Doug Thomas
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You scared me for a second, Bird. I’m used to seeing “senseless” on HALO when it’s just a person’s name in the subject line. Regardless, Doug is/was a hell of an athlete. Dude could throw it down with the best of them.
sorry brah, except for the Ulis commit, things have been a little slow. (i guess being in top 5 for both foster and jackson is newsworthy for a new york minute!)
That dunk that starts it off (vs MSU and #5 in the count) is legendary and should be. He catches it 3/4 up the backboard before bringing it down. Don’t think even Cook soared that high.
Yes, that one had a high degree of difficulty for sure
Saw him play several times when he was at Southeastern Community College in Burlington. Man he was electric. Ran the floor like a 5' 10" point Guard and leaped out of the building.He threw down some beauties that's for sure
This video shows how great carver can be
Thunder Doug could get real high (and he had a amazing vertical leap too).... Tyler was much better in being a scorer rather than just a dunker. His ability to drive with either hand and finish is why I always liked Tyler... he was that consistent jump shot away from being nearly impossible to defend.
Thomas got amazingly high and dunked with a lot of power, with Tyler it didn't seem to me about how high he got but moreso how quickly he gets there. In traffic the ball was through the rim almost before the defender could react.
Agree with this. Tyler was the more impressive game dunker because he could make an isolation move that ended with a dunk on someone. He was a very sudden jumper.
Doug generally needed someone to set him up for a dunk. And he might have gotten higher, but less suddenness, and less appearance of power.
Tyler was the most ‘explosive’ dunker in Iowa history. Doug probably the highest leaper.
Watching DT at the Fieldhouse was fun. I don't know if he was challenged to a dunk contest or just started doing it but I thought he was going to smash a backboard.
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