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=== Other === [[James White (basketball)|James White]] in the 2006 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest successfully performed tomahawk and windmill variations of the foul-line dunk.<ref>{{cite web |title=James White 06 NCAA Slam Dunk Contest |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZtyZWmOLOQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/5ZtyZWmOLOQ |archive-date=2021-12-11 |access-date=1 December 2012 |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Though he was unable to complete a between-the-legs from the foul line at that contest, he has been known to execute it on other occasions.<ref>{{cite web |title=James White free-throw line between the legs @ 04:50 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR2XFpaoOxo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vR2XFpaoOxo |archive-date=2021-12-11 |access-date=1 December 2012 |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the 2008 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, [[Jamario Moon]] leaped from the foul-line then, using his non-dominant hand, caught and dunked a bounce-pass from teammate [[Jason Kapono]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jamario Moon @ 03:01 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrp-VRA6Cpo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201151522/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrp-VRA6Cpo |archive-date=2014-02-01 |access-date=1 December 2012 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Independent 6'2" North American athlete Eric Bishop introduced a dunk entitled the 'Paint Job'. The title is in reference to the [[key (basketball)|key]] on a basketball court, often known as 'paint' in common parlance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dunk Encyclopedia :: Paint Job |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjPnd5Uzgyk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/LjPnd5Uzgyk |archive-date=2021-12-11 |access-date=31 December 2012 |website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Approaching along the baseline with a running dribble, Bishop jumped with one-foot at the border of the key, dunked with one-hand while gliding over the key and landed just beyond the border on the side opposite his take-offβa 16-foot flight. At least one player has performed a 720 degree dunk (that is, two full turns in the air): [[Taurian Fontenette]] also known as ''Air Up There'' during a [[Streetball]] game.<ref>{{cite web |last=Video |first=Dunk |title=720 Dunk by "The Air Up There" |url=http://dunkvideo.com/streetball/720-dunk-by-the-air-up-there |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102052313/http://dunkvideo.com/streetball/720-dunk-by-the-air-up-there |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2 November 2011 |access-date=14 September 2011 |work=Notable Dunks}}</ref>
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