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  • jordan only won cuz it was in chicago ,,, WILKINS WAS ROBBED!!!!! jordan did the same dunks over and over

  • seems like they just did same dunks over and over.... still better than the no name comp of today

  • @khhs40296 I BELIEVE I CAN FLYYYYYYY

  • dat ish crae

  • JORDAN E O CROSHERE SÃO OS MELHORES

  • thumbs up if you watched this because of mj

  • jordan got half his fucking arm in the hoop at around the 2 min mark. dude could fly

  • pause at 2:18 .... how did he get from there all the way to the rim lol

  • MJ forever my favorite player but Nique should've won that one!!

  • turn down your speakers, cause the intro music just blew one on mine

  • Jordan NEVER LOST IN ANY TYPE OF NBA FINALS LOOOOOOL

  • Dude, I'm watching this on NBA channel right now, and they're showing the whole broadcast and one of the commentators called the dunk Jordan did at around 1:30 the "Chinese Super Man" dunk, because he comes in "from the side and slanted"! Hella racist!

  • FOOT FAULT, that wasn't from the free throw line =P

  • wat movie is this

  • dominique is a great dunker but he does the same old dunks hes to predictable

  • if anybody did these dunks right now then they wouldnt be considered good at all

  • @XvIMcKeoNIvX44 well you you play too much video games and/or you already watched the slum dunk contest of 2008 it's fair to think that way, otherwise, you should really consider the effort of theese old school dunkers. but i know exactly what you mean

  • Nique has been robbed his whole career, no way this game should have been omitted from being named one of the NBA'S top 50 greatest players of all time, that was a travesty, that was bogus, that was lame, and that was shady......nobody could guard this guy one on one...period

  • Air Jordan

  • Dominique should have won, his dunks was much more powerfull and in it´s own way difficult. Jordan had the benefit that it was in Chicago Stadium. Wilkins has always been my favorite because of his power plays. All tho Jordan got his hole own style, but i will go for Dominique specially in dunking.

  • lebron traveled

  • 2:14 favorite dunk growing up, never seen somebody reach that far to dunk it.

  • Best Dunk Contest ever!

  • Is it the Shoes?(3's)

  • jordan did the same dunk twice?

  • 1:54-56 Jordan gets so high he adjusts his head so as to not to hit the ring (must be SO annoying when that happens.....) and could have thrown his elbow inside the ring on the other side................ damn.

  • The intro + Earphones + Full Volume = EARGARSAM END OF THE WORLD!

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

  • @14046651 fuck uuuu

  • dominique was robbed. ahaha

  • @The122310 Hmm, that's a whole 50/50 debate in my opinion... Yeah Dominique had power, but his dunks were overused and too frequent. He performed windmill after windmill, and I believe the only reason why he advanced was because of his power. The dunk contest is supposed to be favoring the creativity and good flow of dunks, not based on being able to use strong dunks..

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  • @TheOresteia1992 yea i know what you mean but nique was robbed with the way the judges scored the dunks in the finals. they gave nique a 45 coz they gave mike a 46 which made chicago fans angry. and even so mj's dunks were also repetitive. but past is past and these two guys are already in the hall of fame.. nothing to argue ... :)

  • i hate your opening logo it almost made me deaf

  • i'd take clyde wilkins and jordan over bosh wayde and james anyday

  • @Guitarherotimmydude your a retard for comparing 3 players from different teams and 3 players from the same team. And its wade not 'wayde' LMFAO

  • @jioshed oops sorry i choked like wade. and its you're not your.

  • @Guitarherotimmydude choked like wade? You didn't watch a single second of the finals didn't you? You're a dumbass...LMFAO

  • @jioshed i saw when dwade choked on the free throw dirk got the rebound. and they won(: i saw when bosh was 4-6 while wade and lebron werw 3-16(:

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Wasn't Dirk 1-12 in the first half in game 6? not all shots must go in you retard...

