Rudy Fernandez Makes Dunk Contest

Ill-yasova · Post #21 » by **Ill-yasova** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:01 am

Candace Parker>>>>>>>>>>>>>Rudy Fernandez

LUKE23 · Post #22 » by **LUKE23** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:05 am

Well, the effort is one thing. The fact that he's a much better dunker than Rudy is the other. If Alexander played for the Bricks he'd be in the contest unquestionably.

apdamico · Post #23 » by **apdamico** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:10 am

Too bad Joe, we supported you; it was those damn Memphis fans that screwed you and are now attempting to screw us.

We will find out Tuesday if the Conley deal goes down. Francis buyout and Miles 10-day contract will be up and now there's no reason for Kohl to keep Joe for publicity purposes.

My take is the deal is dead and I'm fine with that!

Seriously, anybody that watched the game on DirectTV last night would understand why you didn't make it. I couldn't believe the Clipper's announcer wouldn't believe that you were actually one of the 3 individuals up for voting or that you even had a website supporting your efforts.

It was pathetic, they even had to pull out a video at half-time to convince the a-hole that you were worthy. Just a pity!

aaprigs311 · Post #24 » by **aaprigs311** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:01 am

Gross.

europa · Post #25 » by **europa** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:09 am

MickeyDavis wrote:No surprise here. Stern wanted Rudy in. The "vote" was a joke.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Alexander put together easily the most entertaining campaign and if all things were equal that should have been enough for him to win in a landslide. But I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if all things weren't equal. Too bad because Alexander deserved to go.

My question is - will M&M be invited to play in the Rookie/Sophomore game? He sure as hell better be.

drew881 · Post #26 » by **drew881** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:13 am

europa wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:No surprise here. Stern wanted Rudy in. The "vote" was a joke.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Alexander put together easily the most entertaining campaign and if all things were equal that should have been enough for him to win in a landslide. But I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if all things weren't equal. Too bad because Alexander deserved to go.

My question is - will M&M be invited to play in the Rookie/Sophomore game? He sure as hell better be.

But who actually saw this campaign? They weren't televised commercials. The youtube videos average about 12,000 views each (the ones he made, not the nba.com versions). I'm not questioning whether or not he deserved to go, but the "campaign" really might not have been as big as you make it out to be.

europa · Post #27 » by **europa** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:22 am

drew881 wrote:
europa wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:No surprise here. Stern wanted Rudy in. The "vote" was a joke.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Alexander put together easily the most entertaining campaign and if all things were equal that should have been enough for him to win in a landslide. But I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if all things weren't equal. Too bad because Alexander deserved to go.

My question is - will M&M be invited to play in the Rookie/Sophomore game? He sure as hell better be.

But who actually saw this campaign?

The NY Times did a story about Alexander and his campaign last week. It was getting national coverage.

WEFFPIM · Post #28 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:33 am

SI had a little blurb about it as well

Post #29 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:41 am

I think each team has to have at least one player involved in one all-star event so yes I think LRMM will be our guy this year.

Nowak008 · Post #30 » by **Nowak008** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:41 am

europa wrote:
My question is - will M&M be invited to play in the Rookie/Sophomore game? He sure as hell better be.

Agreed. I would love to see him chase around Durant. Also, who would keep Midas off the boards?

REDDzone · Post #31 » by **REDDzone** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:09 am

I think both JA and Westbrook deserved it over Rudy, personally.

andonewheel · Post #32 » by **andonewheel** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:03 pm

What a disappointment. Who actually voted for Rudy? He isn't in the same league as the other contestants. Let's just replace Nate Robinson and Rudy with JA and Westbrook, PLEASE!

Fight the Tank · Post #33 » by **Fight the Tank** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:53 pm

They should have just allowed all the guys into the dunk contest. Back in the day they used to have a lot more guys.

jerrod · Post #34 » by **jerrod** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:12 pm

Bogutneedsball wrote:They should have just allowed all the guys into the dunk contest. Back in the day they used to have a lot more guys.

i agree with this, make it 3 rounds. like 2 dunks a piece in the first round and eliminate half. then do whatever they have planned for this year for the last 4

Wise1 · Post #35 » by **Wise1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:18 pm

Having Rudy in the contest represents "good business" for Stern and the league. Oh well.

Wise1 · Post #36 » by **Wise1** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 4:19 pm

Bogutneedsball wrote:They should have just allowed all the guys into the dunk contest. Back in the day they used to have a lot more guys.

Just noticed the signiture. Now that's funny. lol.

oshmeehan · Post #37 » by **oshmeehan** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:59 pm

Official results are on NBA.com. It said 500,000 votes were cast with about 250,000 going to Rudy. Westbrook had around 145,000 and Joe had only 115,000. Never would have thunk it

jerrod · Post #38 » by **jerrod** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:03 pm

this one's on you guys, i voted like 100 times

andonewheel · Post #39 » by **andonewheel** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:11 pm

Bogutneedsball wrote:They should have just allowed all the guys into the dunk contest. Back in the day they used to have a lot more guys.

Unfortunately you need to allot about 20 minutes for Nate Robinson.

rilamann · Post #40 » by **rilamann** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:36 pm

That whole voting thing was rigged as hell,I bet if you polled 10,000 general NBA fans 99% of them do not wnat to see Rudy in the dunk contest and would have rather seen JA or at least Westbrook.Yet Rudy wins the voting? Yea right lmao.