NBA Dunk Contest

jford2309 - 2010-02-15 10:38 AM They should cancel the Dunk Off or get exciting players we KNOW!  I remember when I was younger I could not wait for the dunk off! I did not even watch the entire thing this year.

kproudfoot - 2010-02-15 6:12 PM

I agree, the dunk contest needs to go.  I saw the hilights and the guy who won has 6 "in game dunks".  That is crazy.

As for Lebron goes, unless you get Kobe and maybe Jordan 10 years ago to compete it would not be fair.  Lebron would wins hands down just from crowd reaction so what would the point be.

Gaarryy - 2010-02-15 9:54 PM I go to quite a few Mavericks games,  when the cav's visited Lebron had a few great dunks in warm up, but it seems to me the crowd has more fun watching when the players come out early and are playing horse or shooting from half court..

Crap !!! thats it..  they could have a horse or a half court shooting game that more people would enjoy then the dunk contest.  Unless they raise the rim after each round to see who can dunk on the highest rim..

FuryUs - 2010-02-16 2:35 AM They already have a H0RSE contest, Dwight Howard dunked at 12 feet, they're required to have a team mate help on at least one dunk, and there's already a 'team' shooting competition that involves an NBA player, a WNBA player, and a former player that involves a half court shot.  There's also the skills competition for those that complain that they don't play fundamental basketball anymore.
Bottom line: it's all been done before.  Until someone makes change off the top of the backboard (rumored but never confirmed) there likely won't be any 'new' dunks.

jcnipper - 2010-02-15 9:38 PM

It actually looked like he ate a gel before his dunk.  I've always been a little surprised Gatorade doesn't make a gel, it seems like they would have copied the idea by this point.