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This All-Star weekend was a memorable one for dunk fans and a landmark one for the professional dunkers who push the art of dunking to new levels.

On Saturday, we witnessed two of the NBA's best dunkers compete in arguably the greatest dunk off ever, by perfectly executing suggested "YouTube dunks" the professional dunkers have been doing for years. On Sunday, the day of the NBA All-Star game, the most memorable dunk of the night came from not one of the All-Stars, but the man many consider to be the best professional dunker in the world right now: Jordan "Mission Impossible" Kilganon of the dunk organization Dunk Elite.

During a commercial break, the 6'1 Canadian shocked the All-Stars by throwing down his trademark "Scorpion dunk"....IN JEANS! The dunk went viral online - something Jordan's dunks  have done a couple of times in the past two years - as soon TNT showed the short clip and All-Stars such as Melo, Wade and Bosh going nuts after it.

He even got a high five from Drake.

Former NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady even said he wish he could dunk like that.

Here's another angle of the dunk and a good angle of LeBron trying to figure out what just happened.

THE DUNK KING

What All-Star viewers might not have noticed, is Jordan was referenced a few times during the weekend. On Saturday, the Inside the NBA crew and guest Terrence J raved about the performances by the professional dunkers, including Jordan K, in the upcoming "reality dunk show" called 'The Dunk King.'

The epic 2 day event was filmed back in 2015 and will air in May. The winner of that event won $100k (more than NBA dunk contest winners gets and 10 x more than the now defunct Sprite Showdown contest) and the winning dunk will become viral gold when it's shown.

One of the contestants, Zach Jones aka Jonsey - another white dunker who knows a thing or two about going viral - shared the show's teaser, which also aired on Saturday and featured a cameo by Jordan K. 

MEET JORDAN KILGANON

The Globe and Mail also released a nice feature on him this weekend.

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A short dunker with the last name of Height.  How ironic?  How impressive too, because when people say "short dunkers" they are usually talking about guys around the 5'10 mark.  Anthony Height is only 5'6! That's an inch shorter than former dunk champ Spud Webb.

But what makes Anthony even more unreal is the fact that he's only 16 years old.....and will dunk on you!

Be sure to follow Anthony on Instagram for more dunks and shout out to former Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown All-Star Los for the vid.

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It was dunk heaven at the Phoenix 3on3 event this past weekend as dunk legend Kenny Dobbs hosted the "King of the Dunk Game" dunk contest along with former NBA slam dunk contest winner Isaiah "JR" Rider.

The participants included recent 2015 Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown winner and "Sin City Saints" actor Myree "Reemix" Bowden, ?last year's dunk contest winner Sir Issac (with an extra inch or two on the mohawk), former LA Showdown winner Michael Purdie and 5x Showdown winner Werm.

Despite some pretty insane dunks, including Myree windmilling over a guy on a chair and 5'10 Issac jumping over a 7 footer, ?it would be 1 footer Werm who beat out the 4x Houston Rockets Blacktop Winner Sir Issac in the finals for the title.

Both Issac and Reemix will be throwing down some crazy dunks during the weekend of May 2nd when we host the 2015 Ballislife All-American Game in Long Beach. If you can't make it out, the game and festivities will be televised.

Also in May, Issac will be defending his Blacktop title in Houston - the event was originally scheduled for this month but was rained out.

BONUS VIDEO: ?ISSAC WINS THE 2014 PHX 3ON3 CONTEST

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Cedric Ceballos' blindfold dunk remains one of the worst dunk contest winning dunks ever and a decade later, a young Baron Davis decided to pull out a blindfold and top Cedric by attempting a windmill dunk.  Well, he failed pretty miserably and came up short...waaaay short! The judges were also waaay too generous on the McDonalds Dunk Contest Champ and gave him 6 and 7's.

After that, I was hoping we would never see another dunker pull out the blindfold but a decade later at the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown, youtube sensation Kenny Dobbs pulled out Cedric Ceballos who pulled out his blindfold and put it on Dobbs who somehow made a between the legs dunk over 3 people - blindfolded and on his first try!

After that, I said nobody should ever, ever pull out a blindfold again.

Enter the 2015 Philippine's Dunk Contest and Justin Melton. The PBA player attempted Baron Davis' blindfolded windmill and didn't jump nowhere near as far or as high as he needed to. Congrats Baron, you no longer have the worst blindfold attempt in history.

Don't think I'm "hating" on Baron who happens to be one of my 5 favorite players ever.

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Out of all of the great highlights from this weekend, my personal favorite might be seeing?Thanasis Antetokounmpo throw down a "540" dunk in the D-League dunk contest and then celebrating with his brother afterward. You are probably thinking WHY!?

So earlier in the day, we had the pleasure of hanging with Thanasis and his brother, Giannis, who helped him prepare for the D-League contest. During the practice session, Thanasis might have attempted the 540 (which is really a 360) 5 or 6 times until he got one down. Then each attempt after, he got a little more comfortable and the dunks got a little cleaner and powerful. Then when it was time for him to do it in the dunk contest, he nailed it on his first try.

Same goes for his next dunk, but a?messed up elbow attempt in the 2nd round and a couple of really sick dunks by Jarvis Threatt resulted in a loss by Thanasis.

