1.   Although he loses inches off his vertical leap, Scates calls this the most heroic comeback.

2.   And on certain nights, he still has the energy of his youth, if not the vertical leap.

3.   Besides an exceptional vertical leap, Smith also positions and anticipates well.

4.   Calipari easily has the best vertical leap of any coach in the NBA, and used it frequently in the second half.

5.   Christie was essentially viewed as a throw-away player with a nice vertical leap.

6.   He figured the putt would be pretty important, and when he made it, there was no club tossed in the air, no vertical leap.

7.   He has the body and the vertical leap, and he seems to have the timing.

8.   He looked out of sync, his reflexes seemed slow and his vertical leap was nothing to write Nike headquarters about.

9.   He has not had a hard-knock NBA life, but he has relied less on his vertical leap and more on an intangible.

10.   He made a name for himself with his vertical leap, blocking three kicks in his career and affecting many others.