On yesterday’s episode of “This is Kentucky Basketball,” UK put Kenny Walker and Malik Monk in a room and had them talk about dunking the basketball. It’s even better than I hoped it be. Walker — the 1989 NBA Slam Dunk Champion — and Monk watch a highlight reel of Monk’s dunks from this season, swap strategies, and talk about how something that is nearly impossible for 99% of humans comes so easily to them.
Kenny: “You said you had your first dunk when you were 5’10”, so you’ve been doing it pretty much –”
Monk: “For a long time”
Kenny: “So it’s just natural, you know for you.