But just like the night before, the supportive brothers looked like winners as they were all smiles with fans screaming for the Greek Freaks.

Be on the lookout for a short film we will be?putting out about the brother's dunk contest experiences this past weekend.

THE "540/REVERSE 360" DUNK

A lot of people are calling the very impressive dunk by Victor Oladipo the?"Victor Oladipo 540" but we have to give a shout out to Ballup's Air Up There aka Mr 720 who was the first person we have ever seen throw down the dunk. He did it back in?a Sprite Showdown contest in Dallas (when it was over 110 degrees) and then did it again during the 2011 NBA All-Star weekend.

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Behind the back passes. Full-court passes. Crossovers. Step-back jumpers. Going coast-to-coast through multiple players and finishing with an and-1 layup or a reverse dunk! OK, 10 year old LeBron James Jr  aka Bronny wasn't throwing down reverse dunks at the Ronald Searles Holiday Classic in H-Town but he was showing glimpses of Daddy.

Daddy aka leader of the James Gang shared this video this morning with the following message.

"Proud of you son! Great job in Houston and congrats on bringing home 1st place. #IPROMISE #JamesGang #StriveForGreatness #RWTW"

It seems like it was just yesterday when we were at the Dallas All-Star game watching him and his brother shooting around with Dad before the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown.

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I'm sure it doesn't feel good to bang your head on a rim or backboard but it's a problem many ballers would love to experience atleast once just for storytelling purposes.

6'6 DeMatha Catholic High School sophomore D.J. Harvey now has one of these stories after he almost gave himself a concussion after blocking a shot and smacking his head on the backboard.

Now he knows how Michael Jordan felt when he did the same thing at UNC.

A couple of years ago during a Sprite Showdown contest, I got to witness pro dunker/streetball player Roscoe Johnson hit his head on the rim after throwing down a windmill.  I guess it sucks to have so much hops....actually, I'm sure it's worth an occasional headache.

Source: The Big Lead

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CATCH84 stands for?Children?Achieving?Through?Community?Help 84

The event was founded by NFL vet Chris Chambers and last week with the help of dunk phenom Werm, Chambers put on a local charity basketball game. ?Here's a behind the scenes look at the event.

Here's a throwback vid of my favorite performance that I saw in person by Werm who has won 5 straight?Sprite Showdown Dunk Contests!

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Willie Barnes aka Flyte (you might have seen a few of his Sprite Showdown dunk contest wins on YouTube) hosted his annual Celebrity Streetball game this past weekend in Wilson, North Carolina. ?A lot of streetball's finest from Hot Sauce to White Chocolate to 8th Wonder to Mani Love and Guy Dupuy showed up and showed out .

Check out the crazy highlights from Elite Mixtapes and a few snapshots below.

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The week before Allen Iverson made his NBA retirement official, he was playing overseas in the awesome annual LA Lights Streetball event that takes place in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The international event usually includes many of the most popular and exciting American streetballers and dunkers, like The Professor, Air Up There, Hot Sauce, Guy Dupuy, T-Dub and Werm, and this year, the Ballup Streetball organization sent over a bunch of exciting fresh faces including Jessie "Spin Cycle" LeBeau, Chris "HoopStar" Staples, Sir Issac and Young Hollywood to play along side one very famous familiar face - Allen Iverson.

Iverson, playing with a towel on his head, took it easy on the competition and let his high flying teammates do most of the damage.  Spin Cycle was breaking ankles and toying with defenders the way AI used to while Hollywood, Isaac and Staples did their damage playing way above the rim.

We caught up with one of those high flyers, Chris Staples, and talked about Iverson and his exciting trip to Indonesia.

Rank the following: Doing an event with Iverson. Dunking in front of thousands of people in another country. Meeting Rosario Dawson (with a Ballislife T on!).
Doing an interview press conference is #1 of course, dunking infront of the fans of Indonesia is next . But meeting and talking with Rosario Dawson is right up there

How did it feel doing a press conference with Allen Iverson?
It was an honor to be doing an actual real life press conference with A.I. I grew up watching him and wearing his shoes, or even wearing a sleeve like him. He's a future hall of famer and I know that was a once in a lifetime moment.

Was Iverson different than you expected?
Iverson was much cooler than I expected. The media always posts his crazy interviews that make him out to be extra arrogant, but he was real laid back and down to earth. He had jokes for days and we all had a good time.

In terms of the crowd energy and general atmosphere, is their difference between performing in the US compared to other countries like Indonesia.
I'm used to playing amongst BIG crowds. But this crowd energy was off the charts words can't explain. There was a BIG BIG difference in Jakarta, energy compared to recent events that I've been to in the U.S. Not to bash anyone, but I think America is spolied because they actually get to see us live all the time, whereas foreigners only can resort to YouTube. So to actually see it in person is a treat to them. And they most certainly showed their appreciation. It felt really good to see and hear the energy of the crowd. They were honored to have me there, but I felt more honored to be able to perform in front of them.

Do you think you, Sir Issac and Young Hollywood could take on the 3 best NBA dunkers in a fairly judged dunk contest?
I think, me, Sir Isaac and Young Hollywood could all definitely compete with ANY dunker in the NBA today.

