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Galis' vertical jump?

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Does anyone have any idea about Galis' vertical jump?

how about other great players' of the era to make the comparison?
 
KokkinosVasilias said:
Does anyone have any idea about Galis' vertical jump?

how about other great players' of the era to make the comparison?
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I don't know if you mean simply Galis' amazing jump stop. But if u mean that, he was indeed able to run full speed and suddenly jump keeping his body in a vertical position and thus having higher chances to score (his 2shots percentage in most of the tournaments he participated was between 65-70%!. He was taking generally speaking very few 3point shots and most of the years had an 86-93% in Free throws!). He could take the shot in 3 "different times" (placing the ball in front of him, above his head or behind). He could control his body movements as well as the ball in an unprecedented manner while in the air (I haven't seen that not even among NBA players since then) and he could easily take a shot in front of anybody regardless of how tall was the opponent. Any "short" player that I know of usually has to avoid a taller defender to take the shot. Galis didn't mind that... Even the great Drazen Petrovic was amazing in avoiding big players with his excelling dribbling but not in shooting in front of them...
Galis ability to shoot vertically was partly due to his talent and partly due to his AMAZINGLY strong legs. It is said that he could lift easily more than 200 kilos in a squat position.
I have personally seen him dunking the ball in a really impressive way in the warm-up of one of the very first q/finals of a Greek team in a European competition (Aris-Livorno in Korac Cup back in 1984 if not mistaken). His head reached relatively close to the rim!
A demonstration of his excelling jump-shot is very well demonstrated in an impressive videotape of the game between Greece-North Carolina back in 1984 (I am talking about the game in Thessaloniki because they also played a game in Athens, Sporting's court). It is a interesting tape to watch since Galis had to face some of the greatest stars of the NCAA and then of the NBA (Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Dauherty,etc). At some point Jordan got angry that Galis was scoring that easily and he tried to play a strong defense on him but it was just impossible to stop him. Despite the fact that the game was a friendly one and Galis didn't seem to take it so seriously it is still impressive. It obliged Jordan to acknowledge after the end of the game that he was never expecting to find such an impressive offensive player in Europe, moreover in Greece...
 
good post

i was talking if anyone knows how high he could jump?
 
I dont know how much and I never heard of how much but... :o seeing his videos,and how high his heel reaches in comparison to him standing before jumping I'd estimate it to about 100 cm which for that time should have been extremely good.Besides that I think that the reason for his fg's was his on-air balance and shooting style
 
Leuteris said:
I don't know if you mean simply Galis' amazing jump stop. But if u mean that, he was indeed able to run full speed and suddenly jump keeping his body in a vertical position and thus having higher chances to score (his 2shots percentage in most of the tournaments he participated was between 65-70%!. He was taking generally speaking very few 3point shots and most of the years had an 86-93% in Free throws!). He could take the shot in 3 "different times" (placing the ball in front of him, above his head or behind). He could control his body movements as well as the ball in an unprecedented manner while in the air (I haven't seen that not even among NBA players since then) and he could easily take a shot in front of anybody regardless of how tall was the opponent. Any "short" player that I know of usually has to avoid a taller defender to take the shot. Galis didn't mind that... Even the great Drazen Petrovic was amazing in avoiding big players with his excelling dribbling but not in shooting in front of them...
Galis ability to shoot vertically was partly due to his talent and partly due to his AMAZINGLY strong legs. It is said that he could lift easily more than 200 kilos in a squat position.
I have personally seen him dunking the ball in a really impressive way in the warm-up of one of the very first q/finals of a Greek team in a European competition (Aris-Livorno in Korac Cup back in 1984 if not mistaken). His head reached relatively close to the rim!
A demonstration of his excelling jump-shot is very well demonstrated in an impressive videotape of the game between Greece-North Carolina back in 1984 (I am talking about the game in Thessaloniki because they also played a game in Athens, Sporting's court). It is a interesting tape to watch since Galis had to face some of the greatest stars of the NCAA and then of the NBA (Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins, Dauherty,etc). At some point Jordan got angry that Galis was scoring that easily and he tried to play a strong defense on him but it was just impossible to stop him. Despite the fact that the game was a friendly one and Galis didn't seem to take it so seriously it is still impressive. It obliged Jordan to acknowledge after the end of the game that he was never expecting to find such an impressive offensive player in Europe, moreover in Greece...
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Hey I noticed your old post on Galis.

Do you have a copy of those games of Galis vs UNC?

I would LOVE to see those games and even highlights of them.

Do you know how much he scored and how he shot? vs Jordan as well?

Do you know why he got drafted so low in the NBA when he did so well in college?

Thanks
 
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