Dyron Nix threw down the most

[Mose Phillip's Watch]

Thunderous dunks by any Tennessee player ever

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Loved Dyron Nix, one of the first Vol players I remember.

Also wish we could see those uniforms as a throwback again.

 

[JarFly]

Dyron Nix was The Jheri Curl Jammer!

 

[walkenvol]

He is also the poster boy for declaring early for the draft if your graded highly. His stock really dropped after his junior season and it cost him a lot by staying for his senior year.

 

[Stoked]

He is also the poster boy for declaring early for the draft if your graded highly. His stock really dropped after his junior season and it cost him a lot by staying for his senior year.

Scotty Hopson should have done the exact opposite and came back for his senior year.

 

[walkenvol]

Scotty Hopson should have done the exact opposite and came back for his senior year.

Agreed since Hobson didn’t get drafted. Nix was thought to be a first rounder after his SEC POY junior season. Came back and dropped significantly. Like they say - timing is everything!

 

[Capt Whiskey]

"Nix pops and drops" - John Ward

 

[CAVPUT]

Thunderous dunks by any Tennessee player ever

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Only because they banned the dunk for a decade or so until the mid 70s I think. UT had some guys that could get up and were physical players. No telling what some of those guys could have done had that not been the case.

 

[jim pique]

CAVPUT, Can you just see Bernard"King of the Volunteers"bringing rims down.One reason that no dunk rule was in place,Kareem Abdul Jabbar(Lew Alcindor)of UCLA.The dunks he had at Power high school .They power sissies that be believed it gave him too much of an advantage.Therefore,UCLA only won about 8 Ncaa championships in a row,before and after Kareem,and69 straight games won.

 

[Ace]

"Nix pops and drops" - John Ward

Nix clicks

 

[The Dog]

Isiah Victor and Marcus Haislip were vicious dunkers, also. But, Nix led the SEC in rebounding as a Junior, then points as a Senior, iIrc. Impressive

 

[CAVPUT]

CAVPUT, Can you just see Bernard"King of the Volunteers"bringing rims down.One reason that no dunk rule was in place,Kareem Abdul Jabbar(Lew Alcindor)of UCLA.The dunks he had at Power high school .They power sissies that be believed it gave him too much of an advantage.Therefore,UCLA only won about 8 Ncaa championships in a row,before and after Kareem,and69 straight games won.

Exactly right. Along the same lines, we've had some seriously great shooters who would have had insane numbers if the 3 pt shot had been in effect during their day. I will say that I'm not a great fan of today's game and the reliance on the 3pt shot tho. Absolutely despised the Celtics, but have to admit that the McHale, Bird, Parrish, Ainge days were some of the prettiest basketball I've seen. They would be just as successful/dominant today IMO. Of course, I was always an ABA fan. Connie Hawkins, Spencer Haywood and the Doctor were all so much fun to watch. They were showtime before there was a showtime.

 

[Allvols1996]

Been a while since we’ve had that. Fulk, at one point had some amazing put back dunks. Also haven’t seen a lot of Alley Oops. We need some guys who will attach the rim.

 

[GrayWaterCanine]

I vote Ronnie Reese.

 

[Volfan1000]

Thunderous dunks by any Tennessee player ever

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Nix was a baller and I think Tennessee beat out Florida State and Florida for his recruitment.

 

[BowlBrother85]

Nix was a baller and I think Tennessee beat out Florida State and Florida for his recruitment.

Odd that he didn't have an NBA career to speak of. He developed a nice jump shot and became a complete player at Tennessee.

Rest In Peace.

 

[cardvolfan]

Nix was a baller and I think Tennessee beat out Florida State and Florida for his recruitment.

I think Dyron flew a little under the radar during his recruitment and seem to remember neither of those schools were very relevant.

 

[Jravol78]

JP Prince could throw it down with authority too

 

[cncchris33]

JP Prince could throw it down with authority too

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He let everyone know about it, too.

 

[Jravol78]

He let everyone know about it, too.

Hell yes he did !

 

[wmcovol]

CAVPUT, Can you just see Bernard"King of the Volunteers"bringing rims down.One reason that no dunk rule was in place,Kareem Abdul Jabbar(Lew Alcindor)of UCLA.The dunks he had at Power high school .They power sissies that be believed it gave him too much of an advantage.Therefore,UCLA only won about 8 Ncaa championships in a row,before and after Kareem,and69 straight games won.

Alcindor WAS the reason. No school could defend him if he could dunk.

 

[pricevol5]

Any discussion about dunks & Tennessee must include Yves Pons.

 

[imw8n4u]

The Admiral loved posterizing opponents too.

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

Elgrace Wilborn ....in his short time threw down a few vicious dunks. He dunked like he was mad at the rim.

 

[njvols]

In the era of Dr J, Nix was our version