What's next for Staples?
The next thing on the agenda is more than likely a trip to China within the next few days. Then I'm going out to the West coast to perform again.

Be on the lookout for a lot more from Staples. The Harlem Globetrotter blew up on the dunking scene this past year with exceptional performances in the Sprite Uncontainable Game, Showdown contest and the BET Awards exhibition.

As for Allen Iverson...he may be retired from the NBA but I don't expect this to be my last post about him.

   

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Check out former Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown champion, 5'8" Josh Kioh shutting down a dunk contest with the crazy off the bounce 360 dunk. For more on Josh Kioh aka "Air Nigeria" check out his Ballislife Mixtape below.

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Lions, Tigers and Reemix, Oh My!

Myree "Reemix" Bowden was featured in one of the Honda "Best Yourself" Videos and in his segment we talked about how the Sprite Showdown Dunk Contest Judge and Cali-Fit Trainer might be one of the oldest in the dunk business but he's still one of the best. This weekend, Bowden went back to his alma mater at the University of the Pacific in Stockton California and showed the crowd why he was in the Honda campaign by jumping over their mascot Tiger and throwing down a windmill.

“It's always fun seeing Myree dunking on everybody,” Former teammate Jasko Korajkic when asked about reuniting with Myree and other alumni that played in teh 2004 NCAA tournament.

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Jusfly was the 2012 champion as he beat out 2011 champion Kenny Dobbs. This time it was Jusfly's turn to try and reign as champion 2 years in a row vs the likes of Werm, Young Hollywood and Golden Child. Golden Child got hurt in warm ups but the remaining 3 guys put on quite a show for the crowd.

In the end Young Hollywood, previously seen all over ESPN with his double up over Blake Griffin, was not able to hit his go to double up over 6'11 Ryan Hollins and Jusfly was not able to complete a dunk in time in the finals vs Werm.

Congrats to Werm on being the 2013 Nike 3on3 Slam Dunk Champ! Werm's been having a pretty good year so far.  In June, he won the BET Sprite Dunk Experience contest at the BET Awards and the Washington DC Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. He was also one of the stars of the Sprite Uncontainable Game that took place at NBA All-Star weekend.

2012 Nike 3on3 Contest

2011 Nike 3on3 Contest

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Blake Griffin was at the Santa Monica Place Central Courtyard Saturday night to promote the new Super Fly 2 sneakers, Blake App and Lift Off campaign for Jordan Brand but it was 5'10" Haneef "Young Hollywood" Munir that stole the show when he made a between the legs dunk over the 6'10" Blake Griffin.

We have seen, in person, Young Hollywood put on some crazy performances such as winning the Sprite Showdown Finals at All-Star weekend in LA in front of LeBron James or when he jumped over a mascot and pulled off the same dunk without stretching or any warm up dunks during a Nuggets half-time show but jumping over the foot taller Blake might go down as the best contest dunk of the year.

Blake did get a preview of Young Hollywood late last year when he won the Red Bull Dunk Contest in front of Griffin.

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(Look at that smiling idiot behind LeBron between the 3-7 second mark)

Pictured: AirDogg, Jonsey, Blake, Young Hollywood and Kenny Dobbs

Another angle of the dunk by Dunkademics.

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There has been a lot of talk that Air Up There has lost it in his 30's and doesn't have the bounce he became famous for when he was doing 720 dunks on TV and making LeBron run out of the building at All-Star Weekend. Well say what you say but this video speaks for itself and should make all doubters 2nd guess their statements.

• GAME 1: Kansas City (June 22, 2013) - G-Smith goes off in debut
• GAME 2: Louisville (June 30, 2013) - Professor & Bone Collector show out
• GAME 3: Indianapolis (July 6, 2013) - G-Smith with the dunk of the summer
• GAME 4: Chicago (July 14, 2013) - Bone Collector & Springs show out
• "THE SIT DOWN" INTERVIEW: The Professor
• "THE SIT DOWN" INTERVIEW: CEO Demetrius Spencer

Continuing to take the world of streetball by storm, Ball Up announced its 2013 nationwide basketball tour today, which will travel throughout the country this summer. Traveling from Los Angeles to New York, the team will kick off an exciting series of action-packed games on June 22, in Kansas City, MO and will wrap up with a championship game in conjunction with TD Jake’s Megafest festival in Dallas, TX on August 31.

Ball Up’s innovative spin on the game of streetball has redefined the sport by bringing some of the top, untapped talent to basketball courts across the world along with big name stars that have graced the NBA hardwood as well. This year’s impressive roster includes, The Professor, AO, Baby Shaq, Air Up There, Bone Collector, Pat the Roc, Special FX, Springs, Sik Wit It, Violator and G. Smith. Rafer “Skip to My Lou” Alston and Sebastian Telfair will both serve as judges for the open run tryouts in each city. Guest coaches of the opposing teams in each city will be announced as the tour progresses and includes Hall of Fame NBA players and basketball legends. Special contests during each game will also give select lucky fans the opportunity to meet the guest coaches in each region.

As the tour makes its way across the country, Ball Up will be on the quest for a new breed of performer in the annual “Search for the Next” competition, where one lucky player will gain a coveted spot on the roster. “We’re excited about the tour this summer and are very proud to be in our third year,” said Ball Up CEO, Demetrius Spencer. “We have some great surprises lined up for fans and of course, the team is ready to take on the competition each city has to offer.”

