Craig Gilbert had huge hops.

Before he did his knee, Marcus Ng. Hopefully he won't lose anything when he comes back

GRANT YATES COULD GET UP!!

BILLY FIKES!!!

So who would have the biggest hops now in the ABL?

Daniel Zackerjack or Max Papendick from 18 state last year both have nice verts

dont know if any remembers Aden Tutton, played juniors at West, now plays volleyball, one of the best in Aus. We tested each other for uni assignments and he has a veritcal leap of 115cm. Another massive one i know of was Ben Stokes, Aboriginal kid used to play for NCT, i played footy with him at south and he had verts of 112cm. crazy

gav kargins from woodville 18's 1.

Well I've not seen too many people keen to be in the way when Steve Pilkington is going to the basket.
Took Mark Nash to the hoop a couple of times last season in a couple of rare Panther victories.

hate to break it to ya champ, but Nash didnt play against south at all last year!

?...it was the previous year..actually i think he threw down a lob on him if i remember correctly.

Grant Yates - main court at Morphett Vale - saw him throw down some huge dunks.
Craig Gilbert - made dunking look so easy.
Matty Deegan - ex-Norwood junior - most athletic kid I have ever seen.

and of the current juniors:
Shannon Seebohm - this kid gets up there.

yeah i agree ex-woodville junior matt deegan could play any sport he wanted to and be good at it.he chose soccer.

Matty Deegan afaik holds the SASI and/or AIS (spent 2 years there) vertical leap record and Beep test record and one other too I think. Watch maybe for a new Aussie soccer star in the making. In United yet?


Around the traps it is said Shannon S dunked all over the Tigers u18s Div1 before Christmas, he flew like an eagle.

I think you will find Deegs holds the soccer record, rather than an all out record, and probly for both SASI and the AIS. I agree with the, what should i call it, stupidity... of his decision to follow soccer with that athleticism. But, best of luck to him anyway

Matty Deegan without a doubt.
In under 16's at Woodville we had an alley oop play for me (and occasionally me...I had to plug it)...but he was like 5'9 at that stage and could elevate off 2 feet and dunk 2 hands with ease.

I hear Andy White can get up there

Shite...****Alley oop play for HIM

What can I say I feel ridiculous

Matty Deegan wasn't 5'9, the afro put him up to at least 6'4

trainings were alwas fun with deegs, we would lob it up and let him finish it of with style!

Josh Coulter anyone?

You are right 'thedoctor' - how could we forget Coulter. Up there with the best of them for sure

BIG COULTS!!! It seems the best of our athletes take off to other sports. Best of Luck to Josh with having a crack at playing league with NOrth this year

Damien 'Sticks' Williams from West. He had huge hops

coulter for sure...i remember at SASI in U16 he would have one step from directly underneath the ring and just go up and hang off the rim...his hops nearly landed him in hot water at old sturt stadium though...easily the biggest i have seen from someone probably then 6'1...Adam Campbell from NCT back in the day...the guy who use to have nike ticks tattooed on his ankles..U16 he used to get up big time and Pat Hogan...jesus there's so many

Adam 'Nugget' Campbell.

Jerome from West

adam campbell in one game at athol park, had his eyes at rim level on a few rebounds....the guy is 5 ft 10...just uncontrollabe hops. that was an under 14 game. i am not joking!!

Deegan was great to train with, some of the stuff he was doing was awesome.

I've been told stories of Dan Thompson jamming it on people at the Classics in U16s.

The dunk I saw Brad Hill pull off over Scott Lampshire last year still rates as the best dunk I have seen, ever, NBL or ABL or juniors or whatever.

brett rainbow

Jamie Granger in u/18's and U/20's. Caught a half-court alley at the Port and was well above the rim

Best hops....
Zane Reeves period!

kenny tyrrell played u/18 state a few years back, he could really get up, windmills, alleys ect

nah, yoyo isn't kidding. did u ever see adam campbell play? he did everything, and was also the most clutch u/14 player anyone will ever see.

"The dunk I saw Brad Hill pull off over Scott Lampshire last year still rates as the best dunk I have seen"

Tell me more, Libertine! Two of the greatest verticals in the game!

even if the pass was bad matty deegan would still be able to catch it will his mass leaping ability.

Way to rejig an old topic, but...

Interstellar Overdrive, Brad was on a fast break, had received a pass, Scotty was in front and had jumped, his elbow was clearly at ring height. He was standing less then a foot away from the ring, on the right side of the basket. Brad has come in from the 45 angle, maybe more of a 60 degree angle from the base. He's jumped, brought it around from underneath him, and taken it cleanly OVER THE TOP of Scotty, and stuffed it on his face. This was with his frame and his arms in the way which as I said before were well over ring height and probably black-square line height. No foul called, but really, woah.

Both players were at the peak of their jumps, I don't think any of us believed what happened except for maybe Brad Hill.

Paul Rees

True about adam "nugget" campbell. Was dunking in u/14's

lampshire

Any females got hops?

yeh joe dunked on me left handed in open's trainin 2 years back

World Junior High Jump champ and South Aussie decathlete Jagan Hames. Now there's a guy that could jump - and do everything else. PB in the high jump of 2.30m and PB in the long jump of 7.83m.

Not quite sure what his dunks were like - never saw him play some ball. But I imagine very good!!!

Went to school with matty deegan and was at the same v-ball club as Aden, they were two of the biggest hoppers i have ever seen! Tutts on the v-ball court was just incredible, he played taller than just about anyone he was up against

MATTY DECURE REPRESENT, GO DC!

The dunk that I did over Grant Yates at the old courts on Rundle St.

Tomahawk dunk over Yates. Classic.

