All-Star Weekend: Slam Dunk Contest thread

[aw00d05]

ummmmm did you not see howards second dunk...

Which one already forgot the whole thing...

[MatthewLee]

Which one already forgot the whole thing...

Exactly...pretty unmemorable.

[gladdyontherise]

this was pretty hyped, and i wasnt that excited after it was all set and done...

Nate's dunk over Dwight was pretty cool, but Dwights dunk was terrible for a last dunk, i think on his first dunk when he was given a 50 was based off of hype and ruined the show also when did they start giving only 2 minutes to dunk?

[RenegadeLonghorn]

A little disappointed in the contest but it was still entertaining to watch.

Howard should have pulled a Batman and came down from the rafters, lol.

We need to see more reverses and in between the legs dunks. We've seen it before, sure. But these are memorable dunks. Nothing very memorable for me from last night.

[cardcollector4725]

Not too bad!
Even though Nate pushed off Howard to get over his head, he cleared Howards shoulders without assistance

I do miss the days when you had real talented dunkers not just showmen like MJ/Clyde/Wilkens/Kemp etc

yeah but the thing is all the players now can do those dunks...but since they have all been done it is boring so they have to bring showmanship into it

[garnett_21]

Howard should have pulled a Batman and came down from the rafters, lol.

LOL! Hanging by his knees from the rafters, let go, spin mid-air, and throw it down...lol

[Ray33]

rudy fernandez should of won!

[WilyWestbrook0]

theanswer- have you ever even met him, and if so, have you been at the same level with him (i don't mean like you standing on stairs or anything at a game trying to get an auto from him), right up next to him even, and also with him at least not in basketball shoes if not any shoes at all? well i would definately know unless i'm somehow 6'5" and in that case i am not.

I know basketball players exaggerate their height sometimes by up to three inches (cases in point: Charles Barkley and Michael Beasley), but Nate at 5'3" instead of 5'9" would be a six inch difference, and I can't see official heights getting jacked up that high. Too bad I can't meet him - I know for a fact that I am 5'1½," so I'd be able to gauge his height against mine.

[garnett_21]

I know basketball players exaggerate their height sometimes by up to three inches (cases in point: Charles Barkley and Michael Beasley)

OT, but Kevin Love is listed at 6'10", but alot of people say he's only 6'7" or 6'7.5"...short starting center

[WilyWestbrook0]

OT, but Kevin Love is listed at 6'10", but alot of people say he's only 6'7" or 6'7.5"...short starting center

Draft camp measurements seem to be the most accurate, although I haven't looked up Love's yet. I know that is where Barkley's and Beasley's "official" listed heights were corrected. Additionally, I found that Nate Robinson's height measurement at the 2005 draft camp has him just under 5'8" instead of the 5'9" listed height (but certainly much higher than 5'3"; he'd be considerably shorter looking than 5'6½" Spud Webb whom he jumped over in the 2006 dunk contest if he were really 5'3" like Muggsy Bogues): http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...webnate11.html