  • @jioshed and then he scored 10 points as usual in the 4h quarter and win The title(: No shots went for wade and bron

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Don't change the subject. You still can't hide the fact you compared 3 players of your choice from different teams to 3 players of the same team you dickhead.. LMFAO

  • @jioshed no we were talking about the finals now your talking about my 3 players i'd choose so yeah i never changed it you brought up the finals "dickhead" it's sad how you hopped on the bandwagon as soon as the heat got lebron and bosh. kinda pathetic actually.

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Hopped on the bandwagon? I'm not even a heat fan idiot. It's stupid if you think i'm a Heat fan cause I don't hate LeBron. Don't be immature. I'd rather see my Hawks take the title than seeing the bulls not getting the tittle. You don't even know me retard..

  • @jioshed so then why did you get mad when i compared my 3 players? That's my. you have to learn to do you. don't worry about me. and who said i hate lebron? And how am i being immature? i don't care if i don't know you i can say whatever the fuck i want on and offline

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Cause there is always a little bitch that mention the big 3 in a video that is not related to them at all.. It's fuckin annoying..

  • @jioshed yeah im the little bitch who bitches about someone bringing up the big 3 losers hahaha good job you just contradicted yourself

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Wow your so smart. Before you said you were not a hater yet you just insulted them in a hateful way. How does that not show you're not a hater? And how did I contradict myself? Your retarded ass just did.. Get a life.. Don't reply again.. I'm too busy too reply you.. STFU.. Done!

  • @jioshed i don't hate them but they are big 3 losers because they lost right?

  • @Guitarherotimmydude so did 97% players in the NBA right? Dominique Wilkins is also a loser right? Get your facts right genius.. Damn, shut up if you don't want to get owned

  • @jioshed everyone fails but they failed bad because they had bosh lebron and wade that pathetic like i said if it was dominique jordan and clyde they wouldn't have choked that was my point all along you idiot BOOM OWNED

  • @Guitarherotimmydude Damn man. I'm sick of replying you. Everybody can see that your just a stupid ass video game loser with no life. End of discussion

  • At 1:14, the dunk that has been immortalized on postesr and desktops the world over.

  • 2:11

    I always thought that was the best dunk of the contest

    Flawless!

  • the two freethrow line dunk was different...the styles and the form were way different....the last dunk of Jordan was the most beautiful dunk he made...

  • MJ could have lifted off a full foot back from his free-throw effort, he made it with ease, I think he was trying to take off from further back but it just didnt happen

  • i dare somebody to say that the dunk nique did at 3:00 was a 45 LOL i LOVE jordan. he'll wipe the floor with nique as a player. lol but he did not win this dunk contest. the fans of chicago did lol

  • MJ is the GOAT but Dominique won this battle.

  • my ears bled at the start, but fucking good quality vids

  • The dunk at 2:49 is easily one of the greatest 2 handed windmills ever.

    He jumped so high, he was frozen in the air with his head at the rim for three quarters of the windmill!

  • I think the first free throw line dunk in this competition is the furthest free throw line dunk MJ ever had.

  • dominique feel free to dunk off one leg when you want to.

  • pause at 1:55 or 1:56, enough.

  • Jordan did the same dunks from 1987!!!

  • HE'S HEATING UP!!

  • holy shit jordan watch your head

  • jordan shouldnt have won this one he dunked from the free throw twice

  • probably one of the most memorable air jordan anyone.

  • i wish i was a lil older so i could have seen this era of sports..seems so much better than what it is now, but i dont remember this at all being 5..haha

  • DUNK CONTEST OF THE DECADE!!

  • 1:16 Haha! he hit himself in the face

  • the last dunk of wilkins is better than any mj's dunk!!

  • Vince Carter is still the best dunker I've ever seen.

  • sick...

  • they shoulda just let michael have the whole dunk contest invite to himself in chicago everybody knew mike was gonna win there how can u pick somebody else over jordan in chicago he his airness

  • Sorry, Dominique Wilkins should've won this! I know that Nique was doing similar dunks to the ones which he did in the 1986 contest, but at least he switched them up more then MJ did. Every dunk which i saw there by Jordan was what he did the year before. Its still spectacular to see, but Jordan could've done better.

