Hawks AF - Dominique Wilkins on his favorite dunks, matchups with NBA legends, & today's NBA

Nightcap

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Sports, Football, Basketball

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

On a very special episode of Hawks And Friends, DC heads to Atlanta legend Dominique Wilkins's house, where the Human Highlight Film tells stories from his Hall of Fame career, including his most memorable dunks, going toe to toe nearly every night with NBA legends like Michael Jordan & Larry Bird, and his only regret from his time as a Hawk. Then, DC and Nique hit the court to talk basketball fundamentals, being a coach & role model for kids, and the mentality he played with each game.

Timeline:
00:00 Intro
02:21 Young Nique gets discovered
04:30 Impact of Coaches
06:30 How the game has evolved
09:20 Toughest matchups of his career
12:30 Mentality on the court
13:30 Most memorable dunks
15:05 Biggest regret of his career
16:21 Nique on his statue
19:30 Working out with Pistol Pete
21:00 Players he learned from the most
23:45 Craziest fan interaction
25:00 Best trash talker
26:00 How much could he score in today's NBA
27:47 Nique's assessment of the current Hawks
30:43 Welcome to my crib
34:12 Nique & DC hit the court
35:40 Nique coaches DC
36:50 Being a role model
38:40 Playing with & against his son's friends
40:45 DC tries to dunk
42:42 Dunk contest memories
43:25 In-game mentality
46:53 Post game

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