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Shaq Can't Believe 36-Year-Old Gym Teacher's Crazy Bounce | DUNKMAN · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Fresno physit teacher Shota think Clark. At thirty six, he
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  Speaker 1: knows he's an old man in a young man's game,
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  Speaker 1: But this self proclaimed dinosaur the dunk community has no
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  Speaker 1: plans of going extinct.
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  Speaker 2: I'm thirty six years old and i just found out
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  Speaker 2: I'm the oldest in this competition who some of the
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  Speaker 2: dunkers call me unk Pops. My first dunk that I
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  Speaker 2: posted on Instagram actually wasn't a video because Instagram didn't
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  Speaker 2: have videos yet.
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  Speaker 3: Man, I'm dating myself.
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  Speaker 2: I'm embracing this dinosaur of dunking thing because with that
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  Speaker 2: time it has come a lot of wisdom. I've seen,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all that dunking eras, and I've just stood
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  Speaker 2: the test of time. I've learned a lot about my body.
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  Speaker 2: I've learned about discipline and being able to push myself
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  Speaker 2: to be the best that I can be.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm okay with that. I'm a teacher.
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  Speaker 2: I teach middle school and high school physical education. I
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  Speaker 2: tell my students that you can do anything that you
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  Speaker 2: set your mind to. Nothing's impossible. So being a thirty
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  Speaker 2: six year old competing in one of the best dunk
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  Speaker 2: contests in the world, I'm trying to.
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  Speaker 1: Do stopping onto the court.
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  Speaker 3: The dinosaur shot a thing blok pe Teacher by day, dunker.
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  Speaker 4: By night already know the dinosaur. I want to bring
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  Speaker 4: this two.
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  Speaker 3: Hundred K home.
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  Speaker 5: Dude brought out mascots.
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  Speaker 4: He's a legend of the sport ten times dunk contest winner.
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  Speaker 3: That's past past. The teacher understood the assignment.
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  Speaker 4: He did a three sixty spin and then added difficulty
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  Speaker 4: by touching his toes on the way up. He may
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  Speaker 4: be a dinosaur, but he's not extinct yet.
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  Speaker 3: Vince Water, are we giving this dunk?
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  Speaker 6: You're getting in ninety eight because I like what your approach.
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  Speaker 6: I would like to see the leg extended. What that
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  Speaker 6: shows is more hang time, and I think you have
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  Speaker 6: that ability to do it. That's why you get ninety
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  Speaker 6: eight for me, mister Dwight Howard. I loved your duck.
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  Speaker 7: I thought for the first dunk it was like showing
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  Speaker 7: everybody you got bounced. But you wasn't gonna do too
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  Speaker 7: too much yet, so I gave you a ninety eight shack.
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  Speaker 5: I gave you a ninety seven because been a fan
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  Speaker 5: of yours for years. I know what you can do,
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  Speaker 5: but I need to see more out of you.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like they all imparted wisdom on your right.
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  Speaker 1: What did you take from all of that that.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta step it up. I gotta bring something new
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  Speaker 2: for the next dunk. And that's that's what I got.
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  Speaker 1: Playing Jonathan Clark turned were of ninety seven point seven
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  Speaker 1: in the first round. If he's a dinosaur, he's a
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  Speaker 1: pterodactyl because that man can fly.
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  Speaker 3: He's not just a dunker and a teacher. He's also
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  Speaker 3: a dad.
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  Speaker 2: My wife, Dana and I have been married for ten years.
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  Speaker 2: We have two sons together, Jasper and Jonathan. We are
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  Speaker 2: actually expecting another child very soon. Meaning a father is
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  Speaker 2: one of the best feelings ever. It is one of
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  Speaker 2: the coolest accomplishments that I've done in my life. It's Indescribabley.
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  Speaker 1: All right, dinosaur, let's get prehistoric on him. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: your wife Dana is joining us live before this dunk,
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  Speaker 1: because this is not just a dunk, people, this is
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  Speaker 1: a gender reveal dunk.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, when you finish.
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  Speaker 1: This dunk, we are gonna find out if you're.
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  Speaker 3: Having a boy or a girl. What does your family
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  Speaker 3: look like right now?
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  Speaker 2: We have two boys, so to complete the family. It
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  Speaker 2: would be amazing if we could have a baby girl.
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  Speaker 3: We will find out after this dunk. I know your
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  Speaker 3: wife is so excited. I'm so excited. Finally it is
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  Speaker 3: all yours.
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  Speaker 1: Jonathan Vince Carter is out of his seat and anticipation.
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  Speaker 3: Right now, that's well, right ja, this is beautiful. This
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  Speaker 3: is one of those life moments right here.
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  Speaker 6: Have your moment, man, have your moment.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I'm I'm just happy.
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  Speaker 3: I'm blessed.
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  Speaker 2: I have an amazing family and Daniel I love you
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  Speaker 2: so much, and hopefully I come home with a little
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  Speaker 2: bit of extra money for some diapers. We're gonna be
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  Speaker 2: one person bigger in the clock household for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Love you too.
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  Speaker 3: Congratulations, Thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: We're so excited.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you so much. Sanah Chale and take us through
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  Speaker 3: the dunk.
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  Speaker 4: The dinosaur became a stork, delivering not just a beautiful
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  Speaker 4: between the legs lefty jam, but also the wonderful news
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  Speaker 4: that a baby girl is on the way.
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  Speaker 3: God bless the Clark found.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 5: Check what do you got? I want to say, broh,
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  Speaker 5: I've always been a fan of yours. I just love you.
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  Speaker 5: Even if you don't win, you're still gonna have an
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  Speaker 5: uncle Shack. Support you. You need some diaper money, you
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  Speaker 5: holler at me anytime. Just love you, Love what you
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  Speaker 5: do for your students and how you teach them. I
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  Speaker 5: gave you a hundred, brother.
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  Speaker 1: Hundred from Shaquille, Oh Neil, go for it, dwight Man.
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  Speaker 7: Kids are a blessing, and I gave you a hundred.
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  Speaker 3: Vince.
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  Speaker 6: First of all, unbelievable moment. Nothing like having a baby
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  Speaker 6: girl number one, number two, I thought you. You took
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  Speaker 6: your time and you delivered hesitation to the between the
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  Speaker 6: legs is sick with the left hand.
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  Speaker 3: Hundreds across the board. I know that math.
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  Speaker 1: That is an average of one hundred and Jonathan Clark,
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  Speaker 1: you are officially moving on