SU's greatest leapers

[Toga]

Gonna lead off with Stevie and Bing. Wes may have been the quickest leaper.

 

[Trueblue25]

Someone post it, someone post the Flynn video.

 

[florange44]

Gonna lead off with Stevie and Bing. Wes may have been the quickest leaper.

Follow up with Red Bruin and Chris Sease

 

[RF2044]

Stevie, Wes, and Hak.

 

[Trueblue25]

Also.

Jerami F’in Grant

 

[721Comstock]

Also.

Jerami F’in Grant

The greatest call - Bilas commenting that “I’m surprised he didn’t burn up on re-entry” after an absurd tip-slam.

 

[Brooky03]

Also.

Jerami F’in Grant

This. I think his vert is likely the highest in Cuse history, or tied for it.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Misread this as SU's greatest lepers.

 

[Trueblue25]

Misread this as SU's greatest lepers.

Ri’shard Anderson, opposing wideouts maintained a separation of 15 yards downfield from him at all times

 

[moqui]

bouncing bobby braswell

 

[orange79]

Stephen Thompson.

It begins and ends there.

 

[orangemass]

bouncing bobby braswell

Brassbals

 

[orangefog]

Who on syracusefan.com is the greatest leaper?

 

[Toga]

Who on syracusefan.com is the greatest leaper?

Does one need to get their entire foot off the floor to be in the hunt?

 

[orangefog]

Does one need to get their entire foot off the floor to be in the hunt?

Maybe just people that could dunk and then their height. And then go from there.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Who on syracusefan.com is the greatest leaper?

Not sure but my search would definitely begin & end on the hoops recruiting board. Or, better yet, the “Jalen Carey Body Language” Thread.

 

[orangefog]

Not sure but my search would definitely begin & end on the hoops recruiting board. Or, better yet, the “Jalen Carey Body Language” Thread.

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Yeah, I was worried about that. I should have clarified. I also shouldn’t have tried to hijack this thread, but I am an inconsiderate bastard (ask my wife).

 

[sutomcat]

Stephen Thompson.

It begins and ends there.

Red Bruin was widely reported to have a 42 inch vertical.

According to this article, Stevie’s was measured at 40.5 inches after his senior season..

MEASURING UP: PROS, PLAYERS GET TRUTH

ORLANDO — Xavier’s Derek Strong stepped off the plane last weekend a 6- foot-10 center. By Wednesday, he was 2 1/2 inches shorter, 11 pounds lighter and a forward. In what has become a …

www.sun-sentinel.com

Wesley’s vertical was measured at 37.5 before he was drafted.

2010 NBA Draft: It's Hard, Just Hard To Dislike Wesley Johnson

If your looking at the top 10 on the board of the 2010 NBA Draft, there are some players with some attitude problems that can flat-out get it done...

bleacherreport.com

 

[rrlbees]

Follow up with Red Bruin and Chris Sease

Definitely. Red above all others.

 

[orange79]

Red Bruin was widely reported to have a 42 inch vertical.

According to this article, Stevie’s was measured at 40.5 inches after his senior season..

MEASURING UP: PROS, PLAYERS GET TRUTH

ORLANDO — Xavier’s Derek Strong stepped off the plane last weekend a 6- foot-10 center. By Wednesday, he was 2 1/2 inches shorter, 11 pounds lighter and a forward. In what has become a …

www.sun-sentinel.com

Wesley’s vertical was measured at 37.5 before he was drafted.

2010 NBA Draft: It's Hard, Just Hard To Dislike Wesley Johnson

If your looking at the top 10 on the board of the 2010 NBA Draft, there are some players with some attitude problems that can flat-out get it done...

bleacherreport.com

Good points. Tony could certainly sky. Maybe it was because Stevie was a tad shorter it seemed he jumped higher.

I would pay to see a contest between Red and Stevie (in their prime).

 

[AZOrange]

Red Bruin was widely reported to have a 42 inch vertical.

According to this article, Stevie’s was measured at 40.5 inches after his senior season..

MEASURING UP: PROS, PLAYERS GET TRUTH

ORLANDO — Xavier’s Derek Strong stepped off the plane last weekend a 6- foot-10 center. By Wednesday, he was 2 1/2 inches shorter, 11 pounds lighter and a forward. In what has become a …

www.sun-sentinel.com

Wesley’s vertical was measured at 37.5 before he was drafted.

2010 NBA Draft: It's Hard, Just Hard To Dislike Wesley Johnson

If your looking at the top 10 on the board of the 2010 NBA Draft, there are some players with some attitude problems that can flat-out get it done...

bleacherreport.com

MCW was 41 at the combine. Don’t recall Southy

 

[Toga]

MCW was 41 at the combine. Don’t recall Southy

Southy was gas propelled.

 

[MSOrange]

Who on syracusefan.com is the greatest leaper?

Even in my wheelchair, I don't consider myself out of the running with this group

 

[Toga]

Even in my wheelchair, I don't consider myself out of the running with this group

Get some lowrider wheels and you advance to at least the 2nd round.

 

[OttoMets]

Mike's Mailbox: Who are the greatest leapers in Syracuse basketball history?

syracusefan.com

"...Flynn... had the best one-step vert at the 2009 combine: 40.0". But that wasn't the best Syracuse performance in recent memory. Michael Carter-Williams measured 41.0". That kind of surprises me. I don't think of him as a crazy leaper. (I remember him as having very long arms, which also isn't true: the kid who was a shade under 6'6" only had a wingspan a little over 6'7". As a comparison, Malachi Richardson was roughly the same height with a 7'0" wingspan.)

Wesley Johnson recorded a top-ten one-step vertical in 2010 (37.0") but his standing vertical was the best of the combine: 32.0". That makes perfect sense to anyone who saw him play - he was a fine athlete but really remarkably quick off the floor from a standstill.

For everyone wondering, Jerami Grant shows no recorded vertical leap test in 2014. Ennis and Fair were both 35.0" from a step.

Obviously this leaves out a ton of kids from an earlier era. I remember that SU used to test this during fall practice. Perhaps the SID has a ranking somewhere."


Wes Johnson is my pick for this century (though Carter-Williams is objectively better). I also remember Jeremy McNeil being rumored to be around 40" from one step.