A Graceful Reverse or a Powerful Slam?

Basketball is game highlighted by individual brilliance. Players who can change the complexion of the game with one magical move are the players we idolize; players whom we pay homage to. There are many highlights in the game of basketball and I'd like to think it's sport with the best set of highlights. Who would want to watch the Top 10 goals, homeruns, or touchdowns when all of them look exactly the same. Yes, to some extent there may be some degree of difficulty but it is only in the game of basketball where you can see people defying gravity. Players who hang in the air for an extra second or two and magically finish when they're about to land back on the ground.  

Now the debate sparks, what do the fans prefer? Do you prefer a powerful tomahawk jam or a seemingly impossible reverse lay-up? For me,  this is a no brainer. I highly prefer the reverse lay-up. Yes, I may seem like a lunatic, or am I, in picking this but the art of defying gravity is something worth marveling. Honestly speaking, many people can dunk the ball, in the NBA that is, and not many people are able to flick the ball when their eyes aren't looking at the target. 

Personally, I love dunks and I don't think no play can entice the crowd as much as a powerful dunk. My favorite dunk of all-time would have to be when a young Vince Carter jumped over a 7'2 center in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. That was Air Canada before the knee injuries and before, he never fails to amaze me on how he gets to elevate at that height at finish with power! 

Enough with the admiration for all the powerful dunkers in basketball history, Dr. J, Dominique, His Airness, Air Canada, The King, and even Air Up There! Let's go into my favorite reverse lay-up of all-time and it coincidently comes from one of the best dunkers of all-time, Michael Jordan. 

Jordan revolutionized the way we played basketball. The baggy shorts, the signature shoes, the arm bands, the tongue among many others but he also changed basketball. We attribute the success and the start of dunking to Julius Erving but I believe Jordan was the one who made a connection with the fans and allowed the fans to get in the game thus increasing the popularity of the dunk. 

MJ is not only known for his flashy dunks but also his acrobatic reverse lay-ups with "hangtime". Below is the video of my personal favorite MJ reverse. #nuffsaid He just magically makes  the crowd go insane and that is the power of the reverse lay-up.