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The Time Lord & hang-time, dunks, blocks & rebounds - how time is on his side

I promised (or threatened) my readers that I would be using and abusing Rob Williams Time Lord moniker. So here we go. I am always curious. Beyond height, length, leaping ability and athleticism, how does time affect a player's blocks, dunks and rebounds?

When a basketball player leaps for a block, rebound or dunk, he spends well-over half of his air time at the top-half of the leap - 71% of the time, to be exact (per wired.