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He wanted to join the school basketball team but got rejected because of his short height. But with continuous practice, he improved his skills and joined the school basketball team as a junior. After entering Wilmer-Hutchins High School at the beginning, he faced the same issue, height. The team put spud on the Junior varsity team during high school, where he surprised audiences with an average of 26 score points per game.
Despite performing regularly well in high-school basketball, Webb became difficult to find a college interested in him. Spud for Chaparrals. In the final game against Miami-Dade of Florida, Spud scored 36 points, with which he became a national headline. Sports Illustrated wrote an article on him. After some conversation, Jim wanted Webb to join the university basketball team and even offered a university scholarship. Webb played for 3 years with the university basketball team averaging But Spud made his debut with the Atlanta Hawks and played for the first six seasons from — Webb Playing for the Hawks.
In the first season with Atlanta, he scored 7. In his score dropdown from 6. Sadly in seasons, his performance degraded than before, scoring an average of 3. In the last two seasons with the Hawks, he made a strong comeback, scoring an average of 9.
At Sacramento Kings, he gave his career-best performance in the first year, scoring an average of Spud played for three more seasons, with Kings scoring an average of After spending 4 years with the Kings, the native American player left the team and reunited with Atlanta Hawks for the season. For the season, Webb joined Minnesota Timberwolves. Before retiring from Basketball in , Spud played with two more teams Mash J. Verona and Orlando Magic In the 12 years of his basketball career, Webb played games with an average of 9.
After retirement from basketball, Webb participated in the NBA Slam Dunk contest and became the shortest player in the history to enter the contest. Spud after winning Slam Dunk Contest. Spud is stringent when it comes to his personal life. He tries to keep most of the information in a private space, i. However, Webb fans are always eager to know about the different hips and highs in his life. But the basketball player has confirmed that he has a daughter named Lauren.
Webb with Daughter Lauren. We can see Spud posting pictures of his daughter on different social media sites. Here you have a rookie and the shortest contestant in the contest going up against some of the best dunkers in the league. Webb would go on to make it to the finals of the dunk contest and square off against his teammate Dominique Wilkins. Wilkins was known for his powerful dunks.
At , he was given the nickname the Human Highlight Film. So, you had a player going up against a much taller player. Webb was able to capture the trophy and beat his teammate in an electric performance filled with great dunks. It was a sight to see to watch how easy Webb got up and put the ball in the room. However, strength is not the only factor in increasing your vertical. Simply, targeting improvements on your form alone and mastering proper techniques can increase your vertical from 2 — 4 inches!
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