In addition to some of the most show-stopping streetball in the world, the highly anticipated games will also feature special guest appearances, musical performances, family entertainment and more. Additionally, taking viewers nationwide behind the scenes on and off the court of the toughest streetball team around, the tour will be filmed for top rated television series, “Ball Up Search for the Next” airing fall on Fox Sports 1. Past and present sponsors of the Ball Up tour include, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Wilson, Marines, SkullCandy, Toyota and Under Armour.

From Slam Online

Dr J, Air Up There, Anthony Anderson and Cedric Cebbalos judging the 2012 Ballup Dunk Contest

Founded in 2009, Ball Up is the leading streetball tour in the nation, featuring the Ball Up All-Stars which include many of the most celebrated and talented streetball players from around the country. Through its debut of the 2011 Ball Up Season on Fox Sports Net nationwide and tours that span the globe, Ball Up provides the ultimate streetball experience for both fans courtside and viewers at home.

COACH: Tracy Murray
SPECIAL GUEST JUDGES: Rafer Alston & Sebastian Telfair

NEWS

• G-Smith appears on SportsNation with the dunk of the summer
• Ballup wins 111-78 in Louisville
• G-Smith dominates in his Ballup debut in Kansas City
• Iverson, Rafer Alston & Ballup in China All-Star game
• Ballup's Special Fx talks about Shaq owing him money & J.Cole on Thisis50
• Ballup beats And1 at LA Lights
• Air Up There dunks over Maria Menounos on ExtraTV
• Life on the Road Episode 1 with The Bone Collector

Website: Ballup.com
Twitter: @Ballup
Facebook: BallupOfficial
YouTube: BallupStreetball

More Ballup News & Videos: On Ballislife

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I had the pleasure of joining former NBA dunk champion Jeremy Evans, Dunk legend Darryl Dawkins and dunk phenom Myree "Reemix" Bowden" as a judge for the Dallas Sprite Showdown contest this past weekend. ?Besides convincing Jeremy Evans to be the Russian Judge, the highlight of the event was watching arguably the best dunker in the world (Kenny Dobbs) face off against arguably the highest jumping dunker in the world (Issac White aka Sir Issac). ?Kenny Dobbs, who won the 2012 Showdown finals at All-Star weekend with a blindfolded between the legs dunk over 3 people, left with another trophy and check to add to his dunk showcase but Houston dunker Sir Issac made the most noise that day especially with a between the legs over a person elbow dunk that was so powerful that it caused a screw to pop out of the rim.

This would be Issac's 4th time competing in the contest and amazingly his fourth time finishing second. ?Issac isn't doing anything wrong in the contest. His problem is he keeps showing up to contests where near unbeatable legends show up. ?He lost to Air Up There in a contest that Vince Carter in his prime could not of won. He lost to Werm who has won 4 times in 4 different cities and this time he lost to internationally known and Red Bull commercial star Kenny Dobbs.

Issac isn't internationally known yet but if you ask anybody that plays ball in Houston Texas they can tell you about how they saw the 5'10" freak posterize somebody at a local court and the following video is a sample of posters that Houstonians have been seeing for a while (skip to the to the 40 second mark to see some nasty posters).

I don't know if he is the "highest jumping dunker in the world" but on this day even the Russian judge had a hard time arguing against the claim.

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With less than 8 hours until the fireworks go off representing the end of 2012, i'm sitting here reflecting on all of the great moments of the past 12 ?months with my Ballislife family. ?I say family because the members of this clique don't see the hours on red eye flights, filming on the baseline, editing in hotel rooms, interviewing in the locker room or typing away thoughts at 4am on an iphone, ipad or imac as billable hours or a 9 to 5 but a lifestyle. ?We don't clock in or clock out and the only overtime we know is the one where clutch superstars show us why we love this game - this life.

It would be impossible for me to make a top 10 list or rank all of the great people and moments that we met and?experienced. ?We saw high school superstars from Andrew Wiggins to Jabari Parker to two sets of twins in high school. ?We saw kids in 4th and 5th grade show us the future while Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love showed us that old folks can still school youngbloods.?We saw inspirational ballers that showed us anything is possible from one arm Zach Hodskins to 5'5 dunk phenom Porter Maberry. ?We saw taller dunk phenoms defy gravity from Kirpartrick McCauley touching the top of the backboard to Gerald Green examining the top of the rim to Kenny Dobbs showing Kobe and LeBron that every dunk has not been done. ?We saw Team USA show the world that they are the best...but not best ever. ?We saw records broken even if it was a disgrace, ?we saw ankles broken and then dunks in the face. We saw more ballers rapping, 2Chainz balling and the pleasure of rapper of the year Kendrick Lamar?performing?at our 2nd Ballislife All-American Game. ?We played harder, we laughed harder and we trained harder...but maybe not as hard as Jacob Tucker. ?So with the hard, next to impossible task, of ranking these moments, I'm just going to break up the year into topics with links to the most popular and favorite stories of the year.

