Was AG Robbed?

iLLmatic860 · Post #121 » by **iLLmatic860** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:02 pm

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Rock Hardy · Post #122 » by **Rock Hardy** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:21 pm

The delicious tears of immeasurable sadness sustain us. AG should've put his Tacko dunk earlier. He was awesome on the night, but that dunk as his finale was not a wise move. It was not visually impressive. Not in realtime, nor in slow-mo. He needed to go at it harder, and finish with more power. I can watch Vince Carter end Weis' career a million times on YT, but I'm not going to watch that AG leapfrog of Tacko Fall ever again. One was done in a live game, and it was only a few inches difference. Vince not only annihilated Weis, but he annihilated the rim too. Tacko dunk needed to be earlier. The 360 off the side of the backboard should've been the finale. He would have won for sure with that.

ATLTimekeeper · Post #123 » by **ATLTimekeeper** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:28 pm

The fact that they have the Heat and Bucks' bubble rotation players filling out half the bill is the problem, and now it's just going to get worse. Gordon isn't a star, but he's a name brand player and was memorable for his performance a few years ago. Wade needs to man up and apologize.

yassillio · Post #124 » by **yassillio** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:51 pm

Conflict of interest. A Heat legend will not be the reason his Miami Heat player loses.

Johnny Bball · Post #125 » by **Johnny Bball** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:55 pm

Johnny Bball wrote:
In the end, Jones Jr. was awarded 48 of the possible 50 points for his final dunk, while Gordon was given a 47. Rapper Common, who was one of the celebrity judges, said afterward there was a plan in place to award both Gordon and Jones Jr. equals scores for their final dunk and end the contest with co-winners, but that one of the judges basically went rogue and abandoned the plan. All Twitter fingers are pointing at Dwyane Wade, who gave Gordon a nine and left the stage immediately. Wade played with Jones Jr. in Miami. Pretty easy to connect the dots.

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-dunk-contest-2020-aaron-gordon-robbed-of-title-by-judges-after-five-50s-tacko-exclamation-point/

How is this not being robbed?

I get the feeling making DJJ a tie with AG in the first place was also wades idea... and then wade just took it all.

prophet_of_rage · Post #126 » by **prophet_of_rage** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 1:57 pm

They cheated. It was s tie. Gordon went over Fall on a two step leap and he cleared Tako when he grabbed the ball then came down on him. Just announce co winners.

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ropjhk · Post #127 » by **ropjhk** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:02 pm

Let judges score dunks on a scale of 1 to 50. Then average the judges scores to get the dunk score. This gives the judges more room to distinguish between a really really nice dunk vs a perfect dunk.

Baski · Post #128 » by **Baski** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:03 pm

Pennebaker wrote:
Baski wrote:
GreenBloodedC wrote:
See how everyone's looking at Wade. LOL.

Wade don't give a ****. As long as his boy wins.

Pippen also gave him a 9 right after giving Jones Jr. a 10.

Why is it on Wade?

Pippen could've given him a 10. Why isn't anyone asking why he didn't?

You mean to tell me you don't know why Wade is being singled out? Lmao

Rapaz · Post #129 » by **Rapaz** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:33 pm

As a Magic fan, I must admit that AG didn't clear Tacko. Solid 9 dunk. Correct decision, sadly.

leolozon · Post #130 » by **leolozon** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:42 pm

Rapaz wrote:As a Magic fan, I must admit that AG didn't clear Tacko. Solid 9 dunk. Correct decision, sadly.

No one can totally clear a 7’5 guy. And a windmill from inside the FT line has been done before and isn’t a 10 also.

But I find it funny that people think that this is the biggest problem. AG had better dunks before the overtime and the judging Failed Him.

It’s like a team being better, but the refs screwing them to send it to overtime. Even if the other team is slightly better in overtime, there’s still a controversy.

RIP Kobe · Post #131 » by **RIP Kobe** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:46 pm

Should be fan voting. All 4 dunkers do 4 dunks and fans vote who is the winner.

Stillwater · Post #132 » by **Stillwater** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:47 pm

You can't be awarded 50 for effort he did not clear taco. However the real issue here is the panel awarded him a 50 on his 2nd dunk and it wasn't a 50. They also shouldn't have awarded Jones a 50 on his last dunk even though on most scales it was one.
The voting needs to be like scale of 1-25 then you get real results it's too easy to feel pressured to give 10s but Gordon did not deserve a 50 for nutting taco

orlando_joe · Post #133 » by **orlando_joe** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:48 pm

Rapaz wrote:As a Magic fan, I must admit that AG didn't clear Tacko. Solid 9 dunk. Correct decision, sadly.

can you also say jones last dunk was a basic 8?

Brofessor24 · Post #134 » by **Brofessor24** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:50 pm

ATLTimekeeper wrote:The fact that they have the Heat and Bucks' bubble rotation players filling out half the bill is the problem, and now it's just going to get worse. Gordon isn't a star, but he's a name brand player and was memorable for his performance a few years ago. Wade needs to man up and apologize.

Apologize for what?

Hornet Mania · Post #135 » by **Hornet Mania** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 2:54 pm

I was surprised that I cared at all about the integrity of the dunk contest, but it did feel extremely wrong. The reactions from the other players told the story, everyone knew Gordon got a raw deal. Pretty **** of Wade of do that too, his buddy was going to be a co-champ anyway.

Buzzard · Post #136 » by **Buzzard** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:06 pm

He was and the poor judging is the reason some really good players do not participate. They just lost a few more future contestants with this **** show.

OdomFan · Post #137 » by **OdomFan** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:08 pm

I would have given A-a ron the win based on creativity alone. He deserved it but oh well. With that said I'm just glad Taco didn't get hurt cause yeah. Dunks like that, while great for us fans viewing on can definitely be a risk for either involved if something goes wrong.

gorz · Post #138 » by **gorz** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:24 pm

orlando_joe wrote:
Rapaz wrote:As a Magic fan, I must admit that AG didn't clear Tacko. Solid 9 dunk. Correct decision, sadly.

can you also say jones last dunk was a basic 8?

Jones 1ft inside ft line windmill is a very solid 9 had he windmilled from the freethrow that's a 10. Same with Gordon had he cleared Taco that's a 10 otherwise a 9.

NBAFan93 · Post #139 » by **NBAFan93** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:26 pm

ItsDanger wrote:Gordon should have won from the Fultz assisted dunk. This is why you always give the previous contestant less than a perfect score (regardless of how good they performed) so a tie doesn't result.

Yep. You leave room to account for how the next guy does in relationship. If he does worse you just make that guys score even lower. It’s definitely unwritten, but it’s the way most judging is done in these types of things.

Sad to see AG robbed again. I always think someone gets robbed in these contests though.

Crazy how many are calling out Wade on social media. He may have actually really hurt his likability/image w/ this one.

gorz · Post #140 » by **gorz** » Sun Feb 16, 2020 3:28 pm

Buzzard wrote:He was and the poor judging is the reason some really good players do not participate. They just lost a few more future contestants with this **** show.

Dunks are subjective and bias is always going to be involved with anything and anywhere. I don't know how this was a **** show for you this was one of the better dunk contest we had in a while. And Gordon wasn't docked any points for missing his off side backboard 360 cuff windmill.

Was AG robbed?