So large was his need for tickets to the NBA All-Star Game in Dallas that he hit up his trusted local scalpers for three tickets for his sisters, two for his brothers and one apiece for his parents.
The scalpers even threw in a hometown discount. Webb was returning home to participate in the All-Star Game festivities, and he needed his family, who owned a convenience store in South Dallas, there to witness it. The shortest man in the NBA was a perfect 9-for-9 in dunk contests to that point in his basketball career. So the 5-foot-7 Webb came into the NBA Slam Dunk Contest not only looking for his 10th victory but also perfect 10s from the judges too.
And so it went. For his final shot, he stretched his arm at midcourt and got ready to take flight. A one-handed, overhand bounce pass made a pit stop on the ground before connecting with the backboard and, like a yo-yo, returning to his outstretched hand. All of his college success caught the attention of North Carolina State University, who eventually offered Spud Webb a scholarship. Webb played a total of 12 seasons in the NBA and he had a very solid career.
He played in games and averaged 9. Spud Webb was, and still remains, the third shortest player to ever play in the NBA. Only Earl Boykins and Muggsy Bogues were shorter. With a vertical leap of 42 inches, he stole the show and to date is the shortest player to ever enter the dunk contest. He defeated Dominique Wilkins with two perfect point scores in the final round.
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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 off-the-backboard one-handed jam, a degree helicopter one-handed dunk, a reverse double-pump slam, and finally, the reverse two-handed strawberry jam from a lob bounce off the floor. He defeated Wilkins with two perfect 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.
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