Enjoy and thank you to all the players, partners, affiliates and fans that support us, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, watch us on YouTube, share pics with us on Instagram, keep up with us on the Ballislife app when they are supposed to be learning math in class and special thank you to everybody with Ballislife gear and socks on their feet to keep them warm this Christmas and hot on the court.

THE INSPIRATIONAL

• 1 arm Zach Hodskins shows us why excuses are worthless - Video
• 5'5 dunker Porter Maberry makes LeBron jump out of his seat at the barbershop - Video?| Video
• 4'4 Mani Love takes over the Venice Beach League -?Video
• Jacob Tucker, 5'11 white dunker with a 50 inch vert, takes training in the gym to a new level - Video
• Tyreke Evans in his own words -?Video

THE FUTURE - HIGH SCHOOL PHENOMS

• Andrew Wiggins Official Mixtape - Video
• Jabari Parker is the Best Player in the Nation Junior Mixtape - Video
• 5'7 Aquille Carr is the most exciting player in high school - Video
• Best of the 2012 Ballislife All-Amercian Game w/ Gabe York, Glen Robinson III, Katin Reinhardt & more - Video
• Shabazz Muhammad Senior Mixtape - Video
• Gabe York Senior Mixtape - Video
• 15 year old Marcus Lovett aka Fresh Five Seven could be the best player in Class of 2015 -?Video
• Aaron Gordon Junior Season Mixtape - ?Video
• Shaquille Johnson - Best dunker in high school - Video

DOUBLE TROUBLE

• Harrison Twins are the best duo in the nation -?Video
• University of Kentucky Wins the Harrison Twins Sweepstakes -?Video
• The Neal Twins, Derrick & Erick -?Sophomore?Mix -?Video
• The Neal Twins - Best handles in 2014? -?Video

THE FUTURE PT2 - REAL DEAL KIDS

• 4th grader Mike Miles - point guard prodigy - Video
• 5th grader Julian Newman plays on varsity high school basketball team - Video
• 6'3 8th grader Zach Norvell is Chi town's coldest young shooter - Video

THE FUTURE PT 3 - OLD FOLKS

• Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love show us that Uncles don't have to be creepy - Video | Video
• 75 year old grandma makes 200 shots a day & 76 year old auditions for the D-League -?Video
• Rasheed Wallace says "old enough to beat your your ass" when fan asked about his age - Video?| Video

ABOVE THE RIM - THE DUNKERS

• Ballislife Posterized Mix -Best dunks since 2006 - Video
• Gerald Green gives us the instagram pic of the year that doesn't involve a mirror - Video
• Kirpatrick McCauley makes history and touches the top of the backboard - Video
• Kenny Dobbs wins the Sprite Showdown in front of LeBron & Kobe w/ the most difficult dunk ever - Video?| Video
• Anthony Smith (who?) almost dunks from the free throw line off two feet - Video
• 5'5 Porter Maberry dunks over a 6'8 guy - Video
• Meet G-Smith formerly the world's most underrated dunker - Video
• T-Dub wins legendary dunk contest vs Jus Fly & Rude Boi - Video

KOBE, KOBE, KOBE

• Scores 68 points in 15 minutes in China Charity game -?Video
• Celebrates turning 34 with the 34 most amazing Kobe moments -?Video
• 1st and 30,000th career points -?Video
• Challenged by Kyrie Irving in a game of 1-on-1 for $50k ?-?Video
• Watches the "Kobe death stare video" and laughs -?Video
• Road to a high school championship -?Video
• Kobe responds to Jordan "He knows a bad MF" -?More

SUMMERTIME - TEAM USA

• Team USA beats Nigeria by 83, Melo hits 10 3pointers - Video
• Blake Griffin dunk exhibition in US A practice - Video
• James Harden gets his ankles broken vs Nigeria - Video
• Ricky Rubio tells Kobe US team will take Silver & Kobe says sh**************t! - Video
• Not another (I would bet my life on the) Dream Team vs Team USA article - Video
• Team USA basketball blooper reel - Video

SUMMERTIME - STANDOUTS

• John Wall Summer Mixtape - Video
• DeMar DeRozan Summer Mixtape -?Video
• Aaron Harrison Summer Mixtape - Video
• Kuran Iverson (AI cousin) Summer Mixtape - Video
• 7'5 Mamadou Ndiaye high school Summer Mixtape - Video

BROKEN ANKLES & EGOS

• Allen Iverson breaks ankle in Chinese Exhibition game - Video
• Jameer Nelson breaks Pierce's ankles - Video
• Jamal Crawford breaks Gay's ankles - Video
• Top 10 Crossovers of December ?-?Video
• Full NBA Ankle Breakers DVD - Video

MISC

• Jack Taylor scores 138 points - Video
• Emotional Stephon Marbury wins CBA Championship - Video
• Wade leaves Nike for Li-Ning -?Video
• Best of Indoor 3-on-3 event - Video
• BIL ?interview with Teddy Dupay - best scorer you have never heard of - Video
• BIL interview with Ronnie Fields about documentary "Bounce Back" -?Video
• BIL tell all Interview with Isaiah Rider - Video
• Kendrick Lamar returns to Compton - Video

LOL!

