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skeng
Posts: 22090 Alba Posts: 7 Joined: 10/27/2009 Member: #2959 Denmark |
2/15/2010 2:57 PM
Didn't LeBron say he would enter the this years contest?
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Moonangie
Posts: 24767 Alba Posts: 5 Joined: 7/9/2009 Member: #2788 |
2/15/2010 3:06 PM
We did get a chance to text the winner. But it was a pretty lame display. Not like John Barry from the foul line.
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nixluva
Posts: 56258 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 10/5/2004 Member: #758 USA |
2/15/2010 3:06 PM
It's not Nate's fault that the contestants this year were awful. The last few years it's been pretty entertaining. This was by far one of the worst ever. There was also a lack of star power to this years event. The only real name was Nate!!!
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GodSaveTheKnicks
Posts: 23952 Alba Posts: 21 Joined: 11/21/2006 Member: #1207 USA |
2/15/2010 3:07 PM
skeng wrote:Didn't LeBron say he would enter the this years contest? the new dunk contest should be a) the High dunk contest..keep raising the rim b) feature everyone trying to dunk on Shawn Bradley. Let's try to elevate the level of discourse in this byeetch. Please
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
2/15/2010 3:07 PM
none of those dunks are even close to being as good as what Nate threw down in the dunk contest... those guys should just man up & compete & get this contest back to what it once was when guys like Jordan, Nique, Spud, Vince, T-Mac, Francis, etc. would
After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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ActionJackson
Posts: 21398 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/5/2007 Member: #1602 |
2/15/2010 3:07 PM
yeah he & his handlers backed out at the last minute but some of his in game dunks were sicker than anything Ive seen in the last 3 or 4 official contests. I love the idea of making it live as an actual in game experience, because as we all know it's much more impressive when you dunk in someone's face (w/your nuts dangling over their ear, much like I did in the last UK summer pick-up game...isnt that right DJ :-) than when you do it w/o dribbling in an empty gym.
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
2/15/2010 3:16 PM
GodSaveTheKnicks wrote:skeng wrote:Didn't LeBron say he would enter the this years contest? perhaps we can get Freddy Weiss in on the festivities? After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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Cosmic
Posts: 26570 Alba Posts: 27 Joined: 3/17/2006 Member: #1115 USA |
2/15/2010 3:31 PM
Big guns don't want to do anything anymore. Bunch of primadonnas.
Wasn't it LeBron one year who said he'd do it if he was paid $1M? Didn't Tyrus Thomas also say the same thing? I'm pretty sure there was another high profile player that said the same thing. I want to say it was Kobe but I don't know if it was.
But other than that it was trash. In fact the whole AS Weekend was garbage. I missed Rookie-Soph but heard Gallo was nothing. HORSE was an utter JOKE and needs to go away. Skills challenge was terrible except for Nash being a character. In fact I think the 3PT Shootout might have been the best event overall because it was so close. 18-17-17-15-15 for the first round was excellent. Pierce torching the 2nd round was great.
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ActionJackson
Posts: 21398 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/5/2007 Member: #1602 |
2/15/2010 3:37 PM
TMS wrote:none of those dunks are even close to being as good as what Nate threw down in the dunk contest... those guys should just man up & compete & get this contest back to what it once was when guys like Jordan, Nique, Spud, Vince, T-Mac, Francis, etc. would Are you kidding??? a dunk in traffic over a bewildered hapless defender is always "10" |
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
2/15/2010 3:42 PM
ActionJackson wrote:TMS wrote:none of those dunks are even close to being as good as what Nate threw down in the dunk contest... those guys should just man up & compete & get this contest back to what it once was when guys like Jordan, Nique, Spud, Vince, T-Mac, Francis, etc. would no i'm not kidding... i didn't find those dunks all that impressive by NBA standards... i've seen guys get posterized much worse than that, like the VC dunk over Weiss for example... now that's what i'd call a "10" dunk... & i didn't say i thought Nate's dunks were a 10 either, just that the examples you picked weren't all that great to make your point... especially that Kobe dunk. After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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JohnWallace44
Posts: 25119 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 6/14/2005 Member: #910 USA |
2/15/2010 3:43 PM
I don't get the logic behind the stars saying that they'll get worn out. Doing five dunks is going to wear you out in some way that impacts the season? Really? Its not taking 40 home run swings at MLB's all-star game... we're talking 5 dunks that you'd probably try in the All-Star game anyway.
