Spud Webb - Caught in The Webb

Anthony Jerome Webb, better known as Spud Webb (born July 13, 1963 in Dallas, Texas), is a retired American NBA basketball point guard.

He was then drafted in the 4th round of the 1985 NBA Draft by the Detroit Pistons. His first six seasons were played with the Atlanta Hawks, but he had his best years statistically with the Sacramento Kings, where he played as a starter from 1992-1995. He then split a season between the Atlanta Hawks and the Minnesota Timberwolves before finishing his career after one season with the Orlando Magic and retiring from basketball in 1998.

Webb was the third shortest player to play in the NBA. Only Earl Boykins and Muggsy Bogues were shorter.

Webb, the shortest person to compete in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, won the event in 1986. His participation surprised teammate and defending dunk champion Dominique Wilkins, who had "never seen me dunk before," Webb said. His dunks included the elevator two-handed double pump dunk, the one-handed off the backboard one-handed jam, a 360-degree helicopter one-handed dunk, a 180-degree reverse double-pump slam, and finally, the 180-degree reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor. He beat Wilkins with two perfect 150-point scores in the final round. Atlanta coach Mike Fratello said, "Spud kind of duped him. He told Nique he never had anything prepared, didn't practice for it. So, Nique maybe thought his normal assortment would be good enough to get through" (The Spud Webb Story). Twenty years after Webb's victory in the Slam Dunk contest, he helped New York Knicks point guard Nate Robinson (who stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall) win the event. Webb tossed the ball to Robinson, who leaped over Webb and dunked, earning 50 points from the judges. Robinson went on to win, making him the second player in basketball history under six feet to win since Webb.

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[balazss11]

NBA where big jumping happens



[sense321]

@bendystrawssxD  he is 5'7

[cornnellify]

lol, idk, but i feel like the finese of the dunk vs the effort of the dunk dont justify spud doing it.

[n1tr00s]

air webb

[bothakallday]

@damonm93 Your got shit form and your asian but keep working my man

[brownpridehomes]

Spud webb is the man truly an inspiration to short people like myself

[Keeler333]

@damonm93 well you could work on being 7 inches shorter if you wanna be muggsy.

[SmartA0852]

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[damonm93]

I want to be the next Mugsy Bogues of the NBA. I'm a 5'10" PG playing in AAU. Please check out my highlights and let me know what I should work on.

[RedDeadMaster1000]

@someguydaaron it's air Jordan not bird jordan BTW