Ariza should have been a nominee for dunk contest

The Skyhook · Post #1 » by **The Skyhook** » Sat Jan 3, 2009 6:30 am

I would have loved to see trevor in the dunk contest but we cant even vote for him. I dont get how Alexander/westbrooke/ fernendez were picked to be voted for over trevor.

ALL HAIL · Post #2 » by **ALL HAIL** » Sat Jan 3, 2009 6:37 am

They're rookies. It's marketing dude. VOTE FOR THE ROOKIE etc sum dum goy

CITYOFANGELSX3 · Post #3 » by **CITYOFANGELSX3** » Sat Jan 3, 2009 8:08 pm

Yeah Nastneem, its pretty lame how crappy the slam dunk contest is nowadays. Only 4 is lame.

lakersfanatic · Post #4 » by **lakersfanatic** » Sat Jan 3, 2009 8:55 pm

Say what happened to it.. shessh!

Let the fans vote or something.. well but not to the extent that you'll see YAO dunking but give us people who volunteered and let us vote.

I would definitely love to see Ariza duke it out above the rim... he got mad hops

or have street ballers vs nba ballers dunk contest... That'll be interesting.

TylersLakers · Post #5 » by **TylersLakers** » Sat Jan 3, 2009 9:08 pm

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

The NBA is going with a new theme where it likes to take guys drafted in the past 2/3 years. Hence the "Rising Star" Slam Dunk competition. I think that's why you don't see names like Kobe, Vince Carter and even players like Ariza. They want fresh blood, I guess.

ronnymac2 · Post #6 » by **ronnymac2** » Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:13 am

I would have liked to see Ariza in the dunk contest. He seems coool, so he may have done some creative things that could make a somewhat normal dunk really entertaining.

Post #7 » by **kno** » Sun Jan 4, 2009 6:34 am

Either way, Ariza is a far superior in-game dunker than he is a creative, dunk-contest dunker. I dont think he'd thrive in a contest such as this one.