2017 NBA All Star Weekend Thread | *NBA Legends Brunch | NBA TV 1PM ET*

[Jadoogar]

Well that was uneventful. Time to change up the dunk contest. Time to get in real judges in, scored on style, execution and difficulty. Dunks are announced to the judges so they know what they are looking for.

the problem is there is no motivation to make it better...

its a marketing and commercial event. teams dont want there guys to go and if they do go they dont want them getting hurt. then you have a league in a period without any real super competitive guys like a kobe. stars dont want to be in it because there is no money in it and they are scared of getting clowned on twitter (not really an issue 2000 and earlier).

we need things to align right... there needs to be a guy who is a top10 dunker who is also a top 10 player who wants to go out and do something sick and beat people. and we need it in like MSG with a production crew who knows how set the stage and lighting so it doesnt feel like a ymca on sunday morning

The main problem is the stars don't do these any more. I mean you had Jordan, Dominique, Carter, Kobe, etc doing the dunk contest.

The dunk contest is always the worst of the 3 for me.

I want good dunks over big names. Last year's was one of the best ever and didn't have a single allstar

[Magic_Johnny12]

I just hope AG didn't re-injure his foot.

That would literally be the nail in the coffin for this season.

[ShazamDaShiznt]

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deke knows wassup

[damedash09]

What **** dunk contest

The NBA must feel embarrassed for televise that ****

The Jones kid hype this **** up for nothing

[Prokorov]

the problem is there is no motivation to make it better...

its a marketing and commercial event. teams dont want there guys to go and if they do go they dont want them getting hurt. then you have a league in a period without any real super competitive guys like a kobe. stars dont want to be in it because there is no money in it and they are scared of getting clowned on twitter (not really an issue 2000 and earlier).

we need things to align right... there needs to be a guy who is a top10 dunker who is also a top 10 player who wants to go out and do something sick and beat people. and we need it in like MSG with a production crew who knows how set the stage and lighting so it doesnt feel like a ymca on sunday morning

The main problem is the stars don't do these any more. I mean you had Jordan, Dominique, Carter, Kobe, etc doing the dunk contest.

The dunk contest is always the worst of the 3 for me.

I want good dunks over big names. Last year's was one of the best ever and didn't have a single allstar

True. but last year is even better with more attention and an amped crowd. you need both. obviously dunks are #1

but this year we had no names and horrible dunks

[Froob]

Well you should have watched Fultz get destroyed by Markaanen tonight? After all, your team will have a very high pick barring a 20 game Nets winning streak.

Probably should have, haven't paid very close attention to the NCAA. What do you think of Fultz?

I haven't watched him enough, but I do have this concern:\

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492297&p=52647883#p52647883

Ainge has an interesting theory that the high school studs usually turn out to be great even if they don't do great in college.

[damedash09]

star don't need to do the contest to make it good

last year was good no stars in there

people just want good dunks..it was terrible

[KnightofHyrule]

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deke knows wassup

Haha

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[Prokorov]

There are only so many dunks you can do with no trampoline. We have reached the point of who can do the same dunk you have seen 10000x before between the legs over somebody on the first attempt. Which made last year so great. Gordon v Lavine did everything on their first attempt.

Its not like the Xgames where you can add a longer drop in or add a bigger jump for more time in the air to do tricks.

Nah I dont buy that.... we hear this everytime there is a bad dunk contest and then a year or two later you have guys doing dunks going under both legs. you see the creativity with these amateur dunkers. there is still dunks left to be done.

agree on the first attempt. in fact i think it should go back to you get 3 dunks and 1 attempt per dunk. top 2 dunks count

[Clyde Frazier]

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oh man that suit hello 1994

[Prokorov]

they should move the trade deadline to allstar saturday at midnight. then at least we would have that

[bwgood77]

the problem is there is no motivation to make it better...

its a marketing and commercial event. teams dont want there guys to go and if they do go they dont want them getting hurt. then you have a league in a period without any real super competitive guys like a kobe. stars dont want to be in it because there is no money in it and they are scared of getting clowned on twitter (not really an issue 2000 and earlier).

we need things to align right... there needs to be a guy who is a top10 dunker who is also a top 10 player who wants to go out and do something sick and beat people. and we need it in like MSG with a production crew who knows how set the stage and lighting so it doesnt feel like a ymca on sunday morning

The main problem is the stars don't do these any more. I mean you had Jordan, Dominique, Carter, Kobe, etc doing the dunk contest.

The dunk contest is always the worst of the 3 for me.

I want good dunks over big names. Last year's was one of the best ever and didn't have a single allstar

Oh, if you misunderstood, I didn't mention I wanted to see bad dunks from stars. Those guys had great dunks, and they were not as nervous as many of those guys, so they usually didn't do anything.

I think Westbrook, LeBron, Kawhi, and I'm sure many others could probably dunk well. Maybe not.

[Obi-One]

So awkward LOL

[JustOneFix]

Worst dunk contest of all time.

(Not that the current NBA is any better)

[ShazamDaShiznt]

you just cant make this up

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-carmelo-anthonys-10th-trip-to-the-all-star-game-is-kind-of-a-downer-224713556.html

“Honestly, it was more like a downer, because I had to cancel my trip and there’s no refund,” Anthony said during the Eastern All-Stars’ media session at the Mercedes Benz Superdome. “So I can’t get my refund back.”

[LivingLegend]

There are only so many dunks you can do with no trampoline. We have reached the point of who can do the same dunk you have seen 10000x before between the legs over somebody on the first attempt. Which made last year so great. Gordon v Lavine did everything on their first attempt.

Its not like the Xgames where you can add a longer drop in or add a bigger jump for more time in the air to do tricks.

Nah I dont buy that.... we hear this everytime there is a bad dunk contest and then a year or two later you have guys doing dunks going under both legs. you see the creativity with these amateur dunkers. there is still dunks left to be done.

agree on the first attempt. in fact i think it should go back to you get 3 dunks and 1 attempt per dunk. top 2 dunks count

No there is really not. How many between the legs dunks do you need to see over 3 people to realize they are running out of ideas/creativity. I mean we introduced props. There was a stupid drone and hoverboards droping balls now and it still all comes down to the same thing.

Did you do it on the first attempt.

Every dunk now is stale because of physical limitations.

[Clyde Frazier]

Spoiler:

So awkward LOL

Can't remember if it was also at AS weekend, but just reminded me of when some announcer thought bill russell was morgan freeman

EDIT - found it:

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[boomershadow]

Probably should have, haven't paid very close attention to the NCAA. What do you think of Fultz?

I haven't watched him enough, but I do have this concern:\

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1492297&p=52647883#p52647883

Ainge has an interesting theory that the high school studs usually turn out to be great even if they don't do great in college.

Worked for Myles Turner. I very much appreciate his mediocre college season that helped him drop to us in the draft.

[Hindenburg]

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[RaptorsLife]

I don't get why people want to chance the dunk contest last year it was amazing with the same format. Just Dunkers were trash. Hope lonzo ball tries it next year