Kenny Gregory (45.5-inch combine vert)- 1997 High School Dunk Contest (McDonald's All-American)
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- Despite being the most spectacular dunker throughout the evening's proceedings, a pair of critical misses on his final attempts knocked Kenny Gregory out of the top spot and instead gift-wrapped the 1997 McDonald's All-American dunk title to Baron Davis.
Standing 6’3.5” barefoot with a 8-foot-5 standing reach, Gregory boasted a max vertical of 45.5 inches (39.5 standing), both of which stood an NBA Combine records for 20 years before Keon Johnson emerged with a max vert of 48 inches (41.5 standing) in 2021.
Gregory played four years at Kansas, leading the Jayhawks to the Elite Eight in 2001 alongside a supporting cast that included future impact NBA players Drew Gooden, Nick Collison, and Kirk Hinrich. Gregory himself went undrafted in 2001 before embarking upon a decade-long international professional basketball career.
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The greatest Jayhawk ever.
He made folks forget sbout rhe legendary Steve Woodberry.
i liked him a lot back then, but those judges, the pull up 10s for a big air dunk :D omg
As a KU Jayhawks fan, I have zero recollection of this guy. Maybe I wasn’t watching as much during my high school years or he just didn’t play with a lot of impact, idk.
Gregory was often overlooked by other future pros on the roster at the time - Nick Collison, Drew Gooden, and a young Kirk Hinrich when Gregory was a senior; Paul Pierce, Raef LaFrentz, and Billy Thomas when Gregory was a freshman.
That being said, Gregory started 33 out of 34 games for Kansas as a senior and led the team in scoring (a modest 12.8 points per game for a versatile attack). Even then, his role is likely more forgettable because Kansas took off following his departure (Sweet 16, Final 4, and Championship Game loss to Carmelo Anthony in the three seasons after Gregory left).
He defended not very well however Carmelo Anthony in the Championship Game. Melo was too big for him !
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Kenny Gregory was long gone in 2003
He doesn't jump as advertised
I concur. He did make the free throw line dunk look pretty easy but otherwise you’d imagine his head to be sitting at rim level on almost every other attempt.
I’m wondering if he packed a few more inches onto his vert while at Kansas, since the 45.5 number came from the combine following his college career.
@@Swove2204 college NCAA bball have exaggerated players jumping let's see like such as Vince Carter and even Darrel Griffin. Brent Barry did free throw better then this guy and doesn't have that stat.
@@woodyboy6493Could be picking nits but the 45.5-inch vertical came from the NBA Draft Combine in 2001, not the NCAA. At that same combine, Gregory was measured as just 6’3.5” barefoot with an 8’5” standing reach (by comparison, Vince Carter’s standing reach was closer to 9 feet). Through that lens, watching an 18-year-old standing just a smidge over 6’3” dunk from the free throw line is pretty legit.
That being said, if I were a betting man, I imagine a confluence of factors contributed to his 45.5 combine number. I wouldn’t doubt he was in better condition by 2001 with an extensive college career under his belt, he was likely approaching his athletic prime, he could have been training specifically for combine day, and maybe he pulled the classic strategy of not reaching as high as he could standing flat (thus inflating his vert number). Or maybe he didn’t. He could get up nonetheless.
Here’s the 2001 combine numbers for reference: www.nba.com/stats/draft/combine-anthro?SeasonYear=2001-02
@@Swove2204 well he definitely didn't have those stats in this dunk contest and the reach is definitely wrong lol. He should have aced baron Davis in this dunk contest if stats true. Even Luke recker was exaggerated in HS but you could see in this dunk contest wasn't true. Had a draft report of Vince when got drafted and said he was 6"4half and his jumping was 36 but in NBA dunk contest he's doing that when dunking so NBA was obviously wrong
@@Swove2204 That was a couple of very well written reply's.
Why would this first dunk be even a 7? He doesn’t even leap from near the foul line. I’m White and I could do this dunk when I was 15.