Doesn't matter how high they can touch what matters is their vertical if someone is 5 ft and can get 4 foot vertical it'd be better than someone that's 6ft and gets a 3 foot vertical
As amazing is that is. It would look so much more impressive if it was professionally recorded with some cool angles. The right photographer could make him look like he 20 feet in the air.
@@ynot6781 But even at an average height he could touch his forehead to the rim, which means his hand would be between 12-6 and 13. BTW, I don't believe that is the case. His two foot jumping ability was over 50". I haven't found anything that verified his best recorded vertical jump from a standstill, but it's unlikely that he gained an extra 10" or more by getting a running start.
billygoat ... can't believe that anyone 'liked' this stupid comment. We all know this dude ain't Ryu from Street Fighter -- jumping over people's heads. Cmon, man! Stop hatin'
Blows me away every time I watch!! You always hear stories of dudes like Earl The Goat being able to grab a quarter off the top of the backboard, but this dude can actually do it, and it’s on video!!😲🤦🏻♂️🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Very cool video! I grew up in Pasadena and we use to play in B-Ball leagues at Robinson Park gym. I moved away from Dena in the early 80s so I am too old to remember Doug Thomas but I am still glad to see the energy is even more HYPED with those guys than it was with us. I can only remember a few guys that could "get up" as we used to say, but I don't remember anybody that could GET UP like this brother! Congratulations Doug Thomas!! Thanks for keeping Pasadena and Robinson Park on the map!!
slapmyfunkybass I didn't cheer but I'm white. I cheer when some dude at work is fast enough to escape a mean bull with his life. You should see how high people can jump with a 2000 pound mean critter after them. hahaha six foot fence......... no big deal he is going right over that bitch. lol
Figuring out his vertical is easy if you know how high he can touch (presumably 13') and how high he can touch just standing (no jump). You just subtract the difference. 13 feet is 156 inches. According to the Draft Express website, the average standing (no jump) reach for a 6' 9" player, with shoes on, is 9' or 108 inches. 156 minus 108 is 48". This obviously assumes he actually touched 13 feet (I don't know how official the measurement was) and that he's 6' 9" with an average NBA players standing reach. 48" is incredible. There are very few people that can jump that high.
+Russ Tanner Yeah that's a way to figure out his approximate vertical but standing reach varies considerably between players so by using average standing reach there's still a range of several inches, maybe up to 8 inches or so. I just wished they measured his standing reach in this video.
don't forget to subtract around half a foot because when you jump, you jump off of your toes which means your a little higher up than when your just standing flat footed. you would have to stand on your toes to see your ground reach
Dj Sarandos That's not how they measure vertical leap. Vertical leap is measured by taking your standing reach and subtracting that number from the highest point you can touch after jumping.
Wilt Chamberlain was 7'1 300lbs Had a 45-50 inch vertical so he could touch 13 feet Ran a 4.4 40 yard dash Bench pressed 550 pounds But for some reason he "Wasn't athletic and would be destroyed by Shaq"
that vertical and his benchpress gets higher and higher every time pretty soon the word will be he benched 600 pounds. i first heard he bened 450 in a documentry of arnold swartsenneger
Wilt Chamberlain ran a 4.6 40 at a weight of 290lbs hand timed by Hank Stram HOF Kansas City Chiefs coach. He also ran it barefoot. The 4.4 40 was from when he was in KU (college) hand timed at a weight of 240lbs. Now this is what he said he ran but, if he ran a 4.6 at 290lbs I really don't think that running a 4.4 is that much of a stretch at all.
Resident Zendrich Well it is the tallest isn't it? I know that it is not the furthest from the earth's core because that title belongs to the Chimborazo in Ecuador due to the shape of the planet. But what do you mean it isn't the tallest?
Dwight Howard is 6'10 and his highest reach was 12feet6inch was documented on sporta science and this guy went all the way up to 13 feet and make it look easy
That's crazy. There is no exercises to increase your vertical that much. Just god given. Crazy impressive. Didn't know, and this vid and info is older. Wow.
Everyone saying hes not the highest jumper in the world he didn’t ever say that lmfaooo the commentator did , he just said he’s the highest in Pasadena and one of the highest in the world , and the man spoke facts
Hahaha. There's a big difference between highest jumper in the world and reach. They need to measure how high his feet go. I'm assuming this guy is well over 6'
+Ryan Smith Agreed Ryan. His arm span and height are both great. He does probably have the highest reach but we could never be sure about the his vert.
He is over 6 feet tall, his arms are another 2 or 3 feet long extended. thats over 9 feet of length. So technically he only jumped around 4 feet or less.
