SU's greatest leapers

[AlaskaSU]

leaping has two relevant components: height, and pogo stick ability, springiness or reload quickness.
Stevie wins, but Seikaly was no slouch in quickness to get off his second jump. Scouts noted his live legs. DC might have had the most pogo stick ability given how many rebounds he snared. Among the pros, it would have to be The Worm.

 

[CuseMan4]

I mean I don’t know how Warrick hasn’t been mentioned yet. I think he is the greatest leaper we’ve had. Jerami Grant is right up there with him.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

Just saw this & figured I’d post here. I know it’s Pitt but the fact that it’s vs. G’Town should negate that (okay, probably not). Buffalo native Page, I recall watching this live. Look at Boumjte-Boumjte’s face in the still photo.

 

[20Plus]

Tony Scott was 45
Dave Johnson was 44

 

[OrangeDW]

Just saw this & figured I’d post here. I know it’s Pitt but the fact that it’s vs. G’Town should negate that (okay, probably not). Buffalo native Page, I recall watching this live. Look at Boumjte-Boumjte’s face in the still photo.

Page, unfortunately, had some really big games against Cuse over the years. Hit some big 3’s.

Fortunately, he finally sucked in that epic 2003 win over them.

 

[Toga]

Page, unfortunately, had some really big games against Cuse over the years. Hit some big 3’s.

Fortunately, he finally sucked in that epic 2003 win over them.

Was it Page who elicited the "shiit looks good" half court shot comment from McNeil?

 

[OrangeDW]

Was it Page who elicited the "shiit looks good" half court shot comment from McNeil?

Brandon Knight, I believe.

 

[Eric15]

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

Post of the month on Syracusefan.com.

 

[hoopsupstate]

David Johnson and Tony Scott were pretty good too.

 

[cuseattle]

Stevie. Maybe cuz he seemed to rise forever.

 

[OrangeDW]

Who on syracusefan.com is the greatest leaper?

Bjorn. Legend has it, he could school Brandon Reese.

Also: Shoutout to popag. If half of Allen Griffin’s genes came from him, then he surely could get off the floor in his day?

But still... Bjorn.

 

[OrangeDW]

Best in game leapers I remember are Thompson and Warrick. Wes, Grant, and Johnson as the next guys. CJ Fair could get up in games too. Wallace as well.

Bruin is before my time, but I buy it.

Special shout out to Michael Lloyd.

MCW seems hard to believe. Great player, but he didn’t really utllize the leaping ability beyond that fast break dunk at Louisville.

 

[PoppyHart]

I remember being at MSG for the Preseason NIT game against Indiana in 1988 (aka the Sherm between the legs game). Much of the crowd had dispersed so we were able to sneak down to one of the first few rows. In mop up time, David Johnson got a rebound and went up flat footed for a 2 handed slam. It was like he was shot out of a rocket. I was in awe.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

I mean I don’t know how Warrick hasn’t been mentioned yet. I think he is the greatest leaper we’ve had. Jerami Grant is right up there with him.

Hak. Best dunker. Not necessarily best leaper. He had a lot of length with those long arms. Although he had a great leap to have the best blocked shot in Cuse history.

 

[Trueblue25]

Gbinije got up high but was the king of missed dunks

 

[Shark58]

A leaper, you know, a caddy, a leaper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself.

 

[orangefog]

A leaper, you know, a caddy, a leaper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself.

Big jumper, the Lama.

 

[Oakland]

I'll vote for Stevie no matter what the vert measure is, but do want to point out that J McNeil's vert was supposedly 2" higher than Hak's.

Stevie, Wes, and Hak.

 

[OrangeDW]

Gbinije got up high but was the king of missed dunks

We all remember the dunk on Mike Rosario at Rutgers, but Flynn missed a ton of dunks too.

He could really leap though. But he was a little guy and he wanted to dunk on everybody! He finally got one at the RAC.

 

[kuethstheman]

Reggie Powell could get up!

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

MCW seems hard to believe. Great player, but he didn’t really utllize the leaping ability beyond that fast break dunk at Louisville.

That was clutch but this one from his frosh year at the end of a blowout in MSG was probably his best. Agreed though that they were few & far between.

 

[W'boro'Cuse315]

We all remember the dunk on Mike Rosario at Rutgers, but Flynn missed a ton of dunks too.

He could really leap though. But he was a little guy and he wanted to dunk on everybody! He finally got one at the RAC.

The one he missed near the end of his final game in the tourney vs OU comes to mind. Off a bad wheel, he tried to take out every ounce of frustration on the rim. Not sure I’ve ever seen an SU player his size hang in the air like that, Stevie included.

 

[OrangeDW]

That was clutch but this one from his frosh year at the end of a blowout in MSG was probably his best. Agreed though that they were few & far between.

Good one!! I’d forgotten about that.

 

[STEVEHOLT]

Paul Harris. Although the rims would argue otherwise.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Hakim recorded a 38 inch vertical