Green to Howard and Gay: "12 feet might be too short for me."

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Now in his first year with the Timberwolves after two seasons in Boston, Gerald Green's minutes are down, but he remains one of the league's most exciting dunkers. With All-Star Weekend approaching, NBA.com checked in with Green as he prepped his defense for the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.

NBA.com: Are you excited to have the chance to defend your title?

Gerald Green: I'm pretty excited. Going back to defend something is always a blessing and it's fun to go out and defend it. I heard I'm the underdog this year, so that gives me a little motivation.

NBA.com: What kind of physical preparation are you doing?

Gerald Green: I can't tell you -- that's something that's going to have to be a surprise. I know I'm trying to do something that you can't even do in a video game.

NBA.com: Rudy Gay started a contest to get fan submissions for dunks. What do you think of that idea?

Gerald Green: I think that was a good idea. It's whatever you can do to get ideas, and to get the fans on your side, it's always good to have. Rudy Gay's a tremendous dunker, so he's probably going to have tons of ideas and tons of things he's going to be able to do in the Dunk Contest. I wouldn't be surprised if he comes up with something I ain't never seen before.

NBA.com: Are there any dunkers you look to for inspiration?

Gerald Green: I always look at Vince, Michael, Dominique. I think this year is going to be one of those years where I just have to think of something out of the ordinary -- which I do have, some things in mind I think I can pull off.

NBA.com: Do you have any preferences as a dunker?

Gerald Green: I'm better jumping off two feet. I can jump off one foot as well, but I think I'm more effective jumping off two. The side of the basket don't really matter.

NBA.com: You mentioned Rudy, but what do you think of Dwight Howard and Jamario Moon?

Gerald Green: For Dwight to get in it again, I know he has to have something real sick, so I'm curious what that is. With Jamario Moon, I don't think people understand he has really big hands, so he can palm the ball a lot. That really helps him. I think those things that each player has going in is something we can each use to our advantage.

NBA.com: Rudy posted his first dunk blog yesterday, and he said if Dwight puts the basket at 12 feet, Dwight should just leave it there so he can do his dunk. What do you think of that?

Gerald Green: I don't know, I might see if they can raise mine to 13 feet. I think 12 feet might be a little too short for me.

NBA.com: Anything you want to say to the other guys?

Gerald Green: I don't know if they knew, but I don't know who won the dunk contest last year. Who won it? I'm not really sure. I just want those guys to know who won it last year. I think Dwight knows who won it. I don't know, but I'm just sayin'. Like I said, I'm going in as the underdog. I like that battle.</div>

2/16/08: you will fear Gerald Green.

 

If Gerald knew who you were, he'd issue a restraining order.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Feb 1 2008, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If Gerald knew who you were, he'd issue a restraining order.</div>

He'd ask for H54 to be moved out of the country.

 

Reality Check: Nobody cares about all-star weekend anymore because of how weak it is...Lebron, J Rich and other vets would smoke these guys.

Also

Gerald Green: I'm better jumping off two feet. I can jump off one foot as well, but I think I'm more effective jumping off two. The side of the basket don't really matter.

I wonder how many feet he gets off the bench with..he doesn't seem to practice it much with over 20 DNP-CD's.

and

Gerald Green: I'm pretty excited. Going back to defend something is always a blessing and it's fun to go out and defend it.

Why don't you defend your man then Gerald? If you enjoy defending so much..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Feb 1 2008, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If Gerald knew who you were, he'd issue a restraining order.</div>

If Doc knew who you were, you'd get married and have little Celticballas running around the TD Banknorth Garden.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Feb 1 2008, 11:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Reality Check: Nobody cares about all-star weekend anymore because of how weak it is...Lebron, J Rich and other vets would smoke these guys.

Also

Gerald Green: I'm better jumping off two feet. I can jump off one foot as well, but I think I'm more effective jumping off two. The side of the basket don't really matter.

