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Topic: Can G. Block dunk?

Topic: Can G. Block dunk?

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bobcatsquared
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Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/2/2019 8:51:52 PM

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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.

shabamon
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/2/2019 9:36:14 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.

oldkatz
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 9:54:25 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!".

"All my inside sources tell me I have no inside sources." Salvatore "money bucks" Mafiosiano.

shabamon
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:03:06 AM

That's not a diss.

shabamon
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:04:31 AM

Other players who surprisingly never dunked, the 6'10" KVK and the uber athlete Asown Sayles.

Maddog13
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:45:54 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.

shabamon
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:55:07 AM

If you can jump high enough, a dunk is a high percentage shot and not necessarily show boating.

bobcatsquared
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:55:29 AM

oldkatz wrote:

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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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 10:56:00 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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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 12:29:31 PM

Maybe he just has better things to do.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 12:39:34 PM

bn9 wrote:

Maybe he just has better things to do.

I've seen crazier things happen.

Deciduous Forest Cat
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 1:48:46 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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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 2:09:14 PM

Maddog13 wrote:

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

bobcatsquared
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 3:12:37 PM

Deciduous Forest Cat wrote:

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.

The Better Ohio Bobcat
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 5:58:21 PM

longtiimelurker wrote:

Maddog13 wrote:

Block strikes me as a player with good fundamentals who does not need to showboat. Getting the ball into the basket is what counts.

I�m almost sure Nick Kellogg never dunked in a game either.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/3/2019 7:02:37 PM

Can we come with some more stupid threads? I thought we had enough on here already.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/4/2019 9:15:11 AM

I'm going to say no.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/4/2019 9:25:25 AM

Nick Kellogg never dunked.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/4/2019 9:49:54 AM

shabamon wrote:

Nick Kellogg never dunked.

He is also 4" shorter than Gavin.

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/4/2019 9:18:48 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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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/4/2019 10:28:45 PM

west side cat wrote:

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?

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bobcatsquared
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/5/2019 6:27:35 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

Now, the burning question of the day is, which of you BAers HAVE dunked.

On a 10-foot hoop?

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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/5/2019 10:20:30 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

west side cat wrote:

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.

bobcatsquared
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/5/2019 10:24:58 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

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

The Optimist
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RE: Can G. Block dunk?

Posted: 3/5/2019 11:28:16 AM

Alan Swank wrote:

OhioCatFan wrote:

west side cat wrote:

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.

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.

I've seen crazier things happen.

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