Who can touch the top of the backboard in NBA?

Basketball is a very popular sport in the world. Millions of people watch NBA games every year. Through the NBA, the audience realized many excellent players, whose physical strength exploded and their jumping ability was high. So how many players in the league can jump up and touch the rebound? Only 1 can do it. Chamberlain Russell is just bragging.

Who can touch the top of the backboard in NBA?

In the last century, Chamberlain and Russell were definitely the top players in the league. They are excellent in physical fitness and ball skills. Russell has eight championship rings, so he has the title of Lord of the Rings. Russell himself admitted that he could touch the top edge of the backboard. However, these are not the real situations we know. After all, Russell lived too long, and there are no video materials for us to study.

The basketball emperor Chamberlain was also an explosive player in the early days of the league. Many people think that he can touch the top, and have also asked Chamberlain. Chamberlain's answer is exactly the same as Russell's. He said that he had no problem touching the upper edge, and his expression was so sincere that his life was beyond doubt. However, neither of them has data to prove it, and it is impossible to know whether they are bragging.

O'Neal

However, there is evidence that someone in the league did touch the upper edge of the rebound, and that person was O 'Neal. As the center of the league, O 'Neill was almost unbeatable in the inside at his peak. His smash was very powerful, and he smashed rebounds many times in the game.

Although O 'Neill looks heavy, his explosive power is amazing. Looking back at the shot of him hitting the backboard, we can easily see that O 'Neill's head is very close to the upper edge of the backboard. If he is fully extended, he can touch the upper edge of the backboard.