Nate not invited to the Dunk Contest as of yet....

skones · Post #41 » by **skones** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:38 am

Rudy Gay and Ronnie Brewer could make the contest interesting actually getting some good players into the competition.

He's Heating Up · Post #42 » by **He's Heating Up** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:46 am

RUDY GAY will win this yrs dunk contest, mark these words

Raymond Felton · Post #43 » by **Raymond Felton** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:56 am

thank god, lock him out!!

Post #44 » by **NO-KG-AI** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:01 am

Is James White in the league? He would definitely win.

vi3t · Post #45 » by **vi3t** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:19 am

NO-KG-AI wrote:Is James White in the league? He would definitely win.

unfortunately not, sum1 needs to sign him just for this

HumbleBumbleBee · Post #46 » by **HumbleBumbleBee** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:49 am

Forcast calls for a full Moon in New Orleans

He had a stint with the globetrotters so hopefully he has a little something something left

Cruel_Ruin · Post #47 » by **Cruel_Ruin** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:06 am

First of all, New York is an awesome city. There's just something about that atmosphere.

Secondly, if Rudy Gay is not invited to the Dunk Contest, heads will roll.

Post #48 » by **Harry Palmer** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:25 am

HarlemHeat37 wrote:no other city in North America **** with NY..Vegas and LA come close, but NY is the greatest..

The world disagrees with you. For example, Vancouver and Toronto routinely finish in the top 5-10 places to live thingies. NYC isn't ever close, as I recall.

But within America itself, I would say S.F. has the best rep.

I used to live in NYC. It's very good and very bad. All in all it's a better place to visit than live in a long-term sense. Much as I enjoyed it, there are few places I would less want to raise my kids.

Post #49 » by **Klomp** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:36 am

A couple complaints I've heard in the past about the contest:

1) Too many "nobodys"

2) People want superstars

So, what if they did some sort of tournament-style contest with 2 youngins and 2 superstars.

Put them in a bracket like this

Superstar A vs. Superstar B
Youngin A vs Youngin B

That way there would be 1 star and one youngin in the finals.

Or is this all a bad idea?

High 5 · Post #50 » by **High 5** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:41 am

The dunk contest is on life support as it is, Nate almost (or maybe he did) pulled the plug. Last year's All Star weekend was one of the most boring things I have ever watched.

Owning200 · Post #51 » by **Owning200** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:00 am

LOL @ anyone defending New York City and their 9-25 record which comes 2 years after their Larry Brown season of 23 wins. Isn't anyone forgetting that they are #30 in the power rankings, LOL!!

The city of New York has opened itself to the most harshest insults due to the massive ineptitude that they have unleashed to the NBA. Look at them and their record and their contracts, they do EVERYTHING wrong. Their players are immovable because their value plummets with their poor play plus they have large grandiose contracts. Basically, they are stuck and they have a future pick to give up, LOL.

High 5 wrote:The dunk contest is on life support as it is, Nate almost (or maybe he did) pulled the plug. Last year's All Star weekend was one of the most boring things I have ever watched.

And that is just what happens when you let a New York Knick infiltrate his way into All-Star weekend. In classic Knick incompetence, you witness 408285 attempts at a slam dunk only for the final result to be a completely plain dunk despite all of the attempts and lenient chances in the world. And the only reason he won on that other year was for the same reason Candace Parker won in high school, which is that they were both novelty acts that were going to win no matter what.

I'm glad Nate Robinson will be staying home rather than in the festive, lively atmosphere of All-Star weekend.

Same goes for all of the New York CBA players, LOL.

Post #52 » by **miller31time** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:36 am

Ok, this has basically become a NYK bashing thread.