fuck get your facts straight

[free2rhnye50cent]

@leliye95 Michael jordan was wearing the retro 2's

[airtec87]

@free2rhnye50cent

Actually hes wearing ORIGINAL 2s, not retroes, lmao.

[weebull16]

Was Jordan wearing the 6's? They look like the Motorsports.

[darrylpage4457]

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[KnatLouie]

Terence Stansbury also had some SICK dunks... shame he never got more than a 3rd place.

[LoneshotHero]

@KnatLouie

Yeah I think Terrence was robbed.

[chesterfooden40]

dam, ridiculous high-lights. dunkers23 I really like the middle =P Could you imagine that I trained enough to begin dunking! I just followed the the nba training routine at 50inch vertical[dot]com and made it in only 5 weeks

[darrellkeith1118]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[maxwatson9315]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[clayg80]

2:37 You can talk about Vince and Lebron's dunking abilities, but they don't have that "MJ" agility and grace.

A lost art...

[EliasJordan3]

@clayg80 VC is better at dunking than MJ, but MJ kicks Lebron's ass easily. And VC isn't even the best dunker of all time, he may be the best NBA dunker.

[danellis4006]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[reginaldli52]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[666HeavyMetalist]

it may be just me but it seems like people back in the 80's and 90's had wayyy more ups then the people in the nba and idk why I think that it just seems that way

[hushg2000]

MJ's dunks weren't powerfull, they were simply BEAUTIFUL!! IT was an ART what he did in the air!! I love the commentors reaction words,.. look at the air, look at the hangtime, LOOK AT THE FLYING MOTION! He definitely was more than a basketball player, he was a TRUE ARTIST.

[warrenfoye2203]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[Mack10748]

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1987 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[ryanvdonk]

haha, in the kingdome

[cbarrett34]

no, not in the kingdome, it's in the Seattle Center Coliseum, which is now known as the Key Arena. It only sat around 13,000 back then, now it sits 17,500

[ryanvdonk]

oops, the allstar game that year was played in the kingdome, my mistake

[MonarchyTheLegend]

now people, this is what you call dunking...

[CheggyTehDemon]

0:45-0:46 "Just like his commercials" He actually did do that on his commercial. But if you watch it, look closely and you'll see that the ball kinda got stuck on the rim a little. LOL!

[jdrew1130]

Stansbury's statue of liberty is the best ever 360. He took off one foot and turned in mid-air.

[Christmas800]

shannon brown did a better one in the mcdonalds

[jdrew1130]

Well, the original is always the best.

[friskyfixedit]

stansbury got robbed

[maarfamilie]

BSW Coach Holland Hoertjes

[maarfamilie]

Dat is onze coach

Holland Rules Bitches

[grungyflannel]

damn, stansbury was badass

[cbaldwinjr]

Wow...maybe Terrance Stansbury was robbed! Those were some sick dunks

[1VC4U]

Jordan wasn't ever gonna lose a dunk contest, no matter if he did the best dunks or not. In Chicago, he was outperformed by Nique and was given the contest. How do you miss the first attempt at a dunk and still get a 50? MJ was too popular to ever not be voted 1st place.

[mnkhan2020]

not true. Nique kept repeating windmill after windmill like 4 times. judges saw that. The last windmill he got 45 on, it wasn't a clean power windmill. that ball touched rim big time everywhere. besides, if MJ got 47 on such a beautiful double clutch 2-handed cradle dunk. "nique was bound to get 45 on half ass windmill. fair game. MJ won

[RR0849]

Everyone should have just given up and gone home after MJs famous leaner. Noone has ever come even remotely close to repeating that dunk.

[nick0903m]

cuz you dont get penalized for the first mess up genius....

[WhyOweYou2b]

3:10 - why don't the clowns at DC or MARVEL or wherever use some of this natural technique and some actual athletes to make superman and others fly instead of gay wires?

[gdal]

thats a good point. Most superheros look like they have no coordination or athletic ability when flying. They just look like theyre being dragged in the air.

[WhyOweYou2b]

thank you, thank you. it'll be a better world when i'm making movies

[JammSchra7]

the one of michael jordan jumping from the free throw line is ridiculous!!!

i saw dwight howard do that, but he

1) he's alot taller

2) was a couple steps closer to the hoop

alot of these dunks are used over again, just with more flair.

no one beats jordan<3

[oly681]

MJ dunks look so good in slow mo =)

[stillmatic66]

whats the song played at the end of the video

[Esquire212]

@stillmatic66 are you dead ass? The biggest song from 2002 -- "Oh Boy" by Cam'ron.

