By BUTCH HARMON
Basketball fans were treated to more than just some of the finest high school basketball teams in the state at Saturday’s Battle of I-96 Holiday Classic at Creston High School in Grand Rapids.
During halftime of the final game of the evening between Beecher and Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills, the crowd was treated to the vertical exploits of Porter Maberry. Standing 5 feet, 5 inches tall, Maberry brings back memories of another famous dunker, former Atlanta Hawk Spud Webb, who stood 5’7″. Old-school basketball fans remember Webb winning the dunk contest at the 1986 NBA all-star game.
Maberry’s exploits have gained numerous followers across the globe, and he is the dunker whom LeBron James is watching on his phone on the current Samsung Galaxy 2 commercial. James watches the video of Maberry dunking while at a Miami barber shop.
A 2008 graduate of Ottawa Hills, Maberry is a YouTube sensation with his dunking skills.