Insanely fast hands, big power, crazy ups, accuracy, consistency etc. He absolutely has the potential to be the best. He just EASILY beat some of the best dunkers at Venice. This guy is going to be a star
@@DunkademicsOfficialhey anything is possible bro! There's definitely money to be made with making it a legit event with a large crowd. I was a concert promoter back in 2014-2017 and booked Lil wayne and young Jeezy for a 2 day stop tour as my first major gig with my company (true story) so believe me I'm familiar with sponsors. The only money I personally spent on that was for their "riders" which are the artists special requests for food, beverages, hotel stays and etc. The hard part is offering some attractive incentives for the sponsors with good data to back it and if you get the attention of a large company to offer exclusivity. I'm sure your field is much different to navigate but I have a feeling it could be a lucrative opportunity for all. Anyway keep putting dunking on the map and all good things will come to it!
World's first GOD-LEVEL DUNK!!! Reverse 360, between the legs, taps the ball on the Glass, then switches hands and dunks with the Left! No words can do justice to what I just witnessed.
@@DunkademicsOfficial Never seen anything like it. Some people said he needs to create his own dunk or do something that's never been done. He did a few never been done before dunks in this video.
3:03 ok what is this? 😂eastbay scorpion😮 I'm out this guy is not human, plus the power he puts on his dunks...tell me when you plan to be in Canada I'd like to see this live 6:03 no words
Very early release for a Sunday lol Glad I'm a morning guy Donovan looks effortless when he dunks. He will be the best dunker shortly if he keeps working hard.
With such a vertical and technique nothing looks easy as long as you have ever tried to jump high or dunk yourself. Writing sth like 'looks effortless' about pro dunkers mixtapes gives very high probability you have no clue about diffculty of what you are watching. Take it as constructive criticism. Have a nice day.
@@polishguy1900 też przyjmij konstruktywną i zauważ, że jego komentarz nigdzie nie wskazywał na twoje imputacje. Właśnie jest to kwestia podziwu, że coś co jest trudne (w domyśle), a u Donovana wygląda to na 'pikuś'. Pisze to ja, czyli były dunker, a dunkami się interesuje od początku lat 90'. Pozdro
@@gallanonim6535 Może to być kwestia zupełnie innej interpretacji, że coś wygląda na łatwe w czyimś wykonaniu. Osobiście prawie zawsze się spotykam, zgodnie z tym co napisałem, że ludzie będąc świadomi ogromnej trudności czegoś nigdy by nie napisali nawet w przenośni, że coś skrajnie trudnego ma prawo wyglądać na łatwe. Miło mi spotkać w komentarzach tutaj rodaka, zwłaszcza tak zabytkowego. Ile miałeś wyskoku na jakim wzroście i wadze będąc w kwiecie wieku?
No jokes - he is the future. Even best dunkers in the world can’t believe how easily he slams top-difficult dunks! The one, who starts his contest with “under both” dunk is definitely a highest rank star 🥇😉
Wow, it’s insane to see how extreme different camera angles can fool the eye… around 1:20 is the max jump that looks like he would touch the rim with his chin… same jump in slow mo @1:30 his head was „just“ at rim level and not higher… sure very impressive but
Maybe you could add my namesake Brodie Stephens to that list? Weirdly, I'm also Australian, from the same state as Brodie Stephens the dunker, and I also love basketball. The difference is I'm 40 years old, 6'0", and could only do basic dunks before I had multiple back surgeries. I'm considering trying to get back to dunking though! I still have natural bounce even though I'm 40, so I think I could do it if I trained hard specifically for dunking. Luckily... the younger Australian Brodie Stephens is kicking ass and getting better and better in the dunk game... so I can just live vicariously through him! 😅😅
@@DunkademicsOfficial tdub jumped high but always saw TFB as low rim dunkers. Kdobbs was legit but he didn’t have the power Donovan has. No comment on Chris staples, they’re nowhere close to Donovan IMO
@@RA-hf9uq TDub jumped extremely high and had arguably the best style ever. His only downside was not enough trick dunks, but he was the earlier generation, so half the dunks hadn't been made up yet
He might be now, but for me, White dude from Canada named Jordan Kilganon. 32 years old and only 6 foot 1 inches tall with a 49.5 inch vertical with the most insane dunks ever.....if you haven't seen him, you are missing out.
I would say at this very moment that he probably is number one in the world! It's going to be either him, Isaiah or Jordan. Hard to believe in this video that the two other guys dunking would look incredible by themselves, but when they go after Donovan it looks like they are barely getting off the ground! 😮
all these are dunks Kilganon has done over 6 years ago and can still do. He needs to invent more than a few dunks to get the title... or he could land a bounce dunk or double east bay on 10'.
