<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">If you hang around long enough, you eventually see everything there is to see on a basketball court. But 76ers coach Maurice Cheeks acknowledged that he couldn't recall a coach calling time after a game's opening basket, which is what San Antonio's Gregg Popovich did after the Sixers' Andre Iguodala soared down the lane for a tomahawk jam over Spurs superstar Tim Duncan. "I've never seen a coach call a timeout that early," Cheeks said. "Pop got mad after being down, 2-0." Or maybe Popovich just wanted to remind his players that Iguodala, the second-year swingman out of the University of Arizona, has the kind of hops that are rarely observed, even in the NBA. No wonder Iguodala will represent the Sixers in the dunk contest tomorrow night during NBA All-Star weekend in Houston. "Oh, yeah, he can dunk," said Cheeks, who made a career during his playing days delivering above-the-rim passes to a pretty good leaper named Julius Erving. "But in a dunk contest, you have to have some creativity. It's not just jumping ability. Plus, you have to make them." Iguodala, who also will play in tonight's Rookie Challenge, hasn't competed in even informal dunk contests since he was in high school, when he and some friends tried to outimpress one another. </div> link: http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/sports/ba...ll/13894087.htm i have to admit, the only reason why im going to watch the dunk contest is because of iggy. i hope he impresses
Aldrige just talked to Iggy before halftime of the Rook-Soph game, when asked what do you plan on doing for the contest, he said "something that has never been done before." weeeee!
Yeah... and Iggy is putting on a show in the Rookie-Sophomore game... 8 dunks, 2 three-pointers, 22 points, everything. If he keeps this up he'll take the MVP of the game... EDIT: And right when I type this he hits 2 more three's, and has 28 points... AI is lovin' it!
if iggy can win the dunk contest he will be MVP of 2 all star contests. if AI can get the MVP again in the all star game, how cool would that be? too bad korver isnt in the 3 point contest
