#68 - A Four Star Dunker - 1984
As you know I'm a big fan of NBA Hoops. In college Jeff and I went to about 15 games a year. One day before leaving for the game I was reading Basketball Digest that "Rated the Dunkers" It gave ratings in terms of starts. Jordan, Nique and a couple of others were 5 star dunkers. Next were the 4 star dunkers and on that list was E. Floyd Golden State Warriors. Took me a minute to realize they were talking about Sleepy Floyd. But I'd been watching him for years and had never even seen him dunk, what were they thinking there was no way he was a 4 star dunker. Other 4 star dunkers were guys like James Worthy.
So we go to the game that night and Jeff agrees with me. A 4 star dunker, are they crazy. So the Warriors are playing Utah and on one of the first possessions what should happen? Sleepy puts his head down, drives the lane like a maniac and attempts to throw down a monster dunk right in the face of Mark Eaton the Jazz's 7'4" shot blocking specialist. He missed the dunk, it went off back iron.
Strange coincidence that the only time I ever saw him dunk was after reading that article and he doesn't just try to dunk it but tries a monster jam in Eaton's face!