Kilganon definitely made it hard for everybody else. He invented like 250 dunks, leaving very few "possible" dunks for the future dunkers. Basically took 90% of dunks off the table, so everybody else just has to do his stuff. There's always gonna be more stuff to do, but he took most of the conceivable ones off the board
I think he can do it!! he wasn't trying to krown, but seemed like he was high enough. He messed up his thumb pretty bad tho, so he had to stop trying that one
Wanna save NBA All-Star weekend. Have the top 10 in the world face off at half-time. NOT on a separate day. LITERALLY half-time. Prize is 250K. That's literally a drop of piss in an ocean for the NBA.
ok in my opinion, he is the best dunker i ever saw. others like Kilganon or isiah riviera are also great and jump high, but noone of them dunks with so much power. One foot god is great and powerful too.
Insanely fast hands, big power, crazy ups, accuracy, consistency etc. He absolutely has the potential to be the best. He just EASILY beat some of the best dunkers at Venice. This guy is going to be a star
definitely already a star. just too bad they don't have Dunk League or Dunk King going right now so that he can prove it on the biggest stage!
@@DunkademicsOfficialyou need to just setup your own huge dunk contest series Billy. I'm sure you can pull some sponsors to make it happen
@Wunalman exactly! He still hasn't hit his physical peak. Those other dudes better be shook lol
@@NoreagaMan getting sponsors is actually harder than you’d think, but I definitely want to!
@@DunkademicsOfficialhey anything is possible bro! There's definitely money to be made with making it a legit event with a large crowd. I was a concert promoter back in 2014-2017 and booked Lil wayne and young Jeezy for a 2 day stop tour as my first major gig with my company (true story) so believe me I'm familiar with sponsors. The only money I personally spent on that was for their "riders" which are the artists special requests for food, beverages, hotel stays and etc. The hard part is offering some attractive incentives for the sponsors with good data to back it and if you get the attention of a large company to offer exclusivity. I'm sure your field is much different to navigate but I have a feeling it could be a lucrative opportunity for all. Anyway keep putting dunking on the map and all good things will come to it!
With these new breed of monsters showing up we definitely need a new season of Dunk King
On bro
ya would be sick to have a huge contest again with top 10 guys
@@DunkademicsOfficial we do need dunk king 3 tho but the judges be tripping bad
New breeds? Nothing new just a different time.
World's first GOD-LEVEL DUNK!!! Reverse 360, between the legs, taps the ball on the Glass, then switches hands and dunks with the Left! No words can do justice to what I just witnessed.
he might try to do 360 under both legs and tap it off the backboard next
Wheress time / stamp?
@@Fightanddie5:55
5:50 That's wild
whats different about him is how fast his hands are and how easy he makes it look
0:46 that was simply perfect 🤩
He's the new best dunker. He has a perfect balance of style and power.
the height on all his jumps is crazy, power is crazy, and he can do extremely difficult dunks on top of it
@@DunkademicsOfficial Never seen anything like it. Some people said he needs to create his own dunk or do something that's never been done. He did a few never been done before dunks in this video.
Insane how good this guy is so young. Goat potential
the 2 others dudes are dunking crazy but they not even close to him, thats really impressive !
When I seen this in person I knew Donovan was the new 🐐
bruh, that 360 between off glass caught me off guard 😩😱
its such a hard dunk!
На данк не похоже
We need a Donovan Hawkins dunk mix at the end of the year from his career. That would be sick please
i'm hoping I can film him a few more times this year!
5:55 not sure how to even think right now... Granted that it wasn't a seriously powerful dunk but it was seriously difficult 😮 that's crazy
he's got way more in the tank too!
The 360 btl tap dunk is mind blowing, but the misses of 180 utl two handled reverse were insane!
That reverse windmill looked crazy
Every dunk he takes off from quite far, he definitely is a contender for best in the world rn
the height and distance was insane. just wish the finish would have been punched harder, but it was crazy
I saw his dunk mix a year ago and he immediately became one of my favorites, Never expected him to get to this level of dunks 😯
That 360 counter behind the back is amazing
Dude in all black is bouncy !
he's really nice! he's only like 5'9"
@@DunkademicsOfficial I think he was talking about Josh
He's gonna get the bounce dunk
Power, bounce and aesthetic! Never thought Donovan would progress so fast! Wow! To my mind he is now even better than Rivera and Kilganon.
3:03 ok what is this? 😂eastbay scorpion😮 I'm out this guy is not human, plus the power he puts on his dunks...tell me when you plan to be in Canada I'd like to see this live 6:03 no words
He’s got it! Bounce is crazy 😮! Makes his dunks look good.
