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Anthony Jerome Webb (born on July 13, 1963 in Dallas, Texas), better known as Spud Webb, is a retired American NBA professional basketball point guard. He is currently the President of Basketball Operations for the Texas Legends, a new D-League basketball franchise in Frisco, Texas.

 

Even MJ can’t hold a poker face.

Webb was the shortest person to compete in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He won the event in 1986. His participation surprised the media; including his teammate and defending dunk champion Dominique Wilkins, who had “never seen me dunk before,” Webb said. His dunks included the elevator two-handed double pump dunk, the one-handed off the backboard one-handed jam, a 360-degree helicopter one-handed dunk, a 180-degree reverse double-pump slam, and finally, the 180-degree reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor. He defeated Wilkins with two perfect 150-point scores in the final round. Atlanta coach Mike Fratello said, “Spud kind of duped him. He told Wilkins he never had anything prepared, didn’t practice for it. So, Wilkins maybe thought his normal assortment would be good enough to get through”. Twenty years after Webb’s victory in the Slam Dunk contest, he trained New York Knicks point guard Nate Robinson (who stands at 5 feet 9 inches tall) to win the event. Webb tossed the ball to Robinson, who leaped over Webb and dunked, earning 50 points from the judges. Robinson went on to win, making him, and Spud the only two people in basketball history under six feet to win a slam dunk contest.

Webb was a judge for the 2010 Dunk contest in Dallas. It was the first time the event has been in Dallas since Webb’s win in 1986.

And Nate….

Spuds protege..

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