Bruh unless his arms popping out of the sides of his head his reach is not 9 feet, it's probably around 8'2. Most NBA centers can barely reach 9'4 so unless this dude got a 7'8 wingspan he ain't gettin 9ft reach.
@@dawsonleonardi5053 that's very impressive if you done it I know I can't but I felt like the crowd did more boasting than him kind of like they were proud of him
Is it just me or does he look like he barely tries?😂
Right!?
Right also
Like he was just bullshitting...Bruh got stupid HOPES!!
It looks like he is barely trying probably jump out the roof if he actually tried 😂jk
Seems like he does not want to damage the roof
I bet everybody in here talking shit can't even touch the bottom of the net.
chad butler Heyyy I can touch rim thank you very much
I bet none of the jumpers can even read...
det wuz knot nyce...y u be'in meen lyk det?
there ain't a fuckin white person in the damn audience! !!!
Doesn't matter how high they can touch what matters is their vertical if someone is 5 ft and can get 4 foot vertical it'd be better than someone that's 6ft and gets a 3 foot vertical
Wilt Chamberlain: Someone grab me a time machine
Lol
He blocked Kareem sky hook. I saw him play at 36 in 1970. I have told people he could probably touch 13' 6"
His room is out there that will grab the quarter off the top of the backboard I bet you he did
I meant to say there's rumors out there
Wilt was 7’1 with a 50 inch vertical and fast as shit
And what a humble bro. He was happy he could do it for his community. I'm from NY and I couldn't be happier for him and Pasadena. BRAVO, Big Doug!!!!
I went to Prep School with Doug in NC..his 1ft is insane. About 6'8, long arms. Much respect
No way he does that with a shirt on.
ruclips.net/video/qkGPAAl7hYw/видео.html he was a pro.
This comment was underrated
lol
Luke Sheldon bruh this comment got owned cause proof is him playing with a jersey right under this lame comment
U dummies realize it’s a joke right?
Down to earth guy. He must have shock absorbers in his knees!! Truly amazing!!
He seems quite far from “down to earth” 😂
@@l1ll4rd48 Man, are you sensitive 😂😂😂😂
@@alexandersupertramp7353 this ain‘t it
As amazing is that is. It would look so much more impressive if it was professionally recorded with some cool angles. The right photographer could make him look like he 20 feet in the air.
We don't need fake ass angles to make him appear higher. I want the real shit
It was six years ago dimbass
PUNKem733 not fake angles. The right angle that makes the jump look as impressive as it is. Nobody wants fake
@@MrMarkpark speak for yourself.
Jkjk
check out David Thompson from the Denver nuggets. he would tap the tap of the backboard. not touch it
Can we just be happy for the dude?! Dayum!! Highest jumper, reacher or, whatever!! He is in the book!
Ertha J. Thicke he isnt the highest vertical but yes it is impressive.
No he's not. Plenty of jumpers can touch 13'.
@Jacob Dawson look up Tyke Peakock. High jumper/basketball player from the 80s. Then get back to me about your grandma.
@@SDesWriter great name but he had only a recorded 40" max vert .
@@ynot6781 But even at an average height he could touch his forehead to the rim, which means his hand would be between 12-6 and 13.
BTW, I don't believe that is the case. His two foot jumping ability was over 50". I haven't found anything that verified his best recorded vertical jump from a standstill, but it's unlikely that he gained an extra 10" or more by getting a running start.
They always do the measuring stick. What I want to see is someone literally grab the top of the backboard.
They're gonna hit their head on the backboard
@@dolphinreacts532 noo
David Thompson took a quarter off the top of a backboard
Andre McGoo 6”7 or 6”8
MANCHESTER UNITED F.C I’m a football fan but, when did anyone ask?
Everybody: Dont hang on the basket
He: Its ok im hanging on the board xD
Hill Climb Racing 2 Team grammar ain’t your thing
LMFAOOOO
Give the man his props. You do realize greatness can exist in more than one black man at a time don't you?
Of course. Did anyone say it does not? Plenty of black successful men grin comedy to acting to singing to sports and more
Them fucking voice cracks though
Lmfaooooo
Dying
+SmartAlex1203 reminds me of Jay z
+SmartAlex1203 lol at 1:56 definitely got stabbed in the chest. it is annoying
It's awful!
he didn't jump 13teen feet he touched 13teen feet if he jump up to 13teen feet the bottom of is shoe would be on the top of the back board.
billygoat ... can't believe that anyone 'liked' this stupid comment. We all know this dude ain't Ryu from Street Fighter -- jumping over people's heads.
