Why is dunking painful for NBA players?

[wallacian]

i know how this feels, but from my experience it's worth it

[crazyprayingmantis]

It's not only painful for NBA players, it's painful for anyone who dunks.
Smashing your hands against steel hurts.

[chesterdonnelly]

It also hurts the person being dunked on; their feelings.

[funguytv]

Thats why guys who dunk hard scream after the dunk. They scream in pain 😅

[GhostHighLights]

Pain is temporary but getting someone posterized last forever.

[YourDailyTrendyProducts]

Yea It hurt especially on park rims, especially double rims since they can’t retract down, so I just throw it in or just lay it.

[isaacjmadrid]

it doesn’t only hurt your hands, my knees are constantly in pain from landing and taking off

[wayfarinwanderer]

I always think about how painful that Vince Carter dunk must’ve been

[adolphel.]

Whenever I see Russell Westbrook dunk extremely hard, I wonder if he feels it after. In the moment adrenaline probably makes him feel nothing.

[gabrielmora]

This is the most unsurprising information that has ever been communicated to me in my entire life existential period

[beamore]

gah dayum booker got that jump fr, i thought he couldn’t dunk so well

[AmericanSpyFox]

I'm a white guy who started dunking at 14. My coaches would encourage me to do crazy dunks to attract adults who buy tickets. After 5 years of dunking almost daily I destroyed my knees from all the landings as I was only 5ft 11in when I began. I'm 6ft 4in now, 39 years old and have already had knee surgeries. I can't even jump anymore. My advice to kids who can dunk is save it for special occasions. If you practice dunks everyday, especially trick dunks, your forearms and knees can be injured.

[MC_AFC]

Use me as an “I can’t dunk a Basketball” button

[boadgaming]

This happens cuz we got players like Ja Morant over here cranking it back down to their ankles and then dunking it so hard they break their arm

[MrRagemaster]

Being short just keeps getting better and better

[jacobsetser]

I thought I was just a wimp lol. They never visibly show pain when they dunk tho but boy it doesn’t feel too good if you don’t do it right

[abdullayewouadjou]

Melo: Now I don’t look so crazy huh 🤷🏾‍♂️

[KingSuperior]

Thats why I used to just lay up most of the times in pick up games. Everyone would get mad at me tho saying you’re 6’6 just dunk the ball.

[icyboyz]

Imagine Westbrook in his prime. He dunks so hard that the rim feels injured...

[pkmk]

Fun fact: Iceman George Gervin developed the finger roll cos dunking was hurting his hands