Tyler Cook
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he was the quickest hopper I ever saw at Iowa. My favorite dunker over Gerry Wright. That is why I was shocked at his 32 inch vertical at the combine.
that would explain it. he was so explosive off the hop. and a violent dunker. he gave me more holy f**k dunks than anyone.
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I remember Mac McCausland telling us that we'd see a lot of Cook dunks during an early game. He was so right.
Old-timers may remember Clay Hargrave. He had some serious vertical. Officially listed at 6'4", but may not have been quite that tall. I remember hearing that he could touch the top of the backboard, but I don't know if that's true. Regardless, as a junior he led the B1G in rebounding, and he was going up against the likes of Kevin McHale, Mychal Thompson, and Joe Barry Carroll. He threw down some thundering dunks, too, when it became legal again. Dunking was verboten 1967-76.
It wasn't like it was a secret
I know. Just repeating what Mac stated during the game.
Cook dunk alot with his left hand which looked made his dunks look so entertaining
It wasn't like it was a secret
I remember drooling after seeing this edit when Cook was a recruit.
The last clip in that edit is my favorite Cook dunk for its pure beauty than add to it was in the BTT against Illinois which made it a coup de grace.
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Big fan but he always drove me a little nuts. His biggest problem was he tried to be something he wasn't, especially his last season, and that was thinking he was the offense. Trying to take people off the dribble, shooting mid-range shots, etc. If he just would have focused all his energy on running, rebounding, banging down low, blocking shots, etc, he could have been an all timer.
Regardless he was a really good Hawk and i was really happy to see him get a little run with the Bulls because he had a few of those dunks in his time there which was awesome
Regardless he was a really good Hawk and i was really happy to see him get a little run with the Bulls because he had a few of those dunks in his time there which was awesome
Fran looks enthused with what's transpiring and he's wearing a suit
You better be thinking of Doug Thomas and shame on everyone for not bringing him up yet.
He and Tony Moeaki had an impromptu dunk contest at the Field House. It was insanely fun to watch.
Sir Jam-A-Lot was an awesome defensive weapon at the back end of Dr. Tom's full court press. He swatted away a LOT of shots when opponents thought they had broken the press.
TBF, in grad school, the strength and conditioning coach told us (the advanced strength and conditioning students) that the vert stats that are reported are often BS.
Not at all to say his vert wasn't good. Just that many of the reported numbers are very often not accurate. Cook's vert may not have been super high, but perhaps his fast twitch muscle movements/acceleration made up for not having a very high vert jump number on paper.
As was his teammate Jayson Tatum. Well, not really. I know a guy who'd go and watch Cook in HS and tell me that Tatum was NBA ready as a Jr.
I watched a lot of their games online back then.
They had a 7 footer that went D1 as well.
That front line was massive... but Tatum basically played on the perimeter.