Cmon, man!
Stop hatin'
im open for watever
billygoat I'm loling
agree with the goat, not impressed till he literally jumps 13 feet.
Raven Bartimaeus come on now😂😂
Blows me away every time I watch!! You always hear stories of dudes like Earl The Goat being able to grab a quarter off the top of the backboard, but this dude can actually do it, and it’s on video!!😲🤦🏻♂️🙏🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
My homie Douglas. Much love from Iowa City 💪🏾💯 won 2 national championship with him playing Juco ball 2002-2004
I'm over here trynna touch the rim :(
Chase your dreams
I recently just touched rim, three days ago in fact
Hopefully you are now ❤️
2 Yeats later, and did you touch it?
I’m over here trynna touch the net :(
4:06 bone collector in the back
well spotted!
James Letada 🤣🤣🤣
He shouldve done the olympic high jump
@@hanslaught2351 around 2:30
How the hell you spot that shit lmaooo
The first one look like he barely even tried.... raised the bar after that I know the energy was crazy in the gym maaan dope asf
Very cool video! I grew up in Pasadena and we use to play in B-Ball leagues at Robinson Park gym. I moved away from Dena in the early 80s so I am too old to remember Doug Thomas but I am still glad to see the energy is even more HYPED with those guys than it was with us. I can only remember a few guys that could "get up" as we used to say, but I don't remember anybody that could GET UP like this brother! Congratulations Doug Thomas!! Thanks for keeping Pasadena and Robinson Park on the map!!
So many want to be negative about this brother and I see the comments. For once let's stay positive. He broke the record and big congrats my brother.
he is nowhere in the genus book of world records
Bruce Brown He didn't break no record. Americans cheer over the stupidest of things. They're basically cheered because someone jumoed.
slapmyfunkybass I didn't cheer but I'm white. I cheer when some dude at work is fast enough to escape a mean bull with his life. You should see how high people can jump with a 2000 pound mean critter after them. hahaha six foot fence......... no big deal he is going right over that bitch. lol
Big Daddy Exactly 💯
MAN....REAL TALK
Insane!!!!! Crazy hops made it look easy
Absolutely amazing congratulations on breaking the world record!
Awesome. Do it all for the glory of the king. ......Jesus. Jesus is, the way, the truth, and the life. Amen
What does Jesus have anything to do with a vertical video lmao?
back in the 80's I saw Darrell Griffith jump and place a dime on top of the backboard, then take it down again. Dr dunkenstein!!
Rob Farris 52"?
Stop lying
"I didn't know they were gonna pull out the stick on me"
Whoa there playa. ✋🙅🛑PAUSE 😂
Awesome jump! Congratulations on that amazing feat!
Much love and respect!
I been drinking Pasadena water for a while now and I can definitely say that I still can't jump
Figuring out his vertical is easy if you know how high he can touch (presumably 13') and how high he can touch just standing (no jump). You just subtract the difference. 13 feet is 156 inches. According to the Draft Express website, the average standing (no jump) reach for a 6' 9" player, with shoes on, is 9' or 108 inches. 156 minus 108 is 48". This obviously assumes he actually touched 13 feet (I don't know how official the measurement was) and that he's 6' 9" with an average NBA players standing reach. 48" is incredible. There are very few people that can jump that high.
+Russ Tanner Yeah that's a way to figure out his approximate vertical but standing reach varies considerably between players so by using average standing reach there's still a range of several inches, maybe up to 8 inches or so. I just wished they measured his standing reach in this video.
don't forget to subtract around half a foot because when you jump, you jump off of your toes which means your a little higher up than when your just standing flat footed. you would have to stand on your toes to see your ground reach
+Russ Tanner Meanwhile, black children are starving in Africa.
+Dj Sarandos I don't understand your statement. People are born the way they are born.
Dj Sarandos That's not how they measure vertical leap. Vertical leap is measured by taking your standing reach and subtracting that number from the highest point you can touch after jumping.
Great job.
This was Dope! 💪🏽🎓👑💯❤️✊🏽🙏🏽
Put that niqqa in Volleyball and set him the ball lmao he got bunnies🔥
Yaahboi52 fuck bunnies he got kangaroos
caleb Riggle lmao
caleb Riggle fuck bunnies and kangaroos mmmm yea fuck em sloooooooow.