He may be the best! Certainly the most powerful/confident. Time for Dunk King 3!!
Titles went from “future best dunker?!” to “best dunker in the world?!” in a MONTH. Truly shows how much he’s improved even this past month
he's been on a warpath
His style of jumping is similar to Grabo, but he is taller. Both have a lots of power.
All of his finishes are crazy clean
That's Contest Ready 🔥🔥🔥
Yo, that Eastbay Scorpion tho!! 👋😳👉 ✨🏀🦂✨
Bro got Cyberpunk leg implants 🦿
Built different
It looks like Donovan can do every dunk
Off the glass underboth legs reverse is insane.
The new king has been born
Very early release for a Sunday lol Glad I'm a morning guy
Donovan looks effortless when he dunks. He will be the best dunker shortly if he keeps working hard.
With such a vertical and technique nothing looks easy as long as you have ever tried to jump high or dunk yourself. Writing sth like 'looks effortless' about pro dunkers mixtapes gives very high probability you have no clue about diffculty of what you are watching. Take it as constructive criticism. Have a nice day.
@@polishguy1900 też przyjmij konstruktywną i zauważ, że jego komentarz nigdzie nie wskazywał na twoje imputacje. Właśnie jest to kwestia podziwu, że coś co jest trudne (w domyśle), a u Donovana wygląda to na 'pikuś'. Pisze to ja, czyli były dunker, a dunkami się interesuje od początku lat 90'. Pozdro
@@gallanonim6535 Może to być kwestia zupełnie innej interpretacji, że coś wygląda na łatwe w czyimś wykonaniu. Osobiście prawie zawsze się spotykam, zgodnie z tym co napisałem, że ludzie będąc świadomi ogromnej trudności czegoś nigdy by nie napisali nawet w przenośni, że coś skrajnie trudnego ma prawo wyglądać na łatwe. Miło mi spotkać w komentarzach tutaj rodaka, zwłaszcza tak zabytkowego. Ile miałeś wyskoku na jakim wzroście i wadze będąc w kwiecie wieku?
ya, i'm west coast, so 5am is super early...but there are fans on the east coast, and philippines, etc, so I gotta do it slightly earlier
@@DunkademicsOfficial I see. Thx for your hard work :)
No jokes - he is the future. Even best dunkers in the world can’t believe how easily he slams top-difficult dunks! The one, who starts his contest with “under both” dunk is definitely a highest rank star 🥇😉
i think he trained his bounce when he was 5😂😂
When he was 3
Not just vert
Also art of dunking
The Eastbay scorpion was crazy and smooth
surprisingly, he got that pretty easily
Imagine Donovan gets an under both reverse krown. That would be one of the best dunks EVER
@@shuaybkhan4188 crazy thing is I think he can do it
He really like that 😤😤
That 360 btl reverse and then bounce off the glass looked crazy
@3:03 That's one of the best dunks I've ever seen. 😲
Donovan vs Isiah Rivera would be crazy
This is the new one 🔥
18yrs old, 6'4" crazy ball control.
JOSH DUNKS ❤
🫶🏻
@@joshdunks Man your dunks were absolutely incredible!! Huge respect. 🙌
Wow, it’s insane to see how extreme different camera angles can fool the eye… around 1:20 is the max jump that looks like he would touch the rim with his chin… same jump in slow mo @1:30 his head was „just“ at rim level and not higher… sure very impressive but
he is the next riviera
we are witnesssing GREATNESS
it is TIME for a new Dunk King!!!!! please make it happen
New gen vs Current Gen
Imagine:
Kilganon, Isaiah, Southerland, Donovan, Grabo, Dan Gross, Tyler Currie, TeeFly, Miller, Doug Anderson, JClark, Chen...
@@DunkademicsOfficial the audience wins 💯
Maybe you could add my namesake Brodie Stephens to that list?
Weirdly, I'm also Australian, from the same state as Brodie Stephens the dunker, and I also love basketball.
The difference is I'm 40 years old, 6'0", and could only do basic dunks before I had multiple back surgeries. I'm considering trying to get back to dunking though! I still have natural bounce even though I'm 40, so I think I could do it if I trained hard specifically for dunking.
Luckily... the younger Australian Brodie Stephens is kicking ass and getting better and better in the dunk game... so I can just live vicariously through him! 😅😅
Donovan needs to get the World Record Vertical of 50.5 from Isiah, I think on a good day he has 51
he's working on it!! he can get there if he stays healthy!
