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Big Boss said:
what they say?
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they were showing clips of lebron dunking before the games, and skip was using those generic dunks as proof that he should be in the contest.

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Two things. They definitely should make bun b intro the main one. Skip was dead right about that

But they ain't riding dikks. We from the era where slam dunk contest at one point was dr j, vs Dominique vs Jordan. It was the stars dunking. You wanted to watch cause the stars never got to display their skills. Like the Allstar game when you see centers crossing up. Or guards doing and 1 shyt. You get to see them do all the stuff they don't do in game

Now if I could give two fukks about anybody in the dunk contest then what's the point. I didn't know you before and you'll be forgotten a day later. I can see better dunks on YouTube with guys in their driveway. And that's real. So seeing a bunch of no names ain't cool. Missing 8 dunks ain't cool.

Yea they are great dunkers but literally. Who cares?
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yes, it is d*ck-riding.

being concerned with names over actual quality is indeed a form of such. it renders the dunk contest to being a prom king/queen competition.

dr j, dominique, jordan, etc were great competition dunkers. lebron is not. they dont compare. you didnt see magic or bird in there. but terrence stansbury would show out, and hes still remembered for it 25 years later. as opposed to now, where all-time goats like j.rich cant get his props. he doesnt even get mentioned. and hes still in the league. a starter at that. so imagine how irrelevant his name will be 20 years from now because of this new-era f*ckery.

you say missing 8 dunks isnt cool? well if those guys miss those dunks 8 times, how many times do you think lebron is gonna miss it, considering that he cant do what those guys can do?

so will it be okay because lebron is missing the dunks? or will you settle for his generic dunks as the new measuring stick for slam dunk champions?

chit is gonna be like when candace parker beat j.r. smith in the mcdonalds contest with basic 2-handers barely getting over the rim.
 
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Homeboy Runny-Ray said:
they were showing clips of lebron dunking before the games, and skip was using those generic dunks as proof that he should be in the contest.



yes, it is d*ck-riding.

being concerned with names over actual quality is indeed a form of such. it renders the dunk contest to being a prom king/queen competition.

dr j, dominique, jordan, etc were great competition dunkers. lebron is not. they dont compare. you didnt see magic or bird in there. but terrence stansbury would show out, and hes still remembered for it 25 years later. as opposed to now, where all-time goats like j.rich cant get his props. he doesnt even get mentioned. and hes still in the league. a starter at that. so imagine how irrelevant his name will be 20 years from now because of this new-era f*ckery.

you say missing 8 dunks isnt cool? well if those guys miss those dunks 8 times, how many times do you think lebron is gonna miss it, considering that he cant do what those guys can do?

so will it be okay because lebron is missing the dunks? or will you settle for his generic dunks as the new measuring stick for slam dunk champions?

chit is gonna be like when candace parker beat j.r. smith in the mcdonalds contest with basic 2-handers barely getting over the rim.
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I think you're mistaking my point. I don't care about lebron the dunker. I'm saying the name lebron would bring more excitement. People see those pregame dunks and that's all he'd have to do. Jordan lost some. Nique lost some. They missed some dunks, but it was pure exciting watching two megastars battle vs two nobody's

It'd like boxing. Everyone wants to see paq vs mayweather. While two no names might be the better fight, they are still the undercard because less people care. What I'm saying is these other dunk contest are undercards. Yes they are entertaining. Yes the dunkers are good (not giving any of those dunks legendary status).

But we wanna see the top go at it. Ok no lebron. Maybe 1 or 2 all stars. Blake just did it. Vince was legendary. Howard was memorable. It just makes for a Better show for fans. Which is us. Which is what it's supposed to be about
 
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Venem said:
I think you're mistaking my point. I don't care about lebron the dunker. I'm saying the name lebron would bring more excitement. People see those pregame dunks and that's all he'd have to do. Jordan lost some. Nique lost some. They missed some dunks, but it was pure exciting watching two megastars battle vs two nobody's

It'd like boxing. Everyone wants to see paq vs mayweather. While two no names might be the better fight, they are still the undercard because less people care. What I'm saying is these other dunk contest are undercards. Yes they are entertaining. Yes the dunkers are good (not giving any of those dunks legendary status).

But we wanna see the top go at it. Ok no lebron. Maybe 1 or 2 all stars. Blake just did it. Vince was legendary. Howard was memorable. It just makes for a Better show for fans. Which is us. Which is what it's supposed to be about
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i dont know about this "us fans" talk.

real fans knew who every last participant was. i'll give the newer fans a pass on james white, but thats it. and aside from white, the only dude that doesnt get tick that was in the competition was jeremi evans - the defending slam dunk champion.

the thing that gets me is that alot of people(not you) have the audacity to criticize the quality of the dunks, then turn around and clamor for inferior dunkers like lebron in the same breath. that sir is d*ck-riding.

lets be real, a slam dunk competition full of today's biggest stars would be wack. blake griffin's win was bullchit(another reason why i dont want lebron to enter). dwight was cool but overrated. the thing with those two is that the announcers were hyping their chit up to be some next level chit. and it worked. on the flipside, all they do to the young competitors is tear them down before they even dunk.

you cant compare today's stars to alot of the older eras in terms of dunking. dr j, dominique, mike.....these dudes were amongst the elite dunkers of their era. you cant say that about today's top-tier players. theres teams in the nba like the nuggets, knicks & raptors that each have like 4 dunkers on their rosters alone that are better than just about all of the stars. i do agree that some of the early '00s guys like vince & t-mac shouldve did more than one competition. thats what made the 2000 contest into arguably the goat. superstars that are actually contest dunkers. im sure you can agree with that. but right now we dont have that. there arent really any great dunkers that just-so-happen to be superstars.

how would you feel if they at least used all-star caliber players that could dunk the ball? like bring back josh smith(he put on some weight tho), j.r. smith, etc?
 
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Skip and SAS are just as bad now...They are both trolling out there and its fukkin up the sports journalism game:smh:
 
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lol. this thread is dead now.

i havnt watched all week outside of the weekend edition that they do for college basketball. skip & sas arent even there.

tim brando show >>>>>>>
 
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