For those who didn't get a chance to watch this year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest, give yourself a pat on the back for not tuning in because this year's Dunk contest SUCKED! Whatever happen to the days where we looked forward to watching the these Dunk Contest. Who remembers the memorable Showdowns that Jordan and Wilkens had or what about the time where we crowned Harold Minor "Baby Jordan" because of his Jordan-esque performance or Dee Brown's No-look Dunk. Or who can remember Vince Carter's Thunderous Windmill Dunks that showed Reminiscent of the Human Highlight Film. And Probably to you Warrior Fans J-Rich between the legs, one-handed reverse dunk that won him the 2003 dunk contest that had the crowd jump up and out of their seats.
This year's Dunkers apparently didn't get the memo of what dunk contests are all about. I remember watching these Dunk Contests trying to emulate them on a 7 Foot rim when I was younger and to this day (although I could do it on a 8 foot Rim but that's another story). I mean we all tune into All-Star Saturday night to see what new dunks these Athletes can come up with and it seems like this year's NBA dunkers help bring this contest to a screeching halt. I know there's always talk about having Lebron, Kobe, or any other superstars who can dunk, into this competition but that will never happen now especially what happened tonight. I mean How Can Shannon Brown of the Lakers, who owns 44" vertical, come up with just a plain one-handed jam. I mean What the Hell is that? Even Dwight Howard hid his face in disgust because of the lack of originality and creativity these so-called Dunkers provided Saturday night.
I think I'm going to dust off my Sega Genesis and put in my old copy of Jordan Vs. Bird: one on one and play the slam dunk contest mini game cuz even though the dunks are old, they're still better Dunks than the ones I saw this past Saturday night. Just Plain Awful!
It's Official Folks, the excitement and allure of NBA All-star Weekend is dead. It's basically become a little pow wow get-together for A-list celebs and the NBA's Best to shoot the breeze and talk about how rich they are. I bet you Kobe is trying to sell the fact to Spike Lee that his new Nike Kobe V's are just TOO HOT or Lebron coming up with a new handshake for every Celeb he meets. I thought NBA All-Star Weekend was for the fans but I guess Today's NBA stars has lost touch with that. If they could get it through their heads that we make them who they are and all we have to do is stop paying attention to them. But we won't because we love basketball too much and as long as we keep paying attention they're still going to get these contracts and live life like a rock star and they probably don't care what we think because they're getting paid. I know that's not what every NBA player is all about but watching this years dunk contest sucked cuz it has no heart, no passion and that equated to the garbage I saw tonight. What a Shame.
Being that it's Valentine's weekend it just breaks my heart to see the Sport I first learned and love has gotten to this point.
-D_rail
I agree, these new dunk contests are just plain awful.
ReplyDeletei remember watching the slam dunk contest with vince carter sticking his arm in the hoop and all the rest of those crazy dunks and going crazy, just literally yelling and going out of my mind.
Yeah the slam dunk contest hasn't been worth watching consistently ever since the early 90s. Back then you were looking forward on what kind of dunks these guys would. Ever since then with the exception Vince Carter, Kobe, and probably J-Rich, this contest isn't really fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteThe NBA gots to do something about trying to get the top stars to compete in the slam dunk contest or just completely drop the whole thing!!!!
I'd like to see a dunk contest featuring, dunleavy, hinrich, najera, ridnour, and tim lincecum.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't go as far to see the Dunk Contest leave. I would like to see that these Dunkers be more creative. I mean Look at D12 and Nate Robinson. They didn't create any new dunks but they put entertainment value in their dunks that got the crowds going. I mean Sure they're Pro Basketball players but they're also Entertainers. Elish's list of players in this reply would provide a better dunk contest.
ReplyDeleteThey Should put more incentive to the participants like the winner of the dunk Contest can give their team home court advantage in the 1st round if they are in playoff contention and to the player who's team doesn't make the playoffs gets helps his team's draft status. Just a thought and I know there's flaws to this idea but they should try to do something. Because the way I see it, Players dont care anymore all this fan fest and all-star stuff is just a formality. Or Maybe David stern should fine the players of the dunk contest for giving a crappy performance.
How about this option, NBA should require all-stars to enter the dunk contest like how baseball's Home Run Derby has all stars for that contest. They could have three all stars from each conference and have two non all-star players enter making it eight. The winner of the contest would donate their earnings to a charity of their choice.
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