I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

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I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby erdnasephile » June 10th, 2019, 8:33 am

I know that folks like Denis Behr, Ken Krenzel, and Larry Jennings have reputations for having really large hands, but can any of them match up to the Toronto Raptors' Kawhi Leonard?

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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Tom Gilbert » June 10th, 2019, 12:09 pm

Years ago Paul Pierce (Capt. Boston Celtics) came to my workplace as he was the one chosen to sell tee shirts at the flagship store the next day for charity.
He ducked to get in the door of my office and when he shook my hand, most of my arm was gone. BTW, he couldn't have cared less about the tour of the plant....

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Postby Christopher1979 » June 10th, 2019, 1:51 pm

I always thought that Tony Giorgio had large hands too...
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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Tom Gilbert » June 10th, 2019, 1:57 pm

Johnny Thompson?


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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Richard Kaufman » June 10th, 2019, 5:47 pm

If you read Gaultier's Magic Without Apparatus, you fill find reference to Monsieur Latapie, who could palm a deck in his hand sideways.
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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Bill Mullins » June 10th, 2019, 5:57 pm

I remember seeing a video of Gary Kurtz doing a Tenkai palm. He has huge hands, and he might could palm a deck sideways.

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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Richard Kaufman » June 11th, 2019, 5:43 am

He might have been able to Tenkai palm a deck (not difficult), but I was referring to a sideways classic palm. Very difficult.
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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Smurf » June 12th, 2019, 11:09 am

Jerry Andrus was reported to have very large hands.

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Re: I'll bet he could palm an entire deck sideways

Postby Richard Kaufman » June 12th, 2019, 11:53 am

Jerry did have large hands. So did Jennings, Krenzel, and others. But I never met anyone who could palm a deck sideways.
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