    He had all the ability in the world, and the guy could pretty much walk on air, so what does he do, the same stuff as the year before...it worked though, i guess!

  • Back in the day, the BEST PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE (Jordan, Wilkins, Drexler, etc) would all get in on this thing, year after year. These days, we don't hold our breaths for the chance of a Kobe, Wade, James type of showdown. There's typically one major star, this year being rookie Blake Griffin, and in recent years, Dwight Howard.

    Oh yeah, no disrespect to Jordan His Airness, but as good he was in the dunk contest, Vince Carter outmatched and outclassed him by far in 2000.

  • dude the judges limited mj's dunk cause giving him a 47 on a dunk that should have been 50 (if dominque was getting 50's for his dunks). so essentially they forced mj to perform a dunk that he knew they would respond to

  • in all the slam dunk contests wilkins made the same dunk : wind mills and the 360 dunk. he had not another dunks...

  • Nique is great, but how did he get so many 50's while every dunk was a windmill.

  • @StabiloMentos his power!

  • For you kids out ther that call Vince Carter the best dunker in NBA history....watch Jordan's videos and learn. He made dunking the ball an art form....AND he could touch the rim with his head.

  • i like pausing it on 3:32 so you can see his foot just next to the free throw line before he jumps amazing stuff..

  • 0:14....KISS THE RIM!!

  • MISSION CONTROL, READY FOR LAUNCH! lolz :)

  • watch MJ duck his head at 1:56 ish. goodnight mercy....

  • i doubt anyone will ever be able to do 1:55. and if you mention someones name, i guarantee that person cant do it like michael.

  • I never knew he did the free throw dunk twice

  • hey, unbelieveable highlights. dunkers23 I really like the middle =P Can you imagine that I finally worked hard enough to start dunking! I just completed the a real exercise course over at 50inch vertical[dot]com and made it in just 1 and a half month!

  • Dominque won this. No question.

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  • I like the dunks from the from older dunk contest, but he dunkers seemed to do the same dunks over and over again, and still get a good score. I feel like Dominique did the same windmill, 360 and reverse dunk every dunk contest

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  • could jordan do a 360 though

  • they said misson control ready to launch when jordan did that free throw line dunk that was funny

  • When you look at the dunks In slow motion, there's really no contest. Jordan's dunks were way better than Dominique's. Most of nique's dunks was the same just from different angles. Even I can do most of Dominique's dunks and I'm only 6'2".

  • 2:12 you can hear the glass and the rim are on the edge of breaking down!!

  • 1:53 Michael Jordan dose a 360 pump elbow dunk

  • nique slammed it with authority

  • Conveniently, they left out Jordan's miss of his last dunk before, for some reason, they gave him a do-over. Typical NBA: abusing the power of editing to maintain a meal ticket's "legacy."

  • @sunsaz lol... cuz i tell people all the time Jordan missed the dunk from the line b4 he got the replacement dunk.... and Nique shoulda got 50 for the 2hand windmill from the baseline, which matmatically would have eliminated Jordan even if he got 50 on his last dunk, which i remind you all that he MISSED......

  • the free throw dunk by jordan the king

  • wilkins got fucking jacked, jordan did two dunks twice....

  • jordan should not have won. He did the same dunk twice and people have done the same dunk before

  • clyde is the most under rated hall of famer

  • how do u call that dunk that jordan used to do where it looked like he was climbing invisible stairs or something?  that was amazing i'd like to see some vids of that

  • @RichieEastside The one from space jam?? lol

  • @RichieEastside rock the cradle?

  • son seriously is ur openin music necessary every vid the shit iis louder than the video lol

  • jordan is different dunker than the rest he is so quick and flexible ,he has that flying aspect in his jumps he looks totaly at ease in the air..today the standards changed after vince carter....

