Questions - Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) Discussion

[–] m_urka 18 years ago

I believe he was called The Goat because of how the end of his last name sounds, at least that's what I remember from the movie.

"Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of $hit"

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[–] H_Town_Ryder 18 years ago

cant remember if he could dunk 15 feet or easily put a dollar at 15 feet. i think it was around there.

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[–] thunderslug4ever 18 years ago

Dr J and Kareem have said Earl could take 4 quarters off the top of the backboard.

Top of the backboard is 12 feet.

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[–] lkiezy 18 years ago

15. LOL, his vert was 52' I believe.

Jordan 44

Dominique Wilkins 48

Clyde Drexler 42

Julius Erving 41

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[–] tommivienola 18 years ago

Iverson 44

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[–] blakewright 17 years ago

Streetballa' the Bakers' Dozen=56 inches.

6'3" white boy from Colorado...you'd better recognize!

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[–] ctmtgloans 17 years ago

Kareem said that he was only one of 4 (I think it was 4...or some other small number) of people who could snag money from the top of a backboard.

I also recall him being able to replace it with something else. So he would have to get both hands up there.

My memory is shot though...so I may be remembering the conversation poorly.

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[–] thecottonfamily 17 years ago

How's about David Thompson's vertical?

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[–] usherman 16 years ago

His probably compares to the goat. I believe Thompson had the highest leap in the history of the NBA though I dont know how high that is. Also, how high was Spud Webbs leap? He was 5'8 and he could dunk.

Ok I looked it up: Thompson 48, Spud Webb 46, Jordan 48. Some foreign guy is the current record holder at 61 named Kadour Ziani. Btw Randy Moss: 51.

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[–] usherman 16 years ago

Heres the whole list of NBA players since they started measuring:

Michael Jordan
48" (122 cm)

Spudd Webb
46"

Dee Brown
44"

Harold Miner
44"

Vince Carter
43"

Steve Francis
43"

Antonio McDyess
42"

Dominique Wilkins
42"

Allen Iverson
41" (104 cm)

Dr. J
41"

Julius Erving
41"

Shawn Kemp
40" (102 cm)

Larry Nance
40"

Rex Chapmann
39"

Kobe Bryant
38"

Desmond Mason
38"

Ralph Sampson
36"

Daryl Dawkins
34"

Shaquille Oneal
32"

Lamar Odom
32"

Magic Johnson
30"

Karl Malone
28"

Larry Bird
28"

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[–] bdy0024 10 years ago

You do realize that Dr. J is Julius Erving right? Lol

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[–] don-in-japan 17 years ago

His name is Earl Manigault, and during high school when asked his name he said "Manigault" - the listener thought he said "Nanny Goat", and it stuck. Thus, "The Goat".
And yes, his vertical was rumored to have been 52 inches.

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[–] BigEasy1203 16 years ago

No one really knows what his vertical was. A lot of the stuff that gets thrown around is legend and rumor, which tends to be embellished. Since the highest recorded vertical leaps tend to top out at about 50 inches, it's not likely that he was able to go much higher than that.

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[–] gregarebernik 13 years ago

I think that isn't true...Kadour Ziani's vertical leap is supposed to be almost 60 inches.

Concerning the Goat, I guess we'll never know, but it is possible he could have had a vertical leap as high as 54 inches in theory...

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[–] BigEasy1203 13 years ago

All I'm saying is that if something isn't documented then I tend to be skeptical. Those verticals that someone listed above are all documented. Someone actually measured them. I'm not saying The Goat could not do those things for sure, just that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

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[–] don-in-japan 10 years ago

Whilst 52 inches is unlikely, it's absolutely not beyond the realm of possibility.
I do agree that it's probably been inflated a bit over the years...

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[–] merlewilliams42 11 years ago

Some people couldn't pronounce his last name right, so they start calling him the "Goat" and it just took off from there...

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