High vert is half the challenge bro has insane skill up there
This is a New Level
Theirs this guy called “ Isaiah Rivera and as long as he’s alive that’s the best dunker rn 💙
Insane bounce
when its all said and done legends will be written about donny boy
only 21 years old right now...10+ more years of this will be insane
Crazy!👽👽👽
WTF 😳 😮 This Is A Alien 👽🧬
About time we see a right left elite dunker
he's up there with the best RL dunkers of all time already
@@DunkademicsOfficial he’s definitely the best RL ever, honestly can’t name anyone better
He jumps higher and has a wild dunk package
@@RA-hf9uq Tdub, Chris Staples, Grabo, Kenny Dobbs all have arguments, and maybe some others
@@DunkademicsOfficial tdub jumped high but always saw TFB as low rim dunkers. Kdobbs was legit but he didn’t have the power Donovan has. No comment on Chris staples, they’re nowhere close to Donovan IMO
@@RA-hf9uq TDub jumped extremely high and had arguably the best style ever. His only downside was not enough trick dunks, but he was the earlier generation, so half the dunks hadn't been made up yet
Couldn't really answer that until I've seen every dunker on earth
social media has made it very easy to see every high level dunker
He gets up there
He might be now, but for me, White dude from Canada named Jordan Kilganon. 32 years old and only 6 foot 1 inches tall with a 49.5 inch vertical with the most insane dunks ever.....if you haven't seen him, you are missing out.
he has dunked with Kilganon a few times now. They are very close!
I'm wondering what's possible if this guy gets a 1 up jumping over somebody? Just a little push? This might be the guy to the double eastbay
one of the things that makes Donovan so crazy is that he's doing all of these dunks with no push offs in his bag
crazy dunk
dude an alien
I think he’s the best. Isaiah thinks so too. Donovan is peaking like crazy right now
The Eastbay Scorpion is crazy 😮
I would say at this very moment that he probably is number one in the world! It's going to be either him, Isaiah or Jordan.
Hard to believe in this video that the two other guys dunking would look incredible by themselves, but when they go after Donovan it looks like they are barely getting off the ground! 😮
Donovan = Definition of Hang-time in Latin
has to be
I believe someday he would be able to do the bounce dunk
Dude is a beast: He’s ready for the final boss Isaiah Rivera!
Bro is like a cruiserweight/heavyweight.. These other boys like middle/light...
Yes...period.
i wanna see him do an off the glass 360 under both legs! if anyone can pull it off I think him, isaiah, dan gross and teefly could do it.
He should try off the backboard 360 under both, only him or rivera are making that
I think he can do that for sure
all these are dunks Kilganon has done over 6 years ago and can still do. He needs to invent more than a few dunks to get the title... or he could land a bounce dunk or double east bay on 10'.
Kilganon definitely made it hard for everybody else. He invented like 250 dunks, leaving very few "possible" dunks for the future dunkers. Basically took 90% of dunks off the table, so everybody else just has to do his stuff.
There's always gonna be more stuff to do, but he took most of the conceivable ones off the board
Right now the best Dunker on the Planet..that we know of
1:20 come on, that must have been a springboard, right?
He’s doing dunks that are crazy hard look so so easy
Somebody answer the phone. Gravity is on the line.
4:00 reverse underboth krown?????
I think he can do it!! he wasn't trying to krown, but seemed like he was high enough. He messed up his thumb pretty bad tho, so he had to stop trying that one
Good lord 🤯
He should play volleyball
They put next guys in video to make examples out if them 😂
Wanna save NBA All-Star weekend. Have the top 10 in the world face off at half-time. NOT on a separate day. LITERALLY half-time. Prize is 250K. That's literally a drop of piss in an ocean for the NBA.
Great idea
Hand speed is crazy
yup, he's got under both on lock
Bro got like 55inch vert bro, neck at rim bros crazy😮
not quite that high, but he's up there!
Is he from STL?
yessir he is
Slim Shady of dunking
they all have bounce but Hawkins is the cleanest dunker out of them but damn they all can get up though sheesh😤😤😤
Hawkins right now is just so consistent with his bounce, power, and high-level dunks, it's crazy
Confirmed best dunker rn
ok in my opinion, he is the best dunker i ever saw.
others like Kilganon or isiah riviera are also great and jump high, but noone of them dunks with so much power.
One foot god is great and powerful too.
reminds me of dwight howard dunking
rivera has more ups but this guy has style and ups.
Maybe dunking can take breakdancing's spot in 2028.
maaaaan I hope so....probably not bby 2028, but maybe in the 2030's sometime
the other white dude has hella clean movements
This how I dunk in my imagination 😂
How tall is homboi??????
without shoes, he's 6'3.5
How much his vertical
somewhere between 48-50
Yo wtf happened between 5:52 & 5:53
eliteness
@@DunkademicsOfficial aye yo, mos def 💪🏼
Monster ✈️