NBA All-Star Festivities Open Thread
by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:05 PM MST
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Steve Kerr looks like he can still play….
Durant kinda sucked in the 3-point contest…Is it just me or is it really enjoyable to watch Paul Pierce fail?
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It's not just you
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thanks
I dont know why, but I kind of dislike Pierce.
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:35 PM MST up reply actions
It's probably because he's a dislikeable person.
Out of all the Celtics, the only one I actually like is Ray Allen.
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me too. I like Allen's personality.
He’s the only one humble person there in Boston. All other guys especially Pierce and Garnett thinks they’re really cool now because they have a ring but truely, in the eyes of nonBoston fans, they’re not and theyre just dumbasses,, except for Ray.
hes a poser
who else comes to a game in a wheelchair just to get up and play the whole game?
he's a douche!
according to wiki ‘The term usually refers to a person, usually male, with a variety of negative qualities, specifically arrogance and engaging in obnoxious and/or irritating actions’..
pierce = douche
About time man…
I’m am unbelievably excited about the dunk contest
None of this would have happened if Lou Amundson had still been around.
sorry keith....i had important business to take care of.
my gal is very bored. i told her if she changes the channel ill beat her in public
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:14 PM MST up reply actions
woah
serge and his yellow shoes. nice
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:23 PM MST up reply actions
The last great slam dunk competition was won by you know who.
Just saying.
"Steve Nash..... Best point guard in the league!!! He is a general of this army!!!"
~Marcin Gortat
mj?
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:23 PM MST up reply actions
C-Webb on the mike
a silly man
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:26 PM MST up reply actions
No kidding.
Back when he repped the bay…
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I'm talking about J-Rich btw.
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I'm talking about our man on fire.
Vince Carter in 2000!
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~Marcin Gortat
by East Bay Ray on Feb 19, 2011 8:35 PM MST up reply actions
Well I was always under the impression
that it died after J-Rich’s last victory…
But it looks like it’s back now.
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Anyone else not too impressed with the Javale McGee dunk?
I liked DeRozan’s and Blake’s more.
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i liked javales
best….although blakes was more athletic, javale was more creative.
whatever the f that means.
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:34 PM MST up reply actions
Had he and Blake hit thiers first try it would have been way more impressive.
You have not really lived, until you have stepped on broken glass.
And yes I wear a Dragon Jersey every game (avatar proof)
derozen i s more impressive cause he's smaller
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:36 PM MST up reply actions
DeRozan with am impressive dunk.
He’s J-Rich’s pick btw, according to his FB.
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things r getting weird
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:37 PM MST up reply actions
Understatement, Wil.
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things r getting mfr f'd up
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 8:38 PM MST up reply actions
Kid's parents need to take him to another barber.
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Pedo bear dunk?
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Ibaka should've gotten more on the 1st, IMO.
But that 2nd dunk was unique to say the least.
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Loved it!
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by East Bay Ray on Feb 19, 2011 8:55 PM MST up reply actions
I liked that flashback of "he who Scott wishes to see lit on fire".
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He was truly half man, half amazing in that dunk contest.
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~Marcin Gortat
by East Bay Ray on Feb 19, 2011 8:58 PM MST up reply actions
That last Blake dunk would've been so much more impressive
if the nose of the car was facing Blake and he leapt over it to dunk it.
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totally
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 19, 2011 9:04 PM MST up reply actions
Kenny Smith does it again.
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They wouldn't have risk it
Only amateur (that are actually professional) dunkers do it because they don’t risk multi-million dollar careers.
That girl in the myTouch 4G commercials is soooo purdy.
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Ugh... LeBron drinks Sprite.................ugh.
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I hate LeBron, but we seriously need more stars in this.
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As do I
But both of them have freakishly good athleticism, would of been interesting to see.
by Dudley_for_3 on Feb 19, 2011 9:12 PM MST up reply actions
LeBron jumps way less this season than in the past
Not sure what’s up with that.
