Simons Slam Dunk Contest

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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    OK I'm genuinely interested in this. Think Ant has the fluidity and hops to make dunks look good, but he doesn't have the power.

    I want him to try a 720. He gets enough altitude to be able to do it.
     
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    last few weeks, i've noticed a marked change in the way he's attacking the basket. Not really trying to jump over guys to hammer it, but rather finessing it in. It's working.
     
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    He definitely has the jumping ability (there seems to be footage online of him almost hitting his head on the rim) but I can't seem to find any dunks that are out of this world creative or crazy.

    I wish him well, but I hope it's not just another case of Rudy being a major disappointment (and the judges sucking ass and Kenny Smith being a complete ass clown).
     
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    Let's be honest, think there was a bit of xenophobia and ignorance with Kenny and Rudy there. The Fernando Martin stuff confused everybody.

    But to me, the more disappointing one was with Dame when they changed the format to just get as many made dunks as possible rather than highlighting each go.

    Ant is just so fluid when he jumps. I saw some clips of his dunk contests in High School and there's more power there than expected. Think he wins it. He needs to not bring Dame to lob him passes-- those will be disastrous.
     
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    Yeah, honestly it changed how I felt about Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller, but worse about Kenny Smith.
     
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    Congrats to Ant for winning the dunk contest.
    Humble guy, 2 original dunks along with a classic.
    Great representing the Blazers.
     
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    1st Dunk:

    2nd Dunk:

    3rd Dunk:
     
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    What happened to that franchise they always seem to have stars and atleast be consistent. They’ve had Ken Griffey, Randy Johnson, Arod, Ichiro, Garcia, these are some big names.

    How’d they fall off so hard?
     
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    What’s the story behind not kissing the rim? Is it a COVID-19 thing? Going in for the kiss, remembering about COVID-19, then blowing the kiss instead?
     
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    my guess is his girlfriend would not like him being toothless
     
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    Well, he wasn't close enough to kiss it, but probably didn't want to risk getting hurt
     
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    Mozel tov, Ant!
     
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    Pitching
     
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    Well that’s to bad
     
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    Loved it way to go Ant!
     
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    He should have put a mask on first!
     
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    Boring as hell. Glad he won
     
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    If Simons played for the Lakers people would be hating all over this dunk contest.
     
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