The defending champ was definitely the fav on saturday night.I mean, if Dwight Howard could've done something better than "the sticker" in the final round, would he have beaten Greald Green?Maybe not, but it would've been a better competion and more creative than Greald Green versus Nate "Take 14" Robinson.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Feb 19 2007, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who cares.</div>I agree. It is a dunk competition that will have no part in deciding who wins the finals. It is just for fun, even if there was money on the line; it isn't like they needed to feed their family with it. I doubt Dwight even cares, he might have for a little, but now he is most likely focused on his next game against the Knicks.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Camby23Land @ Feb 19 2007, 06:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I agree. It is a dunk competition that will have no part in deciding who wins the finals. It is just for fun, even if there was money on the line; it isn't like they needed to feed their family with it. I doubt Dwight even cares, he might have for a little, but now he is most likely focused on his next game against the Knicks.</div> Same thing with the morons making a big deal over Iguodala not winning last year, after the thing is over nobody gives a sh*t because it doesn't mean anything...the judging is moronic, it's the dunks that are remembered, not the winners...especially nowdays.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Feb 19 2007, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Same thing with the morons making a big deal over Iguodala not winning last year, after the thing is over nobody gives a sh*t because it doesn't mean anything...the judging is moronic, it's the dunks that are remembered, not the winners...especially nowdays.</div>Yeah, even older dunks, everybody remembers Dee Browns no looker, how many remember if he won? Who knows when MJ did the cradle he might not have won. You pull off a sick dunk, and you will be remembered.
It's obvious that it has nothing to do with the Finals.I'm just trying to be on the side of entertainment. And when I see Nate Robinson try the exact same thing 10 times, it makes me go: "What If?"The dunk contest had an up year this year though. More creativity and showmanship (Nate Robinson being dunked on by Greald Green was sick).
it wasn't an up this yearlast year was way betterand I don't think anybody cares who was "robbed"ok so he didn't get as high of a score as he wanted...like the judges knew what was going to happen? and that it would be a sh*tty dunk contest?plus Dwight Howard is a freak athlete..we know..but he was far from robbed..it was just how the judges saw it
Yes, Dwight Howard was definitely robbed on his sticker dunk. It was very original and VERY hard to do. To concentrate on holding the sticker, getting your hand 12'6'' up, putting the sticker on the backboard with your left hand, then catch it with your right hand and complete a dunk? That's so original and that definitely deserved a 50, IMO.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Feb 19 2007, 05:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who cares.</div>If you don't like it, don't post in the topic. What's the point of making a two word post when you don't care about the subject?
I don't think "robbed" is the word... I definitely think he should have got more than the 42 or 43 he got from the judges for the sticker dunk, and that he probably would have put on a better show than Nate did in the Finals.Either way, the dunk contest sucked.
Dwight should have for sure gotten a better score than a 42 or whatever he got on that dunk. To be honest, I thought besides Gerald's dunk over Nate, that was the best dunk of the competition. It was creative, and for a guy to touch the backboard that high is crazy. I would have rather seen Dwight in the finals than Nate, but Gerald was going to win either way.
I don't believe so. Everyone already knew he could leap really high. He is 6"11 and a freak of athleticism. The sticker dunk didn't surprise me. The actual dunk wasnt that great, so I support the 43 he got on it. No way in hell would I have givent hat a 10. I already knew he could get up there...
I believe so CB4 for the reason that dunk was better than his first one which got a 43. He got a 42 on his sticker dunk, a better dunk. Robbed.
His first dunk was a sick windmill. I didn't think the second one was better. It's overhyped because he put a sticker on the backboard. Woweee! I'm sure Gerald Green could do that too, but he was more focused on doing an actual good dunk. Who the hell cares if he put a sticker up there. Everyone knows he can get up there. He has kissed the rim before. People should judge the dunk, not his dumb efforts to boost his score.
You act like it's so easy for a guy to not only concentrate on putting a sticker on the backboard but be able to dunk the ball afterwards. It's not. His windmill has been done before and was not creative. He deserved a better score and I don't know why you bring up Gerald Green. Gerald Green had every right to make it, it's Nate Robinson who did not.
CB4, it's the originality of the dunk that was most impressive. I mean, touching 12'6'' is impressive in its own right, but the creativity is something that was the best about it. People complain that the dunk contest isn't what it used to be and we have basically seen everything... they are right. Dwight Howard brings out a totally different idea and gets a lower score than his windmill before hand. That's wrong. People do windmills like that in the open court in actual games. The sticker dunk was original and it's harder to do than you may think.
Man Dwight Howard got robbed so bad it was ridicioulous that was the most creative and original dunk of the contest, I mean I don't see how he didn't get a perfect score on that one. Everyone has seen contestants jumping over other people or objects like Gerald Green did.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Feb 19 2007, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>CB4, it's the originality of the dunk that was most impressive. I mean, touching 12'6'' is impressive in its own right, but the creativity is something that was the best about it. People complain that the dunk contest isn't what it used to be and we have basically seen everything... they are right. Dwight Howard brings out a totally different idea and gets a lower score than his windmill before hand. That's wrong. People do windmills like that in the open court in actual games. The sticker dunk was original and it's harder to do than you may think.</div>The dunk is what everyone is supposed to judge, and that wasn't creative. The whole thing didn't amaze me. Wow, he put a sticker on the backboard. I could do that same dunk if I were 6"11 and with a ton of athleticism too. I could do it without any training. Not that hard. I just didnt find it that great. No need to debate this with me. The windmill atleast looked cool (even though I agree, the judges maybe gave him too good of a score on that one)...
CB4, part of the contest is creativity, and Dwights dunk was very creative. He wasnt allowed to raise the rim to 12 and dunk it, so he touched 12 and a half instead. I thought it was great considering Stern wouldnt let him do it, so he did something instead. And then, Jameer measures it. I thought it was great....but hey, its all opinion.
He just touched the glass. I don't think that is all that creative. It would have been alot better if he did a cool dunk like a little windmill or something. Then I might have given it a 9 or a 10. I was pretending I was a judge when watching the contest, and I gave that one an 8. Pretty cool, but just an average dunk.
CB4 mut not get it. The dunk contest is about more than the dunk. It is all about entertainment, and how you can get the crowd more into what you have just done. Kenny Smith even said: "You have to sell your dunk", which is so true. And in actuality, you don't have to re-invent the dunk to get a crowd hyped, all you need to is tweak something to a previous dunk.
Just wondering, but does anybody know/remember what Gerald Green got for his dunk where Pierce through it over the backboard, and that crappy dunk Tyrus Thomas did off the glass (I think his first or second attempt)?
