10 Best In Game Dunks Ever

Blake Griffin’s recent dunk on Kendrick Perkins made me think of all the great in game dunks I’ve seen over the years, so I decided to compile a list of my personal top 10 Yams. For those wondering why “The Human Highlight Film” isn’t on this list (Dominique Wilkins’ dunk over 3 Miami Heat players would have made my list), there isn’t a youtube.com video of just it alone.

1. Vince Carter over Frederic Weis. Weis had been signed by the Knicks. After this dunk during the Olympics though, he never even played NBA ball.

2. Shawn Kemp over Alton Lister. Kemp steals Listers’ soul; not only with the dunk, but more so with the finger pointing by Kemp. Might be the most vicious, but still hilarious dunk I’ve ever seen.

3. Scottie Pippen over Patrick Ewing. The physicality of the dunk, then the walk over taunt. Then, as if that wasn’t enough, he talks trash to Spike Lee as well. WOW.

4. Vince Carter over Alonzo Mourning. Vince takes the blow from Alonzo, and still yams on him.

5. Kobe over Yao Ming. Granted Yao isn’t the greatest shot blocker of all-time, but he actually gets his hand on the ball as Kobe dunks, but Kobe just went THROUGH Yao’s hand.

6. Kevin Johnson over Hakeem Olajuwon. Hakeem was the premier shot blocker in the league.

7. Baron Davis over Andrei Kiralinko: The Warriors were the 8th seed in the 2007 NBA Playoffs. They had just beaten #1 seeded Dallas. Down 0-2 in the series, the Warriors were at home looking to get back in the series. Baron’s dunk was the icing on the cake.

8. Michael Jordan over Patrick Ewing. Not only is the dunk ridiculous, but the move to get to the rim is JUST AS RIDICULOUS:

9. Blake Griffin over Timofey Mozgov. If it weren’t for the fact that Blake kind of throws the ball into the rim, this would be higher on my list:

10. Lebron James over John Lucas. Only player I know of to ever jump over someone and dunk on them in an NBA game. The fact that it was an alley oop only adds to it.