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Wright: Wiley as a dunker is up there with JC

Wiley, in the city where JC did his best work, did not live up to the comparison. Very solid player, but not in JC's class

JC significantly shorter than 6'9". -- 6'7" was about right - in shoes.

Youtube search, Damian Martin dunk. If he did that today, all of Australia would be on their feet!

Didn’t Andrew Gaze perform the greatest dunk ever seen in the NBL, over Cecil Exum?

Threw it down so hard it resulted in legal threats years later.

The kite!

Copeland early exponent of the alley oop. And DiVencenzi, short time only but nasty dunker! Think he flexed a bit, too.

But some of the guards, mentioned above, were outstanding. Loved Smith.

Has Wiley really dunked over the top of anyone yet?

Love Wiley but he's got nothing on JC. Crawfords head was near the rim on every dunk and it was normally off one or two steps!!!

The hating started when someone disrespected an NBL legend.
If some noob says something ignorant they shouldn't cry when they get corrected, they should be thankful for the lesson.

Why’s everyone gotta hate?
Who gives a fuck. Let’s embrace every star in their own way.

I want guys like Wiley in the NBL. Couldn’t care less if he dunked like J.C or Trimmingham.

Wiley creates highlights ( hope he has a few tonight ) and gives the NBL exposure.

This forum is full of tossers shooting everything and anyone down.

Here’s a tip for all you haters:
Embrace positivity and positive outcomes will come your way then maybe you wouldn’t be so bitter and shitcan everything.

#lifesnotthatbad

Trimmingham probably has 10 dunks way better than any of Wileys.

Be nice to see a compilation of these players dunks. Someone want to have a crack? Wiley definately would have some awesome clips in his short career so far.

As for dunkers. Man people have short memories. Joe Hurst, Calvin Talford, Trimmingham, Mario Donaldson, Emery Atkinson, Bennett Davison, Leroy Combs, James Ennis. That's without really trying. All better dunkers.

How about Prather's dunk on Ogilvy. I'm pretty sure that dunk broke AJ.

Wiley is not one tenth of the player JC was.

As for dunkers. Man people have short memories. Joe Hurst, Calvin Talford, Trimmingham, Mario Donaldson, Emery Atkinson, Bennett Davison, Leroy Combs, James Ennis. That's without really trying. All better dunkers.

48 minute period

Then there's the oposition they play against and the size of those guys.

Crawford was a prolific dunker. Wiley is an excellent dunker for sure and judging by his own reactions after every dunk the quality of each one is outstanding. We should just leave it at that to avoid unnecessary embarrassment to anyone.

Back in the 48 minute period he played in Crawford would have been on court for a good portion of the game. He also played for 2 decades. Wiley has played a portion of one season and shares the minutes much more in a 40 minute game. He isn't playing much at Center like Crawford did a lot either. Then there's the oposition they play against and the size of those guys. So don't know if blocked shots are a good comparison for the two players.

If you could put modern day Wiley directly into the era that Crawford played, Wiley would be a far superior player with his athletic ability and skillset.

BBL and co merely step ladders

McClain was what 6 foot 6"? Was he a shot blocker? We now have Bogut, Boone, Long and co.

Ooh I missed this earlier.

If you could put modern day Wiley directly into the era that Crawford played, Wiley would be a far superior player with his athletic ability and skillset.

Couple of things.

Firstly, I have to agree with Luuuc (Luuuc, you could abreviate your name with a "w" instead of 2 of the "u"'s you use currently. Luuuc could become Lwuc or Luwc!). Crawford was oustanding in the frequency and ease of his dunks. Did it in traffic more often than not from memory. But not flash. Wiley is certainly flash but more opportunistic than "this is what I do (all the time)". More like "look what III can do (sometimes)!". Wiley great to watch, but Crawford in my team over him, that is, if they were both the same age at the same time with same set of skills.

In both cases, please accept that I am allowing for Wiley, playing "then", may not have developed some of the flash he now displays. Similarly, Crawford may have been flashier than he was in his time/environs if he was playing now (right age etc).

Secondly, I love the English language and I am pedantic as hell.
When I read the following, "Had Wiley played during the NBL's semi pro days he would have been pulling rims down like nobody's business!", couldn't help thinking that at that time, Wiley was around 25 to 30 years younger than now. I just don't see toddlers or unborns-yet "pulling rims down like nobody's business!". Can you?

Its a pity Crawford isn't playing in the current era. Semi pro era or not i would have enjoyed seeing him elevating and dunking over Bogut

JC's "problem" was that dunking was so effortless for him, and he rarely put any extra mustard on them to make them look more impressive, nor did he have any interest in using them to show up an opponent or to fire himself up. For him they were pretty much just a very-high-percentage FGA.

I reckon he's going to develop as a player.

As for who he's dunking on it's like comparing Borner to Bogut.

He’s a more than very useful player imo as well.

He's a better dunker than Crawford but obviously not a better player.

Improved the topic title. If he was as good a player, I think he'd be getting more minutes!

He’s more like MC. Michael Carrera.

A misquote from the OP, Wright was asked how Wiley ranks as a dunker and he provided the above response which is fair enough. Had Wiley played during the NBL's semi pro days he would have been pulling rims down like nobody's business!

Wiley has provided some of the best dunking displays so far in less than one season. If he sticks around he'll be in the mix (if he isn't all ready). He's doing it on some pretty big, athletic blokes as well.

*By misquote I mean quoted without proper context

A misquote from the OP, Wright was asked how Wiley ranks as a dunker and he provided the above response which is fair enough. Had Wiley played during the NBL's semi pro days he would have been pulling rims down like nobody's business!

Wiley and "the best" does not go together

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