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NBA Slam Dunk Champion Spud Webb Joins Vintage Breaks and Opens Packs

Written by Monte Jennings | Mar 6, 2022 9:43:40 PM

Basketball icon and Slam Dunk champion, Spud Webb, joined us to tell stories about his career and open packs of cards live on the show. Watch the video to hear Spud tell us how he got picked to be in the dunk contest and see if he pulls any big cards from his pack!

While we were breaking live from The Philly show, NBA star Spud Webb sat down with Leighton to talk about winning the 1986 Slam Dunk contest while standing at just 5'7" tall, his career, playing against Michael Jordan and opening up a pack of 1989 Fleer looking for his own card.  In the video you can hear Spud talk about:

  • Overcoming negative people that thought he was too short to play basketball
  • How he was selected for the Dunk Contest
  • Choosing the dunks he threw down in the contest
  • Playing against Michael Jordan
  • Why he thinks MJ, Bird and Magic have a killer instinct 
  •  Appearing on Johnny Carson
  • Signing autographs at his current job as a General Manager

 

Doc Rivers told him he'd never live down winning the dunk contest as a rookie in 1986. You DO instantly think of Spud winning the contest and forget he played 800 games in the NBA over a 12-year span! Spud could hoop, though, and his stats back that up. You can't play 800 games in the NBA if all you could do is dunk a few times during All-Star weekend.

Thank you for stopping by to tell us a few stories from your career, Spud! 

 

If you'd like to try and pull a Spud Webb rookie or the coveted MICHAEL JORDAN rookie card, we have a set break of 1986-87 Fleer on our site now! You can get all of the info and buy your spots here:

 

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