Dr. J reflects on the art of the slam dunk | Exclusive

Who better to talk about the art of the slam dunk than our own Dr. Jay. Check out this action news exclusive. I've sort of just have resigned myself to being a professional on and off the court going out trying to do my job and doing it as well as I can. It involves trying to be a complete player. Every time he steps out on the court now he wants to put on a good show and give the fans something I take that as a compliment. I think one of the things that helped help me when I hit the pro stage was that the dunk had been taken out of basketball in college. As a little kid in an eight-foot basket then eventually I could dunk on a 10-foot basket and you know I thought I was hot stuff and then when I got to college they had this guy out UCLA and they were trying to neutralize him so they took the dunk shot out of basketball. My two varsity seasons at UMass I couldn't dunk the ball. Just dunk the ball in warm-ups sophomore year and then my junior year they took it out of the warm-ups. They were like you guys gonna start the game with a technical foul if anybody dunks this ball. So it was crazy and most people don't know about or forgot about it. When I left after my junior year I went to Rucker Park in New York and the dunk was in the game you know it was like you could dunk in some of the games. So when I got to my first team the ABA the Virginia Squires it was really like the chains had been taken off. Those two years of no dunking in college I was making up for it in two weeks. So somebody was going to catch it and lots of times it was a bigger guy, a stronger guy. I'd see those guys on the basket I'm going in there I ain't going to stay out here shooting those set shots or whatever I could shoot that anytime. Let me go in and strut my stuff and sometimes you know I end up flat on my back but most of the time it didn't happen like that. I was able to finish what I started and it became one of my signature moves taking the baseline coming up on the other side and I still was inspired by Elgin Baylor and Connie Hawkins. I was born with the big hands and big feet so I had to use them for something. That was Tim Madder one of our many talented photojournalists. Share your ideas online at 6abc.com slash your story. Man Dr. J was very very exciting story. Explosive and a legend you just watch those highlights over and over again yeah all right nice job by Tim.