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Rudy's dunk behind the backboard was sick! he got robbed for that one at least... just like Iguodala did back in 06

 

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:rollseyes:

 

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It really wasn't that special. Someone did that in the HORSE contest earlier, with the bounce on the one side of the backboard and then layup on the other side of the rim. I think it only looked so hard because Rudy had so much difficulty with it. Someone with better hand strength/size would have had a lot easier time doing that.

 

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like Ben Gordon?

 

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It's not that hard... someone did it in the horse contest ... but it was a layup

Jesus wept

 

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Aiyah, I can't believe I just read through all 7 pages of this thread . . . wish I could have that time added back onto my life but whatever.

I figured Rudy had no chance going into this and I was pleased to see that he fared well for himself. He did better than I thought but he wasn't going to win this thing anyway you look at it; it just wasn't going to happen. This was a showcase for Nate v. Howard and it should've just started and ended with the two of them. Interpret that however you want.

 

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I'm just glad we have Rudy Fernandez on our team. I don't care about what judges think of his dunking ability; he puts points in people's faces.

 

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That's only because they weren't allowed to dunk in that contest. Kevin Durant could have dunked it effortlessly on that one. I don't think Johnson and Mayo could have dunked it though.

 

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Hey everyone, let's all go crap in the Bull's forum for awhile.

 

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rudy's first dunk was pretty good and got the worse score of all the first dunks and his second dunk was really good but understandably got a low score because it took so many attempts to get it.

i just want to know what happened to him alleyooping it to himself by doing a rainbow(soccer move)? that would have been awesome.

 

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There was supposed to be no penalty for taking multiple attempts. The rule was that each player was give 2 mins per dunk, and 2 tries immediately after.

Rudy mentioned that he was saving the rainbow kick dunk for the next round.

 

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This is a subjective event. I can't stand subjective scoring, but it's more of a show than a competition. It was fun to see Rudy there, as well as each of the other guys that competed in it. I think only us and Spain knew what was going on with that Martin jersey until they explained it.

It was kind of interesting to see Phoenix fans booing their own legends, though. I wonder if we'd boo Drexler or Kersey over JR Smith's scores if we had held a dunk contest. I like Dave's argument at Blazer's Edge. If you're going to penalize a player for taking too many attempts, then don't give Dwight Howard a 50 after five attempts or so on his first dunk. And I'll add, don't give Nate Robinson 8's and 9's for a dunk that we all did in junior high. After he missed the first time and I saw what he was going to do I thought, "Nah, he's just playing with us. That isn't going to be his dunk." It was fun to see "Kryptonate" though.

 

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he should have use it in the first because honestly, he had no shot at making it past the first round unless he did something incredible or jr smith and nate robinson simply didn't make their dunks.

and it doesn't matter if there was supposed to be a penalty or not. there almost always is a penalty especially when the dunk is actually attempted and missed(as rudy did several times). when guys just mess up the pass but don't actually attempt the dunk, the judges seem to not really count off at all, but when there are actual missed dunks, generally they do.

 

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The how did Dwight miss 6 times and get a 50?

 

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So, you advocate the subjective way the judges/NBA run the contest? What's the point of having written rules if no one follows them?

 

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There are no written rules on how dunks are supposed to be judged. There's just rules to how long a player has to complete a dunk.

 

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Define trolling barfo.
I only got this.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/trolling
Who was patroling or rambling? I'm confused on the usage of this slang. Enlighten me.

I do think Rudy's dunk off the backboard in the rear was tricky timing. It showed creativeness and a different form of technical challenge than the normal frontal attack on the basket. I did hear several fans booing the judges when they gave him those 8's and 9s. Yes it did take several attempts but Gasol could have been off with timing too.

 

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i said generally actual missed dunks count points off. obviously, there are exceptions and dwight was one of those(because it was pretty clear that he was going to make the finals all along).

all i did was state how it is, not how i think it should be.