I'll start off a thread with the Dunk Contest, interesting little blog over on NBA.com found at http://my.nba.com/forum.jspa?forumID=400035347. Nique has a nice little thing to say about Dwight, for me this is the first time I've seen 1 of the judges admitting that they were wrong last year.
NBA.com: Speaking of which we have Dwight Howard in the contest who is 6-11, nearly seven feet tall. Is that a disadvantage for him because people will think he is so tall and well he is tall he should be able to dunk?
Dominique Wilkins: Well, sometimes it can be but even a guy at that height, you look at Larry Nance who was in the Slam Dunk Contest who a 6-10, 6-11 guy who won it. It depends on his creativity, Larry Nance was very creative. Dwight Howard comes out with same attitude and skills as far as doing something different, he can definitely win. You look at the dunk he did last year, it was a great dunk. I just missed it because it happened so quickly.
NBA.com: Is that the sticker dunk you are talking about?
Dominique Wilkins: Yes
NBA.com: What was your initial reaction to that?
Dominique Wilkins: I thought it was a great dunk because he got up pretty high but I missed the sticker. So afterwards I was like, "Wow, that was a 50."
More on the other dunkers in the field and a little bit more on Dwight over at that blog.
For now this will be the "Offical AllStar Weekend Thread", but I'll see if we will need a 2nd for the rest of the weekend [obviously this is the staging thread for the dunk contest].
