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Topic: Can G. Block dunk?
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bobcatsquared
3/2/2019 8:51 PM
I ask because I was wondering about this on Block's first bucket today. He got a nice pass while cutting down the baseline and it appeared he might have been going for the slam before the Akron defender went up with him. Gavin ended up with the lay-in and the foul.

I can't recall seeing him throw one down in a game but maybe he has.
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shabamon
3/2/2019 9:36 PM
Gavin has not dunked in a game while at Ohio. I remember he had a wide open opportunity at Cleveland State in 2015 where he tried but came up short.
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oldkatz
3/3/2019 9:54 AM
So now we've fallen to dissing on Gavin Block. He's played his heart and guts out for four seasons. To coin a phrase, "C'mon Man!".
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shabamon
3/3/2019 10:03 AM
That's not a diss.
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shabamon
3/3/2019 10:04 AM
Other players who surprisingly never dunked, the 6'10" KVK and the uber athlete Asown Sayles.
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Maddog13
3/3/2019 10:45 AM
Block strikes me as a player with good fundamentals who does not need to showboat. Getting the ball into the basket is what counts.
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shabamon
3/3/2019 10:55 AM
If you can jump high enough, a dunk is a high percentage shot and not necessarily show boating.
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bobcatsquared
3/3/2019 10:55 AM
oldkatz wrote:expand_more
So now we've fallen to dissing on Gavin Block. He's played his heart and guts out for four seasons. To coin a phrase, "C'mon Man!".
Too sensitive.

Not a diss. Like I posted, the thought entered my mind on that 1st-half play.
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bobcatsquared
3/3/2019 10:56 AM
Funny thing is, I knew as I typed and before submitting that someone would take it as "a diss".
Last Edited: 3/3/2019 10:58:09 AM by bobcatsquared
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bn9
3/3/2019 12:29 PM
Maybe he just has better things to do.
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The Optimist
3/3/2019 12:39 PM
bn9 wrote:expand_more
Maybe he just has better things to do.
+1
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Deciduous Forest Cat
3/3/2019 1:48 PM
I think on that particular play block adjusted because he could see the contact coming and kissing it off the glass was the safest chance for a three-point play
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longtiimelurker
3/3/2019 2:09 PM
Maddog13 wrote:expand_more
Block strikes me as a player with good fundamentals who does not need to showboat. Getting the ball into the basket is what counts.
As did Walter. Take the sure 2. Part of Lincoln basketball upbringing. Programs that teach basketball teach the game. Block is capable of dunking. Not a problem. Walt was capable too but he didn't. For a reason.
Last Edited: 3/3/2019 2:12:23 PM by longtiimelurker
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bobcatsquared
3/3/2019 3:12 PM
Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:expand_more
I think on that particular play block adjusted because he could see the contact coming and kissing it off the glass was the safest chance for a three-point play
My thoughts exactly.
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The Better Ohio Bobcat
3/3/2019 5:58 PM
longtiimelurker wrote:expand_more
Block strikes me as a player with good fundamentals who does not need to showboat. Getting the ball into the basket is what counts.
As did Walter. Take the sure 2. Part of Lincoln basketball upbringing. Programs that teach basketball teach the game. Block is capable of dunking. Not a problem. Walt was capable too but he didn't. For a reason.
I’m almost sure Nick Kellogg never dunked in a game either.
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Lande71
3/3/2019 7:02 PM
Can we come with some more stupid threads? I thought we had enough on here already.
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100%Cat
3/4/2019 9:15 AM
I'm going to say no.
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shabamon
3/4/2019 9:25 AM
Nick Kellogg never dunked.
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100%Cat
3/4/2019 9:49 AM
shabamon wrote:expand_more
Nick Kellogg never dunked.
He is also 4" shorter than Gavin.
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west side cat
3/4/2019 9:18 PM
I know he's not a Bobcat, but didn't Bobby Brannen for UC back in the 90's go all four years w/out a dunk? For some reason I recall hearing that and being amazed at that stat.
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OhioCatFan
3/4/2019 10:28 PM

west side cat wrote:expand_more
I know he's not a Bobcat, but didn't Bobby Brannen for UC back in the 90's go all four years w/out a dunk? For some reason I recall hearing that and being amazed at that stat. 

For the record, I've been playing pickup basketball for years and I've never once dunked.  wink cool

Also, Alan Swank used to play with us, and I never saw him dunk, either.  

Now, Jeff McKinney, he might have dunked the ball! indecision

Now, the burning question of the day is, which of you BAers HAVE dunked.  The assembled masses want to know the answer to this burning question.  Who will be the first to admit this feat of athletic prowess?  

 

 

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bobcatsquared
3/5/2019 6:27 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
Now, the burning question of the day is, which of you BAers HAVE dunked.
On a 10-foot hoop?
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Alan Swank
3/5/2019 10:20 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
I know he's not a Bobcat, but didn't Bobby Brannen for UC back in the 90's go all four years w/out a dunk? For some reason I recall hearing that and being amazed at that stat.

For the record, I've been playing pickup basketball for years and I've never once dunked.
Also, Alan Swank used to play with us, and I never saw him dunk, either.
Now, Jeff McKinney, he might have dunked the ball!
Now, the burning question of the day is, which of you BAers HAVE dunked. The assembled masses want to know the answer to this burning question. Who will be the first to admit this feat of athletic prowess?
Learned to dunk my junior year in college and was able to do so for the next 10 years. There is a certain amount of coordination that goes with dunking that I finally figured out with the help of a couple of guys who I lived with who played for Jim Burson at Muskingum.
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bobcatsquared
3/5/2019 10:24 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
There is a certain amount of coordination that goes with dunking
Doesn't hurt being 6-6.
Last Edited: 3/5/2019 10:25:14 AM by bobcatsquared
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The Optimist
3/5/2019 11:28 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
I know he's not a Bobcat, but didn't Bobby Brannen for UC back in the 90's go all four years w/out a dunk? For some reason I recall hearing that and being amazed at that stat.

For the record, I've been playing pickup basketball for years and I've never once dunked.
Also, Alan Swank used to play with us, and I never saw him dunk, either.
Now, Jeff McKinney, he might have dunked the ball!
Now, the burning question of the day is, which of you BAers HAVE dunked. The assembled masses want to know the answer to this burning question. Who will be the first to admit this feat of athletic prowess?
Learned to dunk my junior year in college and was able to do so for the next 10 years. There is a certain amount of coordination that goes with dunking that I finally figured out with the help of a couple of guys who I lived with who played for Jim Burson at Muskingum.

Interesting point.

I remember one of the first track practices my senior year of high school the coaches had everyone line up in the gym and try to touch the rim. We were desperate for high jumpers. The coaches already knew we had plenty of guys who could jump but were trying to make a point to us that we had guys capable of jumping high and just needed people to commit to learning the form involved with it.

I can't dunk. My biggest issue was that I couldn't palm the ball.
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