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What Two Years Actually Took: Inside Piotr Zawiślak’s Rise

Dylan Haugen — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:58:51 +0000

A third place finish at a FIBA contest in Croatia. A second FIBA event in France one week later. The Black Band from The Dunk Camp in Utah, one of only 13 awarded in the world. A 44 to 45 inch vertical at age 18. That is a real competitive record, and almost nobody outside Poland watched Piotr Zawiślak, the Polish dunker, build it. The interview above is five minutes long and it is the…

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When Your Idol Co-Signs You on Camera

Dylan Haugen — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:57:13 +0000

Elite dunkers compliment younger dunkers constantly. It happens at every session, every camp, every contest warmup. Almost none of it survives the week. The nice thing gets said, the people go home, and the only record is a memory that the person being complimented can never prove. This one survived, because there was a camera on it. That’s Isaiah Rivera at The Dunk Camp 2026 in…

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Piotr Zawiślak Might Be the Most Electric Dunker You Have Never Heard Of

Dylan Haugen — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:03:27 +0000

Piotr Zawiślak is 18 years old, 6’1″, and one of only 13 people on earth to earn the Black Band at The Dunk Camp, the highest rank in dunking. He throws 360s off both legs. He competes across Europe and around the world. By any athletic measure, he is one of the best young dunkers alive. And if you ask most American dunk fans who he is, you will get a blank stare. That gap is exactly what Dunker…

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