Alan Hahn:
Nate Robinson has been on a ridonkulous scoring tear lately (remember when he couldn't hit Jerome James with a Big Mac in early January?)
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MS
Posts: 27060 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 7/28/2004 Member: #724 |
2/15/2010 3:43 PM
I think the real problem is, Lebron is a chump. He should have saved the contest. He made a big declaration last year and then pulled out. He is one of the best dunkers in the NBA and its a right of passage for a great player to win it. Jordan, Nique, Kobe, Carter. If he doesn't win it's embarrassing, but seriously what are the chances.
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HungLo
Posts: 20152 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 8/10/2009 Member: #2855 China |
2/15/2010 3:48 PM
Always blaming Nate !!! Wow, are you serious ?? Bet if he played for any other team you would be drooling for him.
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
2/15/2010 3:49 PM
MS wrote:I think the real problem is, Lebron is a chump. He should have saved the contest. He made a big declaration last year and then pulled out. He is one of the best dunkers in the NBA and its a right of passage for a great player to win it. Jordan, Nique, Kobe, Carter. If he doesn't win it's embarrassing, but seriously what are the chances. i think Lebron would have participated... he even had Shaq calling out D Wade, Kobe, Vince & all the other dunkers to make it the best dunk contest ever, but apparently none of them were interested or couldn't participate because of injury... what glory would Lebron get from beating out Lil Nate, Shannon Brown & Demar Derozan? After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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ActionJackson
Posts: 21398 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/5/2007 Member: #1602 |
2/15/2010 3:54 PM
TMS wrote:no i'm not kidding...just that the examples you picked weren't all that great to make your point... especially that Kobe dunk. Sorry...didnt have time to search through all of YouTube's archives ut Im really just trying to make a larger point that it would be a hot idea to make this a real time contest with 3-4 dunks being chosen by the middle of the third quarter & the viewing audience being able to see replays on TV or on-line & immediately being able to satisfy their urge to vote (sort of like dunk porn). PS - I also think it might raise the level of defense in the game cause nobody would want to get posterized for all posterity |
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sebstar
Posts: 25698 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 6/2/2002 Member: #249 USA |
2/15/2010 3:56 PM
HungLo wrote:Always blaming Nate !!! Wow, are you serious ?? Bet if he played for any other team you would be drooling for him. LOL...the hate for him is ridic... My saliva and spit can split thread into fiber and bits/ So trust me I'm as live as it gets.
--Royce Da 5'9 + DJ Premier = Hip Hop Utopia
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TMS
Posts: 60684 Alba Posts: 617 Joined: 5/11/2004 Member: #674 USA |
2/15/2010 3:58 PM LAST EDITED: 2/15/2010 3:59 PM
ActionJackson wrote:TMS wrote:no i'm not kidding...just that the examples you picked weren't all that great to make your point... especially that Kobe dunk. i say just get Sprite, Oreo Cookies or some other corporate sponsor to pay these guys some bank & get this dunk contest back to where it used to be After 7 years & 40K+ posts, banned by martin for calling Nalod a 'moron'. Awesome.
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ActionJackson
Posts: 21398 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 7/5/2007 Member: #1602 |
2/15/2010 4:00 PM LAST EDITED: 2/15/2010 4:01 PM
sebstar wrote:HungLo wrote:Always blaming Nate !!! Wow, are you serious ?? Bet if he played for any other team you would be drooling for him. Nobody hates Nate (especially not me) but the contest has been pretty weak lately |
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sebstar
Posts: 25698 Alba Posts: 4 Joined: 6/2/2002 Member: #249 USA |
2/15/2010 4:03 PM
ActionJackson wrote:sebstar wrote:HungLo wrote:Always blaming Nate !!! Wow, are you serious ?? Bet if he played for any other team you would be drooling for him. So how did Nate personally kill it? He was great in the previous years, he's just run out of ideas. I think everybody has. We've seen it all, the human body can only do so much. My saliva and spit can split thread into fiber and bits/ So trust me I'm as live as it gets.
--Royce Da 5'9 + DJ Premier = Hip Hop Utopia
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