We here at TheHoopDoctors.com are always searching the web for footage of the next great dunker to come along on any level.
With the NBA Slam Dunk Contest suffering in popularity in recent years we often find ourselves looking to the collegiate or high school ranks where we’ve stumbled onto the many dunking talents of Deuce Bello, now at the University of Baylor and University of Auburn commit Shaquille Johnson, who is currently being touted as the best dunker in the HS ranks.
But, to find arguably the best dunkers on the planet, one needs to look no further than the streetball circuit where we’ve shown you some amazing footage of T-Dub of the 720 Dunk Fame, Air Bama, who prefers to dunk on a 12 foot rim, or even more recently the likes of 5‘10 Sir Isaac, who’s known for having an incredible 55 inch vertical leap.
Fans who had the pleasure of watching elite level dunker Kenny Dobbs take home the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown crown also got a glimpse of another amazing newcomer in that contest named Air Dogg.
Air Dogg, aka Michael Stewart, has been tearing up the West Coast streetball dunk scene over the past few years and seems poised for good things, especially after becoming known for regularly jumping over upwards of 6 people on dunk attempts. Odds are that if you’ve seen someone dunking in a Sprite commercial it’s Dogg, as he has appeared in upwards of 20 Sprite commercials, most noticeably in the first few seconds of the one where the ground keeps breaking around Lebron, from 2011.
Check out Air Dogg Destroying a Backboard at the Power 106 Game in LA:
Allen Moll has been a lifelong NBA and NCAA College Basketball fan who watches and studies games religiously, and coaches youth basketball in his native Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. Allen has also provided content to Bleacherreport.com, Upperdeckblog.com, Cleveland.com, CSN Philly.com, Buckets Magazine, in addition to being a tenured NBA and NCAA columnist for TheHoopDoctors.com.