[alkakla]

damn it!! the best competition in years!!

[GstateBALLER925]

good god, MJ's dunking was unreal back in the day.

[jashuwah]

fuck your opening logo, it like blew my eardrum

[sonymcphony3]

Most of these dunks arebetter thsn todays dunks

[xmailmanbiterx]

well most of michael jordan's dunks are better than today's dunks. =)

[Defender78]

think about it - all of these dunks would get someone eliminated in today's dunk contests!!

[jashuwah]

does that mean they're bad or good?

[Defender78]

uh, it means that alot of these dunks from 86, 87, whenever would not get high scores today.

[jashuwah]

Yeah probably bc they don't have wacky props or blow out cupcake candles. COOL!

[jet44647]

jordan kiss the rim

[corinasdaddy]

Ron Harper won

[kiXzB]

they had heaps of dunkers in one contest

they shud bring tht back more dunkers more excitement lols

[neeks6]

Not really a big fan of stansbury's 360. For sure he does a full 360, but really no power or flare. His body just kinda rotates without life. It's like he holds the ball up in the air, 360's-then wait for the ball to fall in the hoop. Now VC's 360 has style, power, and drama.

[code21t]

these contests paved the way.....these are way more graceful dunks

[dreeeeei]

Stansbury best 360 dunk ever

[supadocnz]

the Jordan "Lean" dunk is one of the most graceful dunks.

[maciek23br]

jordan was just amazing, he has got mooves that nobody have, he looks better coz he was way better

[vidaa11]

stansbury's 360 was one of the best 360's ive ever seen. most guys turn on the ground but he didnt turn til he got in the air. thats a hard dunk to do.

[barrybonds2000]

for real..

definately the illest 360 in the history of this contest..

[rockinrayman]

why does jordan always look so much better, i think the cameras do something he always looks a million times more gracefull and fluid

[Arif21]

Cuz hes Michael FREAKING JORDAN!! THE BEST EVER!!!! There will never be another guy like him, EVER!

[DennisRodman20]

yo wtf is this this the worst contest ever all they do is fucking double pump but different way this is retarded they arent even that creative

[Diaz23]

WTF! this foos stupid These are the guys who paved the way for other dunkers Dumbass.

[Diaz23]

WTF! this foos stupid These are the guys who paved the way for other dunkers Dumbass.

[tbrown12]

stansbury's 2nd dunk was the same as Harper's first...of course he wasn't winning. The statue of liberty is a classic though

[curtisjoseph]

Stansbury shouldda won that shit

[HIPHOPCHAMBER]

are you sick. jordan just flew sideways

[terrellakapreach]

stansbury's all day we iz all kannons

[tribulation138]

How come now a days u dont see good dunks anymore...the 8o's were great

[sctrojan12]

Did Rick Barry really say Stansbury would be tough to beat?lol he was a good dunker but cmon..

[TacticusPrime]

if he'd been competing against any other people but drexler and jordan he would have won easily. the chumps these days, not even close. this was one of the greatest slam dunk contests ever.

[ronnieb5001]

u just kinda answered ur own question? u said he was a good dunker incase uwerernt around back then it was a dunk contest? and yes terrence stansbury was tough 2beat in fact it took jordans world famous free throw dunk 2win it. stansbury's statue of liberty dunk was unheard of back then,im from DE and thats were he went to high school and i used 2 see him do dunks like that in the middle of the game back in high school!

[Yuomo]

Orlando Woolridge did a between the legs dunk in the first NBA dunk contest in 1984.

[Defender78]

i can t beeleev that it wasnt until 1993 oe 1994 that anyone even tried to do a tween-the-legs dunk.. even jordan never twirled or did anything like that

[Wardfolio]

Jordan was damn near horizontal !

[unsunghalo]

wheres spud webb in this maybe I'm behind in years b ball blows anyway :)

[smoothALOE]

Webb was injured.

He tried to come back in '88, but still wasn't fully recovered.

In '89 he made it back to the semis, but then he stopped after that.

[telepathic759]

Stansbury was sick too

[smoothALOE]

His Statue of Liberty dunk ranks among the all-time bests in contest history in my book.

[master82565]

@smoothALOE statue of liberty best dunk ever , but in min 1.59 is a great too. stransburry must been in slam dunk final with jordan. i think that he had better dunks then jordan, in that competition.

[jvcforce1]

Clyde Drexler really made some cannon dunks

[MrsRandomMadeMeDoIt]

cus theres no windmill slams ^^

[5229894]

lol how come no1 comments