• ESPN Micahel Jordan commercial - It's not crazy it's sports - Video
• ItsReal85: LeBron tries to recurit John Wall & Gerald Green - Video
• Blake Griffin KIA Commercial - Video?| Video
• ItsReal85: NBA Disrespectful Moments Trilogy - Video
• DeAndre Jordan prank show "Got Em" - Video
• ItsReal85: KG threatens to kill Ray Allen - Video
• Blake Griffin & the Lucas Bros discuss NBA2k13 - Video
• ItsReal85: Dwight Howard prank calls Andrew Bynum - Video
• Kevin Love & Twolves Jazz Video for Salvation Army - Video

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Dunking is?perceived?to be a young man's game. Just ask David Stern and the NBA who even tried to put an age limit on the NBA Dunk Contest. ?I remember hearing about Ricky Davis calling the league office and they told him no because he's been in the NBA for more than 3 years. ?When an ex "dunker" now in his 30s like Vince Carter or Kobe Bryant throws down in a game now we have to hear the announcers yell "Vinsanity" or "afro Kobe" referencing the early NBA days of the player's career.

In the amateur dunk world, all you have to do is browse through the countless dunk videos on YouTube to see high flyers in their early to mid 20's defying gravity. ?I even see videos of ?16 year old kids doing dunks that used to get you straight 50s in past NBA dunk contests. ?If you follow the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown summer tours than you have seen any and every great "amateur" dunker show off in front of NBA players and legends and most of them are also in their early to mid 20s.

There is one?exception. ?A?29 year old dunker that is not only arguably one of the top 3 dunkers in the world but he continues to get better every year and that's why he's been a Showdown All-Star and judge for the past three years of the Showdown tour. ?Myree Bowden better known to the dunk world as Reemix has not only been defying gravity but age too.

Dunk fanatics (and women) ?first took notice of Reemix in the 2004 NCAA dunk contest where he showed off his windmill, dance skills and cowboy hat. ?His other skills took him on a journey everywhere from a spot with the Harlem Globetrotters to the TV show SlamBall before landing him in a seat next to LeBron James at every NBA Allstar game where they judged the Showdown finals.

I caught up with Reemix and asked him a few questions about his journey and his new Training program and Online Series, Project Prep, where he tracks the progression of future athletes and dunkers.

You first caught the attention of the dunk world, women in particular, for your NCAA dunk contest performance.
LoL, I have to say that the 2004 NCAA dunk contest was my debut to the world. I had been dunking on people for a while before I was blessed to participate in the dunk contest. Although I lost by a hair...cough..cough...robbed, it was the best dunk experience of my life.

Do you still have the hat?
As for the hat, lets just say that was the beginning and the end of that lol.

Where did you get your dunk inspiration from? Any specific player or?dunk contest performance?
I was a major fan of Stephon Marbury! ?When he caught that lob with his head at the rim I went crazy, but my real inspiration for dunking came when I was told that I was too small to play on the varsity team. ?That ignited a fire within me to not only play with the big boys but play head and heels above them. Every level I played of basketball I was considered undersized on paper but I made sure once?you've?played against me your scouting report changed.

Right out of college you joined the Harlem Globetrotters. ?How did you get involved with them?
During my senior year I sustained a stress fracture in my foot that sat me out for 17 games. The chances of a pro team taken a chance on me was slim to none. So I did what I knew to do for the remainder of my college career. I worked out! I strengthened my foot, the exercises I was doing also increased my jumping ability and that led to my passion. Jumping!

The Globetrotters recognized my talent during the NCAA dunk contest and offered me a contract. It wasn’t the NBA or overseas but it was a basketball history lesson. ?I traveled the world and experienced things I?wouldn't?have even imagined all from dunking.

What is a misconception people have about the Globbies?
People will appreciate the Globetrotters more when they know that those are real players that can actually ball but were dealt a bad hand at a certain point in their career but?didn't?give up their dream to play the game and entertain.

You also played in the Slam Ball league for a bit.?
Slamball was to the extreme. I love the fact that it was a human video game literally. I got involved with that by taken a leap of faith. It?wasn't?basketball, but it was competitive and a lot more fun lol… you could actually hit someone and it?wasn't?a foul.

I went in with 300+ other athletes that tried out and came out rookie of the year, 3rd in the league in scoring and making the playoffs but loosing in the semi-finals. The season didn’t continue the next year but I got some great jumping exercises to ad to my arsenal lol.

In 2009 you had what maybe the best 1on1 dunk match ever at the Sprite Showdown contest when you went against Guy Dupuy.
Guy is an elite dunker if not the best in the world close to it. It was fortunate to compete against him but unfortunate that it was fresh off of two broken chins. Big ups to Guy, not taking anything away from him. He did his thing!

In the video that was released by BIL you said you were gone for a bit but Reemix is back. Where did you get the name Reemix and what did you mean you were gone.
Reemix actually came from a good friend of mine. Although we played ball and that was the time he named me that, it had nothing to do with basketball. I got my degree in mass communication. We used to host a campus radio station and he came up with the Ree-mix hour… I used to spin well back then it was switch cassettes lol but it stuck. And There you have it lol… In the Video “Reemix is back” It was my come back from what physically was two stress fractures in both of my shins but spiritually it was God grounding my and helping me grab ahold on life and realize what my purpose was and to get my priorities straight. Once I came too I went back into the lab. Back to my workout regiment and this time it was for a purpose and that purpose was Keep God first and he will give you the desires of your heart.