  • both 50 points dunk from the free throw line is the same but the last free throw dunk is different, take a look again and you will see, mj leg all bang out

  • The best nba dunk contest ever!

  • #VIDEOPOSTERID# crazy vid, reminds me of myself - ha. I'm five'seven and I am able to 180 dunk. I followed the real nba training program that real nba players use. If you want more info about the program, check out - (50 inch vertical [dot] com)

    1988 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

  • After this competition only Vince Carter in 2000 and Dwight Howard in 2008 been on same level with this.

  • @MessiahSkywalker I can't believe Vince Carter's famous dunk was ten years ago. Wow.

  • @MessiahSkywalker Jason Richardson, Desmond Mason and Gerald Green are better dunkers than MJ and Dominique. They are so underrated, imagine if MJ threw it off the glass, put the ball thru his legs and dunked it, just imagine. And J-Rich has done a 360 between the legs off an alley.

  • @EliasJordan3 nah son its just that creativity improves with time. Those guys werent thinknin bout threw the legs and shit. IT was unheard of. The bar is raised every generation. Jordan and Nique I belive can do all the dunks the new guys due becuz they have hella hangtime and big hands. Now I think Vince Carter is da best next to mike doe

  • @DkilluminatiX1 MJ has once tried between the legs dunk, but I'm sure he could do it if he tried a little more. Nique could probably do a normal rider too but no way those guys can do dunks like Air Up There or TDub.

  • @EliasJordan3 Oh as far as those niggaz dat be on the street and Sprite Slam Dunk competition, I agree them old school niggaz cant do dat.

  • @EliasJordan3 boy you are so stupid.

  • 1:49 MJ could have put his forearm in the rim...

  • yooooo that's crazy son! hey dunkers23, can you leap high enough to dunk? I learned how to dunk from 50inch vertical[dot]com

    1988 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

  • nothing against his airness - nique had that one...

  • dunkers23, I love playing basketball. I'm simply 5 7 and I can dunk! I simply took this training plan at 50inch vertical[dot]com - you can probably do it too. lruqjtghvmqh

    1988 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

  • DAMN, look at 1:57. MJ did a reverse elbow dunk. That's amazing :P

  • Its a toss up really, jordan had homecourt to help sway the judges....Jordan definately has more grace than Wilkens, and seriously is there a better image in Basketball dunk history than can be seen when pausing at around 3.33

  • who seriously thinks jordan should've beat dominique?

  • i do..dominiques cold don't get me wrong but he does at least three windmills in every contest. jordans got his own original style that noone can match

  • YOU ARE TALKING WITH SERIOUSLY NOW

  • You must be kidding yourself if you honestly think any of Jordan's foul line dunks were "the same". Pause that shit at 3:33. He fucking double pumps his entire body and cocks the ball behind his head. In fact, all his foul line dunks were done differently. They only thing they all had in common was that he took off from about the same distance.

  • Wow the free throw line dunk has gotten underatted. Like Brent Barry got a 45 on one. His foot was farther back than any of jordans. Once again, Clyde the glide just gets so close but the competition is to high. If the Glide had played in anothyer era he would of won every slam dunk competition. He is the most underrated dunker ever.

  • Dominque got robbed

  • The reason this is still one of the best competitions is because it was back when All Stars actually competed. MJ and Nique were high caliber players, not the rookies who compete today. And just the look of the era, with MJ's crisp white Jordan's, Nique's high top fade, 1988 was dope.

  • @scarryterry werd werd i see dem Air Jordan III and Wilkins'z Fresh Cut

  • they gave him a 50!!!

  • I think jordan is the king, but you could not get 50 doing the same dunk twice in the same competition today.

  • @DenTayl look closely, those foul line dunks were not the same.

  • @DenTayl Barry did

  • @DenTayl Let's see if you can do two free-throw line dunks today, then we'll talk.

  • @DenTayl is this a joke? dominique wilkins does 8 dunks and he repeats 4 dunks in this competition. he does 4 "wind mills" , 2 with 1 hand and 2 with 2 hands...

