1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

Can Rafer Dunk?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Bob Monkeyson, May 24, 2008.

  1. Bob Monkeyson

    Bob Monkeyson Member

    Joined:
    Oct 5, 2007
    Messages:
    344
    Likes Received:
    1
    Ok, I'm just curious to know this, but has anyone ever seen Rafer dunk? I think he probably can, but he just never choses to, or gets the opportunity.
     
  2. Texas Stoke

    Texas Stoke Member

    Joined:
    Aug 16, 2002
    Messages:
    5,743
    Likes Received:
    18
    Ahhh, only on your ass.
     
  3. LoveRoxHateJazz

    Joined:
    Apr 20, 2008
    Messages:
    798
    Likes Received:
    0
    It would make me feel better. Rafer is 6'2".

    I'm almost 6'3" and I can't dunk. I think I know which machine I need to hit, because grabbing the rim is not enough.

    In all of the highlights I've seen before he was a Rocket, none of them showed him dunking.
     
  4. lastmanstanding

    Joined:
    Oct 9, 2007
    Messages:
    973
    Likes Received:
    3
    An emphatic NO. Remember he pulled his groin muscle this year when he TRIED to dunk. It'd be pretty sweet if he could though.
     
  5. Shaud

    Shaud Member

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2008
    Messages:
    18,350
    Likes Received:
    451
    I'm pretty sure he can dunk, but one of those players who only dunks when just shooting around.
     
  6. dream34shake

    dream34shake Rookie

    Joined:
    Jun 29, 2006
    Messages:
    409
    Likes Received:
    1
    im sure he's athletic enough....just not strong or big enough to dunk in traffic, and besides, why waste energy giving your all to get a breakaway dunk were you can just get a nice fingeroll and be the same.

    now if tmac layed it up on a fastbreak i'd be pissed.
     
  7. TheShooter

    TheShooter Member

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2008
    Messages:
    923
    Likes Received:
    30
    Lol you have no Hoop! My friends is 6'3 and 16 years old and dunk it easily.

    I guess almost every NBA player can dunk, I remember in NBA LIVE 2005 I could dunk with rafer.

    If Smush Parker can do a between the legs, I guess rafer can dunk.
     
  8. BrooksBall

    BrooksBall Member

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2007
    Messages:
    20,568
    Likes Received:
    256
    Wow, there must not be much to talk about these days.

    Did this deserve its own thread?
     
  9. saleem

    saleem Member

    Joined:
    Jan 1, 2001
    Messages:
    30,217
    Likes Received:
    14,657
    That's what happens when your team is eliminated. I'm quite sure we will see more threads like this after the end of the Finals.
     
  10. ShutURBiG!

    ShutURBiG! Member

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2007
    Messages:
    944
    Likes Received:
    290
    What I was about to say.
     
  11. Yaozer

    Yaozer Member

    Joined:
    Oct 10, 2006
    Messages:
    5,392
    Likes Received:
    2
    I'm about 6'2 and I can dunk... I'm sure he can as well..
     
  12. poprocks

    poprocks Member

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2007
    Messages:
    3,779
    Likes Received:
    0
    I think that shot if reffered to as the Rafer "Floater" ugh

    No I have never seen Rafer dunk the ball or even attempt it. Not in any streetball scenes and certainly never in an NBA game. I challenge any of you to come up with a clip of Rafer dunking the ball. Rafer cannot dunk and if he can, I won't believe it until I see a clip.
     
  13. kevC

    kevC Member

    Joined:
    Jul 19, 2007
    Messages:
    7,394
    Likes Received:
    5,117
    All players in the NBA can dunk. You can't be in the league without at least that kind of athleticism. I mean come on JJ Redick can dunk.
     
  14. poprocks

    poprocks Member

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2007
    Messages:
    3,779
    Likes Received:
    0
    So you're telling me that Mugsy Bogues could dunk???
     
  15. david_rocket

    david_rocket Member

    Joined:
    Sep 19, 2003
    Messages:
    9,488
    Likes Received:
    834
    earl boykins cant dunk, and he is on the nba, you can prove athleticism doing other stuff than dunking
     
  16. kejohn

    kejohn Member

    Joined:
    Nov 12, 2007
    Messages:
    215
    Likes Received:
    4
    Pretty sure, I think he was in the dunk contest one year
     
  17. kejohn

    kejohn Member

    Joined:
    Nov 12, 2007
    Messages:
    215
    Likes Received:
    4
    I take that back, I was thinking of Spud Webb.
     
  18. poprocks

    poprocks Member

    Joined:
    Oct 8, 2007
    Messages:
    3,779
    Likes Received:
    0
    Ok you're right I"ll give ya Mugsy but yeah I forgot about Earl Boykins. Dude flat out cannot dunk.
     
  19. H-townhero

    H-townhero Member

    Joined:
    Mar 17, 2008
    Messages:
    1,470
    Likes Received:
    32
    Rafer can dunk, just doesn't do it in games. I think I've seen him do it one time in all the games I've watched.
     
  20. Angkor Wat

    Angkor Wat Member

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2007
    Messages:
    13,150
    Likes Received:
    997
    Yes hes can dunk. Remember when he got injured earlier this year? He pulled his groin trying to dunk.
     

Share This Page