You lost that contest but you became a touring Sprite All-Star for the next 3 years. I got to work with you during those tours and personally think you became the face and voice of the events and in many cities you, along with guys like Los, G-Smith and Sir Issac, ruined the events by putting on a better show than the dunk contestants.
I drink Sprite lol! I had the pleasure of working with some of the most amazing people. Joe Sapps. Matt Mr. Ball is life, Arek K. you and the rest of the ball is life family and myself have been in this streetball game together since we started. Those are my right hand mans. Pause. We made it!

Joe and I worked on the biggest stage in the dunk world with the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown and now Uncontainable and we saw talent like T-Dub, Guy, Gsmith, Sir Isaac, Air Dogg, Young Hollywood, the list goes on,?that people only viewed online, but most importantly I accomplished my dream. ?I wanted to make it to the NBA when I was younger. Even though my road was different and sometimes seemed impossible it happened. I am working with the NBA! Dreams do come true if you don’t give up and fully commit yourself.

So what are you up to now?
And now I want to share my blue print of becoming an elite dunker. Which is why I was able to continue pursuing my dream. I have released my own personalize workout that I have been doing for years. Exercises that are proven and a regiment that works. Its not free for two reason. This information is was not given to me it was earned by hard work. And lastly anything that you purchase holds more value than something that was just given. So the Project Prep vertical leap Program, ten years in the making, is finally complete to my satisfaction.

I have been picking the minds of the many strength coaches I've trained with during my career of dunks and spending countless hours in the gym to find out the specific exercises most effective in my explosive vertical. I am proud to release a program that I have witness first hand to be 100% effective. It was once exclusive information to local athletes I have trained 1 on 1 but with the results and many inquiries over the social media, I have gave the world access to my secrets.

Many vertical leap programs you see over the net are put together by people who have never experienced actually going through the workouts and obtaining an elite vert. That is what makes Project Prep so unique! It is my own personal workout put together from a series of workouts I have accumulated over the years of my career. I am a product of the Product and Guarantee results.

The following is the first video in the Project Prep Vertical Leap Project. ?Each week, Reemix will post an update on Trenton Robertson to see his progress with the jump program.

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Ok, maybe this isn't just a random fan and he might be one of the highest jumpers and best dunkers in the world, 2011 Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown winner Young Hollywood. But to the live crowd he's just a random fan and from a unknowing spectator's perspective this is just too cool.

The half-time performance was put on by BoingVert, who will be doing half-time shows during many NBA and NCAA games around the nation. To find out more about BoingVert visit their website Http://www.boingvert.com

Via Dunkademics

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Check out arguably the best one foot dunker in the world and one of the best dunkers period, 6'3" Guy Dupuy aka Easy J shutting down NYC this past weekend at the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown.

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Here is G Smith putting down some crazy dunks including a never before seen between the legs reverse dunk from off the side of the backboard during the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown stops in San Francisco, Charlotte, Denver and Houston. Not many people know about G Smith yet but that's soon to change as he works his way up the list of the best dunkers in the world. What separates G from other dunkers is the fact that he's probably a better in-game dunker and a true baller.

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Check out 6'2" Werm, arguably the best 1 foot dunker in the world shutting down the 2012 Charlotte Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown with an impressive arsenal of dunks.

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Check out 3 of the best dunkers in the world - Sprite All-Stars Sir Isaac (5'10"), Reemix (6'1") and G-Smith (6'6") putting on a special show for the fans at the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown in Denver!

2012 SPRITE SHOWDOWN TOUR

Be sure to follow the tour at?http://www.facebook.com/SpriteSlamDunkShowdown?&?https://twitter.com/spriteshowdown?as well as here on?Ballislife?where we will continue to provide exclusive footage of all?NBA Sprite Summer Events?from the?Showdown Dunk Contest?to the?Sprite Uncontainable?events to the new?NBA3X 3-on-3 tournaments.

Here’s the upcoming schedule

May13: LA

May 26: San Francisco

June 9: Charlotte

June 16: NYC

June 23: Washington DC

July 14: Philly

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Last year Air Nigeria came in 2nd place at the Denver?Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown,?so it was sweet redemption beating out 11 of Denver's best dunkers including Will Bunton aka Ill Will aka one of the most explosive players in NC Pro-Am history for 1st place in the Showdown this year.

Air Nigeria & Ill Will also put on a show the following day with a dunk exhibition (representing BallisLife well) & competing in the NBA3X 3-on-3 tournament.

2012 SPRITE SHOWDOWN TOUR

Be sure to follow the tour at?http://www.facebook.com/SpriteSlamDunkShowdown?&?https://twitter.com/spriteshowdown?as well as here on?Ballislife?where we will continue to provide exclusive footage of all?NBA Sprite Summer Events?from the?Showdown Dunk Contest?to the?Sprite Uncontainable?events to the new?NBA3X 3-on-3 tournaments.

Here’s the upcoming schedule

May13: LA

May 26: San Francisco

June 9: Charlotte

June 16: NYC

June 23: Washington DC

July 14: Philly

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The Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown returns for its 4th run in 2012. The 1st stop was in Houston this past weekend, Dunkzilla took the crown with the never before seen 'Alien' dunk.

