Dominique Pressures Josh Smith to Enter Dunk Contest

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Thu Jan 7, 2010 3:34 pm

Atlanta forward Josh Smith is pondering coming out of retirement to go after another slam dunk crown. And he still has a high-flying legend planning to work him over.

Dominique Wilkins won NBA dunk titles with the Hawks in 1985 and 1990. He'll try to get Smith, the 2005 winner who hasn't competed since 2006, to head to Dallas for next month's event during All-Star Weekend.

"I'm going to talk to him,'' Wilkins said in an interview with FanHouse. "I would love to see him be in it. I think he would make a nice comeback and take the contest again by doing something a little different. ... I hope (the chances are) good (of Smith competing).''

So what are the chances Mr. Smith goes to Dallas?

"I don't know,'' Smith told FanHouse. "We'll have to see. Maybe. I'm not sure yet. ... I guess it has to be a feeling that I might have to have.''

Smith won in Denver in 2005, doing a tribute dunk to Wilkins while donning the Hall of Famer's jersey. Smith lost his bid to repeat in Houston in 2006, the champion being 5-foot-9 New York guard Nate Robinson, who also reigned last year. http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/01/07/domi ... k-contest/

ATL DirtyBird · Post #2 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 4:56 am

I would assume that Josh winning would boost his confidence quite a bit, which could go along way. LeBron wont be in it, so why not Josh?

nvc · Post #3 » by **nvc** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 5:28 am

SneakerKing33 wrote:I would assume that Josh winning would boost his confidence quite a bit, which could go along way. LeBron wont be in it, so why not Josh?

why do you say that lebron wont be in it?

I would love to see Josh in the dunk contest again. Perhaps this time he can actually jump from the tape that he puts down... that was embarrassing last time...

Hood President · Post #4 » by **Hood President** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 7:16 pm

nvc wrote:
SneakerKing33 wrote:I would assume that Josh winning would boost his confidence quite a bit, which could go along way. LeBron wont be in it, so why not Josh?

why do you say that lebron wont be in it?

I would love to see Josh in the dunk contest again. Perhaps this time he can actually jump from the tape that he puts down... that was embarrassing last time...

i thought of the same thing. he should pull it out this time but this time don't dribble.

ATL DirtyBird · Post #5 » by **ATL DirtyBird** » Fri Jan 8, 2010 8:24 pm

nvc wrote:
SneakerKing33 wrote:I would assume that Josh winning would boost his confidence quite a bit, which could go along way. LeBron wont be in it, so why not Josh?

why do you say that lebron wont be in it?

I would love to see Josh in the dunk contest again. Perhaps this time he can actually jump from the tape that he puts down... that was embarrassing last time...

Bc its Lebron. He says hes 50/50. He only said he would do the contest bc hes a whore for the media. I dont think anything he says is valid