  • jordan and wilkin they equal in that dunk contest

  • The leaning windmill of MJ is way better than Wilkin's windmill

  • Wilkins had only one weapon: 360, nothing more. Michael was better

  • memeklaah  !!!! jago gilaa !!!!

  • damn from the freee throw line

  • tie steaks to their shoes and turn lose the tigers................ are yall kiddin me.... it's michael freakin jordan...... he's the guy everyone says................. "you could be the next..." when talkin about great players in this game............ Jordan did one thing better than anyone,,,, he marketed himself as a giant and lived up to it

  • dont get me wrong i love michael but it looked to me like dominique had that!

  • Dunks were repeated. But it's still looked great.

  • Brilliant. Good ole days.

  • the best hoops are from this era bro

  • @BloodBoxing Well, Dominique's 2nd dunk in the final round was a windmill, and he did that dunk like 4 times in the competition and got a 50 on it.

  • @BloodBoxing I agree with you on the best basketball being from this era!

  • He didnt. "nique lost to nance in '84, to spud in '86 , & now to MJ in '88.

  • i had the privilege of watching a prime 'nique twice at the omni in the 80's. he was the greatest dunker of all time in my opinion. the final dunk by jordan was NOT a 50.

  • JORDAN RULES

  • Lots of people say Nique was robbed in this, but Jordan was robbed too - his 47 should have been a 50, Nique's 45 should have been a 50, and there should have been a final dunk-off.

  • They dont have any imagination just same dunks again again and again ??? why

  • It seems like that, but they were trying to think about something new RIGHT AT THE PLACE(this is what i call imagination). And they were allowed only 1 miss. If they`ve had contitions like today players.... Today participants of slam dunk contests are practicing 4 dunks all the year. And they have 2 minutes + 2 attempts after that time limit to make a dunk. MJ & Nique era = tougher conditions. And Kenny Smith once told wise thing: "Pick up some simple dunk and make it great."

  • wow at 1:18 it looked like he was leaning again haha

  • uhhh.......how many times is the windmill dunk used/??

  • best dunk contest of all time. great dunks, controversial judging, brilliant finish. this one had it all. 21 years ago? wow...

  • absolute best ever. too much fluff and show nowadays, every dunk in '88 was an example of pure athleticism and ferocity.

  • I love how Wilkins is trying to tear the rim down each dunk.

  • A SCORE OF 47 for Jordan and then a score of 45, WHO were the Judges?

  • FROM HIGH ABOVE THE RIM...HIGH! HAHA LOL Jordan and Wilkins will never get old!

  • @kenlea0808 BOB NEAL!

  • the thing about Nique that i noticed is that, he's got it all as a dunker, flight height finesse and power, but MJ dam..its like lookin at a God dunking, its poetry in motion

  • Wow, this competition has evolved so much.

    These days, a slam dunk contest of this caliber would be like a high school slam dunk contest

  • 2:05 Man that's interesting: same height, same physique, same walk, same skin tone, in many ways same attitude. They have to be related somewhere.

  • @sillybilly44444444 different hair style :) but yeah man good observation. though dom never jumped off one foot in his dunks...

  • nique is better than mj everybody knows that...

  • This was the most exciting dunk contest, however Nique got a snow job of with the 45 for his dunk. This was many of things where Nique got screwed over (Pippen over him for the Dream team in 92 & getting traded for Danny Manning while the hawks were on their way to being the #1 seed in 1994). On a side note best 3 point contest as well that afternoon.

  • @SFFOOL76 Bird in his warmups ha

  • bird in the warmups and dale ellis being clutch

  • 1:56: MJ's best dunk besides the foul line double clutch. Ducking to miss the rim. Badass.

  • Im sorry, but the second foul line dunk that Jordan did was way better then his one in the semi's. He might have jumped 3 inches closer in, but he got higher, he kicked his legs out more, and he pulled the ball back farther. Take a look at the famous photo that got snapped of him mid flight. He was EYE LEVEL with the rim. Ponder that for a second...GOAT