2012 SPRITE SHOWDOWN TOUR

Be sure to follow the tour at?http://www.facebook.com/SpriteSlamDunkShowdown?&?https://twitter.com/spriteshowdown?as well as here on Ballislife where we will continue to provide exclusive footage of all NBA Sprite Summer Events from the Showdown Dunk Contest to the Sprite Uncontainable events to the new NBA3X 3-on-3 tournaments.

Here's the upcoming schedule

May5: Denver

May13: LA

May 26: San Francisco

June 9: Charlotte

June 16: NYC

June 23: Washington DC

July 14: Philly

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Ricardo Gathers: 6-8 240 lbs (Riverside Academy) College: Baylor

Gabe York: 6-2 165 lbs (Orange Lutheran) College: Arizona

Prince Ibeh: 7-0 230 lbs (Naaman Forest) College: Texas

Katin Reinhardt: 6-5 175 lbs (Mater Dei) College: UNLV

Rosco Allen: 6-8 215 lbs (Bishop Gorman) College: Stanford

Xavier Johnson: 6-7 205 lbs (Mater Dei) College: Colorado

Anthony January: 6-8 200 lbs (Taft) College: Undecided

Dominic Artis: 6-1 175 lbs (Findlay Prep) College: Oregon

Torian Graham: 6'4 173 lbs (Word of God) College: North Carolina State

Jordan Loveridge: 6'6 210 lbs (West Jordan) College: Utah

Zena Edosomwan: 6'8 215 lbs (Harvard Westlake) College: Undecided

Tyrone Wallace:  6'4 180 lbs (Bakersfield) College: Cal

Ben Carter: 6'8 217 lbs (Bishop Gorman) College: Oregon

Demetris Morant: 6'8 190 lbs (Bishop Gorman) College: UNLV

Skylar Spencer: 6'9 226 lbs (LA Price) College: SDSU

Nick Stover: 6'5 190 lbs (Winward) College: LMU

Matt Shrigley: 6'6 190 lbs (La Costa Canyon) College: SDSU

Victor Robbins: 6'6 185 lbs (Compton) College: Undecided

Langston Morris-Walker: 6'5 200 lbs (Berkeley) College: Oregon State

DeMarquise Johnson: 6'5 185 lbs (Westwind Prep) College: Washington State

The game will be held at Hope International University on April 7th with the 3point/slam dunk contest taking place on April 6th. For more information on the game, rosters and tickets please visit ballislifeallamerican.com!

We will also have a live halftime performance by a major recording artist (name to be released soon) as well as a dunk show by 2012 NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown winner Kenny Dobbs.

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Check out the re-cap of the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk showdown featuring Kenny Dobbs, Kasper, Jonsey and Airdogg. Kenny Dobbs came out the winner impressing LeBron, J Cole, Darryl Dawkins, Serge Ibaka and thousands of fans!

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Check out the BEST dunker in the world, Kenny Dobbs with 2 INSANE never before seen dunks as he gets ready for the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown?on Friday at NBA AllStar Weekend. ?Do you think LeBron James & J.Cole will be impressed? ?They are judging!

THE EVENT:?THE SPRITE SLAM DUNK SHOWDOWN
WHERE: ORLANDO – NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND
WHEN: 2.24.12 @ 4:25PM EST on NBA.com | 2.25.12 @ 1:30PM EST on NBATV

For the past three years, the best “Amateur” dunk contest in the world has been taking place the night before the ?NBA Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend. In front of ?LeBron James,?special hip hop guests like?Drakeand this year?J. Cole?(who will also be performing)?,?dunk legend?Darryl Dawkins?and?our?Sprite Showdown All-Stars Reemix & Los,?4 finalist will compete for the dunk title, $10k and the honor of presenting the trophy to the NBA player who wins the NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest the next night.

Kenny Dobbs is a Showdown veteran and a finalist from last year's event. ?We expect Friday night to be redemption night for the dunk inventor.

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Check out the most exciting player in high school basketball, Gabe York with the most exciting play of the year at ANY level. This was during Olu's first round CIF game vs Dana Hills. Gabe York is one of the TOP players in the country, he will be attending the University of Arizona next season.

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Issac White aka Sir Issac is one of the youngest professional Slam Dunkers at 21 years old. He is from Houston TX and came to Missouri to film for a week, at his best he can get his neck at a 10 foot rim. The last clip is Issac grabbing a shirt off of a 12"8 beam. He only stands 5"10 and soon will be tested by the Guiness Book of World Records for highest leap.

Our interview with Sir Issac is coming next week.  Issac will talk about everything from placing 2nd place three straight years in the Sprite Showdown contest,  his short stint with Team Flight Brothers,  impressing Steve Francis & Bun B and why he's going to make a lot of noise in 2012.

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Check out one of the best dunkers ever, 6'1" Myree "Reemix" Bowden with a legendary dunk exhibition in New York this summer as part of the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown tour. Reemix threw down at least one variation of every dunk you could possibly think keeping the crowd at awe with his display of gravity defying athleticism. With the combination of his size, hops, style, power and finesse Myree has made a great case of being arguably the top dunker in the world.

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