Yaahboi52 have to see his 2 foot jump. A lot of people are one leg jumpers and a lot 2 ft. You need a good 2 ft jump I vball
Wilt Chamberlain was 7'1 300lbs
Had a 45-50 inch vertical so he could touch 13 feet
Ran a 4.4 40 yard dash
Bench pressed 550 pounds
But for some reason he "Wasn't athletic and would be destroyed by Shaq"
lmao
that vertical and his benchpress gets higher and higher every time pretty soon the word will be he benched 600 pounds. i first heard he bened 450 in a documentry of arnold swartsenneger
A 4.4 40 yard dash??? I don't kno about that one lol
+Gamed FoLife He ran track in high school, look it up.
Wilt Chamberlain ran a 4.6 40 at a weight of 290lbs hand timed by Hank Stram HOF Kansas City Chiefs coach. He also ran it barefoot.
The 4.4 40 was from when he was in KU (college) hand timed at a weight of 240lbs. Now this is what he said he ran but, if he ran a 4.6 at 290lbs I really don't think that running a 4.4 is that much of a stretch at all.
This host’s voice kept on cracking like there’s no tomorrow.. genius
I'm just glad he did it. Had he not, stores might have been burnt down lol
He Is 6’9”. Stop Hating He Touched 13 Feet And I Bet He Could Go Higher!💯💯
What hate the goat wasnt that tall and still did it height n long arms got him there
Joseph Morgan mj didn’t touch 13 ft. Neither did Lebron
@@justanaveragehuman3557 prime Lebron could've touched 13 ft.
@@uptalk144 he jumped about 42 inches on his best day
@@uptalk144 so ye he prob could
the hype is real
Man he's goes feel so good all them people loving him
A gift from GOD!!!
Enjoy my brother.🙏🏿🙏🏿🏀🏀🙏🏿🏀👑🦁🐾💪🏿💪🏿
"he's 6'9"... " he can't play"... "he can't get his entire body over 7 or 8 feet"... FOH Haters... The man has serious hops.
exactly ppl always find some kind of way to hate or bring negative comments
+Testos Tyrone
Sayin', I'd take it.
well said
We love all the sky walkers.
If I jumped that high, I'd break both legs in 20 places when I landed.
Amazing!
If he didn’t play in the NBA they certainly need to give this legend a call.
David Thompson was 6’4 and had a 48 inch vertical leap in college and was one of the best basketball players ever when he played at nc state
Google his bio, he has 44 inch vert. ONLY his Airness has the 48
The original Skywalker David Thompson
@@topshelfbullys7889 Wilt had a 50 imche vert
Dennis Johnson
@@topshelfbullys7889 Jordan vertical is fake
Didn't even look like he was trying......WOW
He makes it look easy too. Great for him.
That was great
Much respect brother 💯💯 keep grinding
This man should've also dunked on 12 foot 4. Would've been an untouchable record.
Hasan A. I think he could dunk on 12foot 6 inches tbh
That was done back in the 70’s at Rucker Part. It’s been other guys doing that and I’ve seen them in person.
Michael Wild thing Wilson.... broke the highest dunk record when he played for the Harlem Globetrotters
America should have a "Doug Thomas Day." Celebrate 13 ft. Celebrate greatness.
Straight from Indiana bro good job...again
He ain't got hops like Vince Carter. Now that man could jump.
Right
Vince is the The DUNKMASTER
42 years old and still playing 🙏💪🙌🔥🤗
Stefan holm is a real jumper bitch
Lot of haters here wtf? The guy flies even if he is tall that Guy jumps out of the gym
No he touches out of the gym he probably only jumps max 2 meters
Your mistaken , not haters , just don't like hearing the false bullship
Good job !!
Impressive. Congrats.
Lol, a record should be determined by the distance of the bottom of his feet and the ground, not by what he can touch.
thats the vertical but this is jumper...idk
BOXING KING that's not how vertical is recorded
BOXING KING Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world, but not the tallest.
If you are 7 feet, it is harder to jump than a guy who is 6'2. Impressive that a tall guy can jump as well.
Resident Zendrich Well it is the tallest isn't it? I know that it is not the furthest from the earth's core because that title belongs to the Chimborazo in Ecuador due to the shape of the planet. But what do you mean it isn't the tallest?
Dwight Howard is 6'10 and his highest reach was 12feet6inch was documented on sporta science and this guy went all the way up to 13 feet and make it look easy
Amazing! Period.
Awesome
Standing reach over 9 feet, yo!
The 5'4" guy dunking on 10 feet rim is more impressive, dawg!
Carlson Ho
I concur
Exactly. Mugsy Bogues was impressive
Lol no one talks like that but you still made a good point
Truly
@@christopherpooler5398 He never dunked
Vince Carter said he could touch the top of the glass in high school
before games too
Vince carter is 6'5 and couldn't even jump as high as jordan. How tf was he reaching top of backboard.