I wonder how many feet he gets off the bench with..he doesn't seem to practice it much with over 20 DNP-CD's.

and

Gerald Green: I'm pretty excited. Going back to defend something is always a blessing and it's fun to go out and defend it.

Why don't you defend your man then Gerald? If you enjoy defending so much..</div>

Reality check: Get a life. Gerald Green rules you. On Feb 16th you and the whole world will fear him. Gerald Green is the best dunker of this generation. What he'll do come All-star weekend will shock the world.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (high54life @ Feb 1 2008, 11:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Feb 1 2008, 11:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>If Gerald knew who you were, he'd issue a restraining order.</div>

If Doc knew who you were, you'd get married and have little Celticballas running around the TD Banknorth Garden.
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First of all, that wasn't funny, and secondly - even if it were funny, it didn't make any sense because I have never been the biggest Doc fan in the world.

If you used Telfair as an example rather than Doc, it might have been relevant to the lowest possible degree.

 

He's a bench player and will be a bench player for the rest of his career. What the hell is wrong with you? The whole world isn't gonna fear Gerald Green with his hardcore tattoos and above-average dunking skills. He's going to embarrass himself by trying to dunk on 13 feet by falling backwards and getting the wind knocked out of him, becoming the first dunk contest participant to be taken back to the locker room after eating shit.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ Feb 1 2008, 11:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>He's a bench player and will be a bench player for the rest of his career. What the hell is wrong with you? The whole world isn't gonna fear Gerald Green with his hardcore tattoos and above-average dunking skills. He's going to embarrass himself by trying to dunk on 13 feet by falling backwards and getting the wind knocked out of him, becoming the first dunk contest participant to be taken back to the locker room after eating shit.</div>

20+ scoring in less than 26 minutes, five times last year!

 

The Celtics barely won 20 games...most of the times whenever Green "went off" we were losing by 30 and the other team had their bench players in.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Shapecity @ Feb 2 2008, 03:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That would be a new twist if they had a round in the dunk contest where you could raise the rim like you would a high jump.</div>
Yeah that would be a good idea.

 

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I hope Dwight Howard smacks. He should've won it last year.

We gotta get some judges without bullshit bias for small guys

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Feb 3 2008, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope Dwight Howard smacks. He should've won it last year.

We gotta get some judges without bullshit bias for small guys</div>

Luckily they're changing the voting format this year. The judges pick the two that get to the finals, but then the fans vote via text messages to determine the winner. So pretty much it means "lol voat 4 m00n, THR0n" is going to bombard the cellular networks.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Feb 3 2008, 01:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Feb 3 2008, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope Dwight Howard smacks. He should've won it last year.

We gotta get some judges without bullshit bias for small guys</div>

Luckily they're changing the voting format this year. The judges pick the two that get to the finals, but then the fans vote via text messages to determine the winner. So pretty much it means "lol voat 4 m00n, THR0n" is going to bombard the cellular networks.
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hahaha. At least 1 text message is gonna say "Howard with no pants!"

 

Why would I fear a toothpick like Gerald Green. He looks like a slight breeze could knock him over.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Feb 3 2008, 02:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Feb 3 2008, 01:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Feb 3 2008, 01:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hope Dwight Howard smacks. He should've won it last year.

We gotta get some judges without bullshit bias for small guys</div>

Luckily they're changing the voting format this year. The judges pick the two that get to the finals, but then the fans vote via text messages to determine the winner. So pretty much it means "lol voat 4 m00n, THR0n" is going to bombard the cellular networks.
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hahaha. At least 1 text message is gonna say "Howard with no pants!"
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"Here's one for Green"
"One for Dwight..."
"Another for Dwight"
"...uh Jim take a look at this"
"Why won't you read our haiku's?"
"Ah geeze not these guys again!"

 

There should be some cool part of the dunk contest...where the contests attempt to do the sickest dunks on eachother. that would be sweet.

 

Oh, I got another one: high54life defends his man better than Gerald Green.