All-Star Weekend Thread

[doc.end]

obligatory we could have Ibaka and ended up with Ajinça, we was robbed post

[fatlever]

that dunk contest was very entertaining but also exposed a lot of flaws with the system. a few years ago it was too boring, nobody had any creativity and guys were just rehashing old dunks. the creativity has been back the past few years but the gimmicks are getting a bit much. somewhere in the middle is a nice spot.

here's my dunk contest wish list

6 contestants - 3 dunks per
no rounds, each contestant gets 3 dunks.
highest cumulative total wins
give the judges some standards
- a missed dunk attempt automatically results in .5pt deduction. you should not be able to get a 50 on a dunk that took 4 attempts. 47.5 should be max in that case.
- let judges grade on decimal scale.
- let judges use replay before submitting scores
- get 7 judges and throw out highest and lowest score

[BigSlam]

I find Dwight Howard really, really annoying.

[fatlever]

are you rooting for east or west?

i am rooting for west for sure - go durant, griffin, love, dirk, westbrook and manu

[BigSlam]

I also find the West warm ups hideous.

[fatlever]

The Fantasy Draft Teams, who wins?

Charles Barkley
Allen Iverson (1)/Deron Williams (48)
Reggie Miller (24)
James Worthy (25)/Kevin Durant (49)
Tim Duncan (13)/Jerry Lucas (36)
Moses Malone (12)/Dave Cowens (37)/Bob Lanier (60)

Kevin McHale
Bob Cousey (26)/Tiny Archibald (38)
John Havlicheck (23)/Sam Jones (35)
Larry Bird (2)/Paul Pierce (50)
Kevin Garnett (14)/Tom Heinsohn (59)
Shaquille O'Neal (11)/Robert Parish (47)

Reggie Miller
John Stockton (15)/Jason Kidd (39)/Steve Kerr (58)
Michael Jordan (3)/Ray Allen (34)/Dwayne Wade (51)
Charles Barkley (27)
Hakeem Olajuwon (10)
David Robinson (22)/Alonzo Mourning (46)

Chris Webber
Isiah Thomas (16)
Oscar Robertson (9)/Chris Mullin (45)/George Gervin (52)
Dominique Wilkins (21)/Alex English (40)
Kevin McHale (28)/Chris Webber (57)
Wilt Chamberlain (4)/Patrick Ewing (33)

Steve Kerr
Steve Nash (32)/Dennis Johnson (53)
Kobe Bryant (17)/Grant Hill (56)
Scottie Pippen (8)/LeBron James (20)
Karl Malone (29)/Dirk Nowitzki (44)
Bill Russell (5)/Dwight Howard (41)

Kenny Smith
Magic Johnson (7)/Gary Payton (31)
Jerry West (19)/Kenny Smith (55)
Julius Irving (18)/Clyde Drexler (30)/Elgin Baylor (54)
Connie Hawkins (42)/Elvin Hayes (43)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6)

1. miller
2. kerr
3. mchale

[fatlever]

sportsguy33 Bill Simmons
Stevie Wonder is sitting courtside 3 seats away from Donald Sterling. You couldn't make this stuff up.
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[BigSlam]

Kobe saying pre-game he'll just be taking jump shots because he just doesn't have the legs any more to attack the lane.

Ummmmmmm, the legs are looking pretty good Kobe!!

[fatlever]

love and griffin on the floor at the same time. i will be angry if they give up an offensive rebound.

[BigSlam]

Kevin Love is currently the leading candidate for the Gerald Wallace award this year.

[fatlever]

after watching durant brick 3s all weekend in staples the lakers have to be feeling pretty good about a playoff matchup vs the thunder.

[BigSlam]

Bosh 6-6 and Gasol 6-6.

Those two defensive juggernauts must have been guarding each other.

[fatlever]

a 30 minute halftime is a bit excessive.

[vorbis]

a 30 minute halftime is a bit excessive.

gotta give the dance team time to put their clothes back on and leave the locker room in time to rev the crowd back up for the 2nd half.

[BigSlam]

a 30 minute halftime is a bit excessive.

So were Rianna's pelvic thrusts.

[countryboi]

a 30 minute halftime is a bit excessive.

So were Rianna's pelvic thrusts.

but i aint mad at her....

[Walt Cronkite]

here's my dunk contest wish list

6 contestants - 3 dunks per
no rounds, each contestant gets 3 dunks.
highest cumulative total wins
give the judges some standards
- a missed dunk attempt automatically results in .5pt deduction. you should not be able to get a 50 on a dunk that took 4 attempts. 47.5 should be max in that case.
- let judges grade on decimal scale.
- let judges use replay before submitting scores
- get 7 judges and throw out highest and lowest score

Discussed this with the boys right after the disappointing finals and we were all in agreement. If you take all of the athletic freaks in the NBA that can dunk and dwindle the number down to 4-6, you've already got a dunk contest finals, no need to have a 1 vs 1 final dunk off, just let em all go for 3 dunks. That way you get rid of guys saving their best dunks for the finals but getting robbed and never seeing it or what happened for McGee this year where his final dunk was anticlimactic after such original dunks to get there.