Amazing.
I need to see that in slow motion.
Highest jumper? No. Highest reacher
Username not found Error don't hate peckerwood
Username not found Error his upper body is way past the basket.
wtf he is not hateing XD Its highest reach highest jump is how hii their feet are off the ground.
U r rite
He is tall
Wow!!! Amazing!!
13 feet!! Very Impressive, congrats young man
go to 3:00 for the jump
If I were this dude, I would have demanded one thing before they broke out the tape measure: a HD CAMERA!!!!!!
That's crazy. There is no exercises to increase your vertical that much. Just god given. Crazy impressive. Didn't know, and this vid and info is older. Wow.
The arm going so high scared me lol
Cool!!!🏀
thats a 50 inch vertical right there, minimum. boy got jets
Hell, Tom Chambers did it in a game, he was that high dunking over Mark Jackson. Lol
the announcer didn't just hit puberty throughoutt this entire vid, he beat the ever-loving shit out of it
Do much talent in our communities.
Jalen rose: HIS EYES ARE LEVEL WITH THE RIM!!!!!
Meanwhile this man in the middle of nowhere has his shoulders level with the rim
I can touch 13 feet....put me in a crowded room and just watch how I can crawl around!
In the hood, they'd be some big dicks you'd be running into also.
Savage
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯
Why you touchin feet
Lmfao... had to think about that one... good one
Everyone saying hes not the highest jumper in the world he didn’t ever say that lmfaooo the commentator did , he just said he’s the highest in Pasadena and one of the highest in the world , and the man spoke facts
Damn......awesome 🍻
This guy jumped higher than my GPA
Damn I use to pray to GOD 4 hops like this😂😂😂
Nice job i used to touch 11 foot.And I was in fantastic shape. Way to go
This guy is in the zone!
Hahaha. There's a big difference between highest jumper in the world and reach. They need to measure how high his feet go. I'm assuming this guy is well over 6'
I hear you but you still can't guess on height of a jump
+Be Cool -Everyone is always comparing to lebron..... he doesn't have the highest vertical in the nba....
+Be Cool if your asking that then dwight howard can touch the top too...
uhh most of them do? Vertical is a big factor in the nba, atlas for most players.
+Ryan Smith Agreed Ryan. His arm span and height are both great. He does probably have the highest reach but we could never be sure about the his vert.
i'm still bothered by the 112-79 score
So sick!
Simply not human
2:22 his head is on the square on the backboard OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
EJ Sirngot wow wth lol
He is over 6 feet tall, his arms are another 2 or 3 feet long extended. thats over 9 feet of length. So technically he only jumped around 4 feet or less.
He is the highest reacher, not jumper. what's his vertical?
"only around 4 feet"
lmao 4 x 12 = 48in ... that's fukn BOUNCE
Bruh unless his arms popping out of the sides of his head his reach is not 9 feet, it's probably around 8'2. Most NBA centers can barely reach 9'4 so unless this dude got a 7'8 wingspan he ain't gettin 9ft reach.
Victor Garcia you forgot to account for his head height, so you're agrument is invalid
Impressive!!!
This guy is the man!!!
jumping 13 feet high don't mean shit if you cannot play ball
or football and baseball
exactly...
+Salvador Perez just means he can jump like a kangaroo!
+Salvador Perez can you play ball? or touch a 13 ft backboard? No? ok
+John Johnson I can play ball...that's about it..I don't need to jump that high...
What's even more amazing, Earl Manigault was only 6'1''.
Mans looked at least 6’5
@@lockinn-8612 😂😂😂😂
6'9
What about Dennis Johnson
Exactly... We superhuman god made us in his image.. We are the supreme being.
Propz my Dude!! Whoa!!!!!
I remember playing pick up bball games with at the Del Mar Boys & Girls Club in Pasadena when he was in Jr High School. He always could jump.
His whole head is over the rim 5:30
@5:31
Nope , bad angle makes it appear that way
y not you're dumb.
@@ynot6781 how is that a bad angle? The bell is next to the backboard so he should be close to touch it
The stick needs to be stationary. The guy holding it definitely leans the pole forward.
Dude this guy can reach to the heavens
Wow!!!
So many haters well let me see you do it!!!
Roy Orkes Jr. i yave done it
but we dont boast about it like he did
@@dawsonleonardi5053 that's very impressive if you done it I know I can't but I felt like the crowd did more boasting than him kind of like they were proud of him
@@dawsonleonardi5053 no you didn't. he was the first.