2020年4月29日 · Kurland may be credited with basketball’s first dunk, but the first one made in an organized basketball game belongs to the NBA’s Joe Fortenberry. While training for the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, he dunked the ball into the net like someone “dunking their roll into a …

2023年3月23日 · Who made the first dunk in NBA history? The first documented dunk in NBA history was made by Joe Fortenberry of the Harlem Globetrotters during a game against the New York Renaissance on December 5, 1936. However, dunks were not officially counted as a statistic in the NBA until the 1970-71 season.

It wasn’t until the late 60s that the modern dunk was invented, and it wasn’t invented in the NBA. In 1967 owners in many smaller cities that could not lure an NBA team, formed their own league. The American Basketball Association or ABA as it become called was made up of many players who were said not good enough to be in the NBA.

2024年12月14日 · The distinction of being the first player to dunk in an NBA game often goes to George Mikan, a Minneapolis Lakers center known for his towering presence and scoring prowess. Mikan, playing in the late 1940s and early 1950s, utilized his height advantage to perform what could be considered early versions of the dunk [2] .

2011年3月31日 · Erving created a wide array of moves that other basketball players after him decided to mimic. Other ABA and NBA stars soon followed suit in developing a repertoire of dunks. Darryl Dawkins gained notoriety in 1979 for shattering two different backboards on dunks and forcing the NBA to install breakaway rims.

2025年1月3日 · After all this searching, I realized that pinpointing the first dunk in NBA history is tough. There’s no definitive record or video clip like we have today. But figuring out that Joe Fortenberry was the first to dunk in a major game was pretty cool. It’s like finding the origin of something that’s such a big part of basketball now.

The first ever dunk in NBA history was made by Julius Erving in 1976. Erving, also known as Dr. J, was a star forward for the Philadelphia 76ers and is widely considered one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

2020年1月17日 · Jack Inglis performed the first slam dunk in history… with a little help from the cage. According to author Bill Gutman, Inglis “jumped up alongside the basket, grabbed the cage,...

2023年3月21日 · In the late 1940s, the NBA was just starting to establish itself as the premier professional basketball league in the world. It would be a few years, however, before the first big-time dunker...

2014年2月15日 · Joe Fortenberry, a 6’8” Texan who captained the U.S. team in the 1936 Olympics, is widely believed to be the first person to dunk in an organized game.