<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"><font face="Arial">Smith's insider dunk tip Cleveland --- Josh Smith went to the feet of one of the league's dunk masters to get ready for the slam dunk contest during the NBA All-Star weekend. The Hawks rookie has been working with team vice president of basketball Dominique Wilkins to polish off a few of his dunks. "I've been practicing with him a little bit," said the 6-foot-9 forward, who entered the Cleveland game with 67 dunks. "I got some hints from the vets on what to do. Just some different dunks and different tricks to do." Wilkins, a two-time dunk contest winner, was known as the "Human Highlight Film" back in his Hawks playing days and was one of the league's most artistic and powerful dunkers. Amare Stoudemire of Phoenix, and Chris Andersen and J.R. Smith of New Orleans are the other participants in the contest. Childress misses out Smith, who was the second of the Hawks' two first-round draft picks (17th), also will play in the Rookie Challenge game</font> </div>Source
I can't think of a better mentor than 'Nique. What made 'Nique's dunks great was the power and finesse he did them with. I'll be impressed if Josh Smith can pull off 'Nique's famous windmill dunk. He's already the favorite to win the competition, let's see if he can deliver on that.
^Yeah, great teacher he has. A fellow Hawk too. He's learning from the best and it will be really interesting to see what he pulls off in the contest especially since everyone is pulling for him. He can't dissapoint!
