Better Dunker: Rudy Gay or Andre Iguodala?

NBA, Video / Sep 17, 2008 / 12:47 pm

By Austin Burton

Exhibit A: Rudy Gay

Exhibit B: AI2

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38 Responses to “Better Dunker: Rudy Gay or Andre Iguodala?”

September 17th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

dukesman2000 says:

A.I
September 17th, 2008 at 1:15 pm

ERIC says:

Dime – i see you are trying to offer videos within the same timelength, however consider the sample sizes.

Rudy Gay shown 10 dunks
Iggy shown close to 50 dunks.

There are plenty of youtube links that do “top 10 dunks by….”. Please either make both contestants “top 10″ or the “compilation” so its fair. Those would be better for an equal sample size and not potentially sway the vote.

With that said, I’d still vote for Iggy’s body of work.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Suciniac says:

Andre “I got robbed” Iguodala.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Al says:

Andre , the guy is on another level
September 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

shake&bake says:

Iggy Iggy Iggy, that dunk off the back of the backboard was the shit.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

Austin Burton says:

@Eric — I always try to find identical clips, but in this case, there was no Iguodala “Top 10″ that included his Dunk Contest work and some of his more recent dunks. Similarly, the longer Rudy Gay clips I found didn’t include the summer-league dunk over Yi or the Scola/Mutombo dunk. But I still think both clips give you an idea of each guy’s repertoire.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Al says:

Andre’s brother Frank can fly as well , I saw him play in college a few years ago in the Atlantic 10
September 17th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Arrogant says:

I agree wit eric… AI2 got music and special effects.. and a ton more dunks.

But this one is a hard one… they are both athletic as hell.. id go AI2
September 17th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

lukepo says:

Not even close its Rudy Gay
September 17th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

A-Slam says:

Definately Rudy Gay, I find his dunks look very similar to when Lebron James dunks it, the way he cocks it back to far.
September 17th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Al says:

Dime : You guys should do a best team not to win the NBA title recently with the 2000 Blazers and the 2002 Kings
September 17th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

Kevin says:

I agree with Eric, bad choice of videos.. or if there isn’t a good enough ONE then put two for each. Not including Rudy’s college dunks wasn’t fair, and that was a crappy vid of Iggy.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Austin Burton says:

It’s called “YouTube” and “your memory.” I’m just putting up samples.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

Ian says:

i think these 2 are tied
September 17th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

raf says:

playin Chris brown to a dunk mix??
September 17th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

Arrogant says:

Yea i i feel u Austin….. my bad

Kenyon Martin (back in his NJ days) vs KG or someone
September 17th, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Kudabeen says:

Rudy has the best two dunks of the players, but Dre I is the better overall dunker. People aren’t foolish enough to think they can muscle him or jump with him at this point. Rudy caught to “green” international players in their first years pretty bad…Nasty, but Dre I is about two inches shorter and has more power with as much ups…

Little better video. Has Dre I’s behind the back dunk…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhNDwrh8LbA&feature=related

@ A-Slam

Dre I Cocks it back crazy too. Usually in a mini windmill style…

Iguodala is better than everyone in the league not named Vince Carter…Josh Smith is a signature dunk and some ball handling from taking the top spot…
September 17th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

ERIC says:

@ Austin – “It’s called youtube and your memory” hahahaah, well said.
September 17th, 2008 at 3:28 pm

Diego says:

Man, folks have been beating up on Dime lately. It may be a slow time in the NBA and people are bitching about it, but looks like everybody is still logging onto dimemag.com!

Keep up the good work Austin!
September 17th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

marcus the great says:

rudy’s clip wasnt that impressive except for the last 2 or 3. iggy gets the nod jus for a dunk i saw him ALMOST pull off (behind the back in mid air, think it was at a charity game in canada) sick
September 17th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

GEE...currently pop locking and then the windmill! says:

Diego I second that. Lotta cats just trying to find a reason. Like Wayne said (neva thought I would quote him) “They hatin like a city cop”.

Anyway In game wise and Dunk contest wise you got to go A.I.

Very few cats that can bring it in game and in the contest legit.
September 17th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

smity far away says:

iguadola…
September 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Quest??? says:

i dont even have to watch this videos, its no contest andre winss my a mile
September 17th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

Jer 'boi says:

you don’t see AI posterizing people in games like Rudy. Yes he had the better dunk contest dunks, that behind the backboard thing was crazy, but Rudy has had nastier dunks in games. Rudy is the better dunker.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:02 pm

kobeef says:

In a game setting Rudy is better and it isn’t even close. The top of Rudy’s jump puts his hand about 2 feet above the rim.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

GrizzFan says:

Rudy makes his dunks look way more effortless and easy. AI dunks with more authority and power but more so b/c he is much smaller and not as fluid as Rudy. So i guess it is just a matter of which type of dunker you like. Both are athletic dunkers but Id have to say Rudy is the more skilled dunker and AI uses more raw power.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

sans says:

I thought this was going to be closer, but iggy does more dunks, and is lacking in size compared to Rudy. Rudy makes shit look too easy. When iggy crowns somebody it always looks so much worse than when Rudy does it.
September 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pm

Heaven Is A Playground says:

AI2 wins this contest by a long shot. Iggy has some crazy dunks on some top bigs in the NBA, and he cocks that shit way back. If you want evidence of this, I advise people to watch some more clips of Iggy.

I know this is an old topic, but that’s bullshit that AI2 lost the dunk contest to Nate Robinson, seriously who gives a damn if he’s 5 foot 9 and he can dunk.
September 17th, 2008 at 7:05 pm

D.H. says:

All that second video does is make me dislike Nate even more . . .

AI without a doubt.
September 17th, 2008 at 10:28 pm

Magnifico says:

A.I. wins this. Behind the backboard dunk, enough said.

How about Baron vs. Franchise? Or Gerald Green vs. JR Smith?
September 18th, 2008 at 12:45 am

Dennis Castro says:

“Kenny Smith is a diabolical hater!”
September 18th, 2008 at 3:59 am

solomon says:

AI2…

coz rudy’s a gay…
September 18th, 2008 at 4:14 am

solomon says:

by the way, both ain’t got jack against the pat garrity mixtape…
September 18th, 2008 at 4:16 am

sosa says:

AI…HOWEVER U WANT IT, HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE OVER GAY…QUANTITY, POWER ATHLETICISM, UPS, FINESSE…
September 18th, 2008 at 9:48 am

karizmatic says:

I got to go with Iguadola I’m glad you put this up here though because I had been reading about how Rudy gets it in during games, but this was the first time I watched it, Rudy definitely does his thing.
September 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am

Heaven Is A Playground says:

davis versus franchise would make for a good debate. I would go with boom-dizzle on this onr.
September 18th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

Mike says:

Iggy!

see for yourself:

http://www.squidoo.com/AI2

http://www.squidoo.com/RudyGay
October 5th, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Triney2009 says:

Yeah…Im going with Rudy Gay.