I work with matty deegan at the moment, heard he had a big leap but never thought it was as big as everyone is sayin here! hes a champ tho and unfortunatly didnt make it into the adelaide side this season and is currently takin a well deserved break from soccer

Don't know if i'm getting old but i can't even remember the courtsd at Rundle Street. Any more info to jog my memory?

'Dr. UFO' for all the old timers out there.

There used to be about 6 or 8 half size basketball courts on Rundle Street in the city. Just down from the Austral if I remember correctly. I played there a few times back in 1992/1993.

Must have missed that Tomahawk over Yates but some of Grant's dunks were quite impressive.

There used to be about 6 or 8 half size basketball courts on Rundle Street in the city. Just down from the Austral if I remember correctly. I played there a few times back in 1992/1993.

Must have missed that Tomahawk over Yates but some of Grant's dunks were quite impressive.

There used to be about 6 or 8 half size basketball courts on Rundle Street in the city. Just down from the Austral if I remember correctly. I played there a few times back in 1992/1993.

Must have missed that Tomahawk over Yates but some of Grant's dunks were quite impressive.

Yeah...I remember Yates and the old courts on Rundle St. I played there as well in 1992. Wow...I wish they were still there.

What about Chris 'The Hulk' Blakemore. Average dunker but what a huge man. Incredible size for his age. Pity he never lived up to the expectations that people had of him.

I still have vivid memories of Ron Nunnerly dunking in a game for South in one of his last seasons .....

BLAKEMORE....huge man. Should have been a WWE wrestler...Get him on the roids and he would've been unstoppable...

Grant Yates....I remember....

Jagan Hames I remember...I did athletics and he was an excellent athlete.....

Too bad we gotta get old......

About this adam campell guy, getting your head at ring level is extremely hard for people in the NBA!! and you're telling me an 11 year old who isnt even 6 foot tall did it? I'll seriously pay the guy 20 bucks if this is true......

Drew Havelberg from Willunga High School 1992. Champion Dunker......

Whoops Andrew Havelberg from Willunga High School 1992. Champion Dunker......

went to Christies with Jagan. Def mad hops, but he couldnt suss out the actual dunk thing...

DEVO! i was watching him just crying cos i wished i was him.

We did make sure he signed up for basketball every year.

Yatesy for his size best i seen.

I thought Scott Ninnis was a pretty good leaper.

Blakemore 'The Hulk' couldn't leap but it's hard to get up there when you weigh about 115kg. Still I saw him jam down a couple of two handed dunks.

I think Yates for his size was excellent....

WTF is Andrew Havelberg??????

Ok Ok I was only kidding about my tomahawk dunk over Yates. I couldn't even tomahawk dunk a 9ft ring. Unfortunately I wasn't born with a spring in my step.

Matty Deegan for me.....Crazy athlete

Jo Hill....Can she dunk??

I'm yet to see a girl slam it down with some authority. Actually I've never seen a girl dunk period.

I saw Tracey Braithwaite run up without a ball and lightly touch the ring with her index finger. This was way back though in 1994.

Unfortunately girls don't seem to have a lot of power in their legs. I might do a search on Youtube for girls dunking. There must be girls in the WNBA who can dunk.

At the reigonal AIS camp a 14 year old girls dunked a volleyball easily.

There are some girls posted on Youtube who can dunk. One of them I saw looked legitimate. There's a video on there of a girl doing a few dunks in front of her other team mates. The ring looks 10ft.

I'd suggest looking at Kadour Ziani on Youtube. he's not South Australian but he has got some very impressive moves and apparently his best recorded vertical leap was around the mid 50 inch range.

I can dunk. I like to dunk over people bigger than me. Makes me feel like a real man.

I can dunk on all you clowns put together. You could all stand on each other's shoulders and I would still slam it down. You guys are week!!!

Yeah...I like to hang around primary schools where the ring is sometimes about 9 1/4 feet high. And then I just slam the shit out of it and impress all the kids.

I also tell 'em that I used to play in the NBA but due to a knee injury I can't compete at that level anymore. I tell 'em that I decided to come to Australia instead and will be playing in the NBL next season.

Makes me laugh my ass of when they believe me. Nothing like impressing 10 year olds. Damn I'm good.

Yeah it's great hanging around primary schools and dunking on all the kids. Nothing better....

I have the biggest hops in Radelaide. 55 inch vertical - beat that. These other mugs mentioned above, who the hell are they? Yates, Blakemore, Ninnis etc. Old timers or what. Get with new gen you old bastards...

Later....

Stuff the new gen. They're just a bunch of lazy slobs who have a bad work ethic. You would be lucky to have a 5.5 inch vertical Rager.

To the arseholes who hang around primary schools dunking on children - you're a bunch of wankers. Why don't you hang around some courts where you are likely to run into some real ball players and a 10 ft ring asswipes?

Iceman - the dude who used to do that more than anyone in the early 90s' was Paul Rogers. He would hang around out the front of St bernards playing "rafter" basketball against 10 year old kids when he was 7 foot.

In the 3 years of playing basketball there I never saw him play a game - he would just hang out the front dunking on the rafters

C'mon boys...Who has got the biggest leap in Adelaide, or SA, at the moment?

Who huh Who?

I had never read this post but it was quite interesting to go through some of those names and see how a lot of them turned to football.
Ben Stokes- played football with him at Encounter Bay and is currently playing at Seaton. Was prospected as a potential AFL star but when the AFL recruiters came over to watch him play, he never turned up! Has a very large leap on him.
Jagen Hames- Is currently the ruckman down at Victor Harbour
Josh Coulter- Currently playing football for Mypolonga out in the River Murray Football League.