It would have been nice
Seeing a LeBron vs Grant Hill Sprite-off.
by suns68 on Feb 19, 2011 11:09 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Letting the fans vote for something like this.
Geez, it’s the Yao Ming/Allen Iverson thing all over again. You were pretty good, Blake, but McGee was more creative.
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how did yao ming get votes anyway?
are the fans stupid? (except for the members of thi website)
"Were the type of team that’ll win alot of street fights" Steve Nash 1-29-11 vs. Celtics
The NBA likes to make believe it's because they have billions of Chinese fans...
Who all vote for Yao.
But really, Houston stuffs the ballot box like crazy.
I went to one of their games and they tried to recruit me to this boiler room operation they had going where you could get free team gear if you sat there for an hour before the game filling out all-star ballots for their top guys.
Not sure if the other teams do that or not, but I got the distinct feeling that the fan voting is about as credible as an election for president of Iran.
by suns68 on Feb 19, 2011 11:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
The NBA likes to make believe it's because they have billions of Chinese fans...
Who all vote for Yao.
But really, Houston stuffs the ballot box like crazy.
I went to one of their games and they tried to recruit me to this boiler room operation they had going where you could get free team gear if you sat there for an hour before the game filling out all-star ballots for their top guys.
Not sure if the other teams do that or not, but I got the distinct feeling that the fan voting is about as credible as an election for president of Iran.
by suns68 on Feb 19, 2011 11:30 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Blake Griffin was more powerful though.
McGee’s were very creative and impressive, but they didn’t make me jump off the couch and stomp my foot on the ground like Blake Griffin’s did. When a man throws down a dunk with that much power, it’s just not normal. McGee did dunk through two hoops at the same time, but it just didn’t have the same sort of "authority’ that BG’s dunks did.
But that’s just my opinion. And I am incredibly biased towards Blake Griffin.
"If the Suns can shock the world
Goran Dragic is the name."
by Dragic_is_Magic on Feb 19, 2011 10:11 PM MST up reply actions
Well I agree that his were more powerful.
But if they’re going to bring out the car, make it something that really will make us jump on our feet. Point the car at you, and jump over to dunk. Sorta like that fake Hyperdunk video Kobe did without the car moving. I like McGee’s creativity. Everyone was impressive this year. If Blake hadn’t missed his first attempts on his first 2 dunks, I wouldn’t be skeptical at all.
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I missed it
too busy and the memory of last years snore fest
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Well the car dunk did make me jump to my feet. In fact, I was on my feet when the car rolled out.
But again, Im a total sucker and very impressionable lol.
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by Dragic_is_Magic on Feb 20, 2011 12:37 PM MST up reply actions
Spud Webb still is my favorite dunk contenst winner.
But McGee is impressive for a big man.
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Blake shouldn't have even made the second round
Once he did, didn’t matter what he did.
Achievement is its own reward, pride obscures it.
Agreed.
Every non-Griffin dunk of the first round was EPIC.
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
Did anyone watch the All-Star Fantasy draft?
Steve Kerr chose Nash and HIll for his team.
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That managed to redeem his choice of LeBron James.
But seeing his roster made me drool over the thought of a Steve Nash – Karl Malone P&R.
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And overall, I thought Reggie's roster was the best
considering he had John Stockton, MJ, Kidd, and many others….
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I laughed
sooo hard when his first pick was Iverson and not MJ.
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by modernage13 on Feb 20, 2011 12:02 AM MST up reply actions
Forgot to add Barkley to that.
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by modernage13 on Feb 20, 2011 12:02 AM MST up reply actions
Darn, wish I had seen this sooner! Missed all these "festivities" while I was watching!
Perhaps it’s because I absolutey love, Love, LOVE, Blake Griffin, but I think he deserved to win and I voted via text message and NBA.com. :D
Kind of wish Ray Allen had won the three-point contest…
And I missed the Skills Challenge because of Choir Regionals.
