If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged?

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  1. Toko

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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    OH NOES, THE DUNK CONTEST IS RIGGED!!!! OUR GUY DIDN'T WIN, OH NOESSSS

    THE SKY IS FALLING, OH noeeeeesssss
     
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  2. Karl Malone's Elbows

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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    What's with the sudden emergence of all these newly registered trolls? It seems I'm seeing a new one every day or so with less than 20 posts. Are we sure they're all not one poster?
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    In the entire contest, was there a single travelling call????

    Stupid, blind zebras!



    (Not that I believe the refs are actually fair and honest, but the Dunk contest seems the wrong time to try and prove it.)
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Exactly. It's the all star weekend, it's all about the entertainment. And yet, look at *edited: No insults* going apeshit over a dunk contest...."OH NOES IT WAS ALL A LIE, NBA IS RIGGED, THIS DUNK CONTEST TOTALLY PROVES IT!!???"
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    We're sure of nothing in the world, my man.

    We try to pay attention and react as best we can, however. :)

    Ed O.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    i thought rudy's scores were fair, but all the other scores were inflated. dwight howard didn't have a dunk that deserved a 50. both of nate's first round scores were too high(of course i thought his dunks in the finals may have been the best of the contest). jr smith's dunks were rated a little higher than i would have as well.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Yeah, Dwight's were definitely too huge but he would have advanced anyway with a 46 or 47 (which he deserved) so I don't mind that. What bothered me is the whole Smith vs Rudy thing. Rudy deserved to finish a respectable 3rd.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    I thought Rudy's first score was fair, if you take the air out of all the other scores, as you suggest. His second dunk, though, was quite exceptional and deserved a much higher score.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Agreed. It's getting pretty bad around here regarding that.


    In all honesty, Rudy's first dunk was by far better than Nate's. The degree of difficulty, of the behind the back, off the backboard one handed slam, vs a Lob to windmill? come on.....
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    but since it took so many attempts to do it, i can understand the score it received.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    dwight and rudy should have advanced.

    nate's dunks in the final round were great. his dunks before then were nothing special. and he had by far the worst dunk of the night.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged


    Agreed.

    :rolleyes:



    It seems to me is all you do is complain about people complaining.

    Which is pretty stupid if you think about it.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    I love you for saying and remembering that.

    I've never felt the same way about the league after Game 6.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Howard took a ton of attempts also and got a perfect score. In a past dunk competition, Nate took a huge amount of attempts on one of his biggest score dunks. I don't think number of attempts is supposed to affect score and I don't think they ever have...until Rudy, assuming that was the reason.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    it definitely has effected it in the past. not every single time of course, but it still has effected scores in the past.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Or you have the memory of a three year old child. :dunno:
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    It might also be because TNT had a full screen graphic on the screen for half of Rudy's first dunk.
     
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    Re: If the Dunk Contest is rigged is there any reason to believe the NBA isn't rigged

    Or that.
     
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