I can’t wait for the game tomorrow. I’m a total sucker for All-Star Weekend.
"If the Suns can shock the world
Goran Dragic is the name."
by Dragic_is_Magic on Feb 19, 2011 10:13 PM MST reply actions
The Skills Challenge wasn't quite as exciting without our friendly neighborhood Canadian participating.
I just lol’d super hard when CP3 missed his first layup.
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He just destroyed that kid’s scholarship by missing that layup hahaha. I bet that fat kid was pissed at Rose for just “playing it cool”.
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by modernage13 on Feb 20, 2011 12:03 AM MST up reply actions
How did he deserve to win?
His second dunk was the worst of the whole deal but they gave him enough points to just get past Demarr. He got more points for windmilling off the side of the backboard than Demarr did for going between his legs off the frame, don’t get me started on that lame car (hood) jump.
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by hcblankscreen on Feb 19, 2011 10:28 PM MST up reply actions
I agree.
Serge jumped from behind the free throw line, and Blake jumped over a car that was sideways, not even facing him. Also, I think the dunk contest is about getting creative with it, and I didn’t see that from Blake. I was rooting for McGee that whole way, I really liked his two and three ball dunks, and even though his last dunk wasn’t great, the rest were really really good.
I thought the finals should have been Ibaka and McGee, but that might be because I kind of hate Blake Griffin.
I don't know about you guys,
but it seems like it might be sort of hard to jump over the hood of a car, while catching a lob pass from the sun roof, and throwing it down with authority.
You can totally have your own opinion about Blake Griffin’s dunks last night and I won’t question you at all. But for me, what I saw was enough to make me think he deserved to win.
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Goran Dragic is the name."
by Dragic_is_Magic on Feb 20, 2011 12:39 PM MST up reply actions
Blake Griffin could have defecated on the floor while missing a three pointer.
And he still would have won that sham of a dunk contest.
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by Scott Howard on Feb 20, 2011 2:49 PM MST up reply actions 4 recs
Well, I guess this solidifies my point on what a sucker I am for All-Star Weekend.
"If the Suns can shock the world
Goran Dragic is the name."
by Dragic_is_Magic on Feb 20, 2011 4:52 PM MST up reply actions
The first ever NBA slam dunk champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM08OJwRDgg
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~Marcin Gortat
by East Bay Ray on Feb 19, 2011 11:32 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
Man... it almost feels like Jordan stole the cradle dunk from Mr. Nance.
And the 2 ball dunk was impressive. This year really felt like a possible resurgence of the dunk contest. But a lot of the best dunks have already been done, courtesy of “he who Scott wishes to see lit on fire” and “he who no Bright Sider wished to see get traded”.
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fuck'n WOW!
"Maybe I’m old school," Nash said, "but I signed a contract to play here and I want to honor it. I feel like I owe it to my teammates and the city and everybody to keep battling until they tell me it’s time to go." STEVE (God of Basketball) NASH
This is one is actually a little better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm_2388u5EU&feature=related
Nance beat Julius Erving and Dominique Wilkins, two of the greatest dunkers ever, to win that 1984 slam dunk title. Another fun fact: his nickname was The High Ayatolla of Slamola. How awesome is that?
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~Marcin Gortat
by East Bay Ray on Feb 20, 2011 6:34 PM MST up reply actions
It's a bit of a mouthful, tbh.
The Phoenix Suns - where we'll revive any player's career*
*Vince Carter not withstanding.
Is it possible to make Nash the official passer of the Dunk Contest?!
Nash could have passed with his eyes closed 10x better than Baron and Amir Johnson did last night. Would have made DeRozen and Griffins dunks even better.
Re-sign BAMF.
Of course you would.
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by Scott Howard on Feb 20, 2011 3:40 PM MST up reply actions
Allen Iverson over Michael Jordan.
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