OT: Blake Griffin COULDN

666 · Post #1 » by **666** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:58 pm

Clippers star Blake Griffin is on such a roll that he won the Slam Dunk contest ahead of participating. The NBA sent out a press release BEFORE the contest started announcing that Griffin was the winner.

The NBA sent out an itinerary for the NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by Adidas on Sunday Feb. 20 It ran down the highlights of the day.

In this official media advisory it listed the “KROQ BLAKE GRIFFIN SHOWCASE” from 1:20 pm to 2:00 pm with the following description: “Five middle school students will showcase their dunking talents in front of 2011 NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest winner Blake Griffin.”

Nothing wrong with this right? Except for the fact that the release was sent via email at 5:28 pm PST on Saturday Feb. 19, over an hour before the Slam Dunk contest’s scheduled 6:30 pm PST start...

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http://hoopshype.com/rumors.htm

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Facts about Blake Griffin on All-Star Weekend

- Subway spent a reported $3 million in a Blake Griffin media campaign All-Star weekend. ZERO was obviously spent on JaVale McGee of the Wizards.

- NBA officials forced Blake Griffin to use a Kia, the official car sponsor of the league, rather than a higher end car he wanted to use for his final dunk. This product placement paid off in a commercial and possible endorsement deal for Griffin.

- Blake Griffin is the most searched athlete in the world on YouTube. It would have been bad for the NBA’s business if he had lost the dunk contest to a scrub from the Wzards.

- Nike had an entire marketing campaign planned around Blake Griffin winning the dunk contest. They began to reveal the plan this week for the Nike Hyperdunk 2011 10.0 for Blake Griffin.

Post #2 » by **darth_federer** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:58 pm

Its time to move on...

doudoub · Post #3 » by **doudoub** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:59 pm

^^
vouch..

countryboi · Post #4 » by **countryboi** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:04 pm

i dont think you can ever talk about blatant cheating enough....but thats just me

666 · Post #5 » by **666** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:04 pm

Five middle school students will showcase their dunking talents in front of 2011 NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest winner Blake Griffin

That part is in question as this was sent to the media shortly before the contest started.

Pass the ball · Post #6 » by **Pass the ball** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:05 pm

LBJ6GOAT · Post #7 » by **LBJ6GOAT** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:05 pm

NBA has been building up Blake Griffin this entire season, no way he would have lost it. He's a good dunker, but very overrated.

walchy · Post #8 » by **walchy** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:08 pm

Its a dunk contest. A showcase, of people slam dunking a ball, during an exhibition weekend. Nothing more, nothing less.

KL78192020 · Post #9 » by **KL78192020** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:11 pm

walchy wrote:Its a dunk contest. A showcase, of people slam dunking a ball, during an exhibition weekend. Nothing more, nothing less.

No, but it begs the question. What else does the NBA fix, if this was fixed.

RaisingArizona · Post #10 » by **RaisingArizona** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:13 pm

Of course it was fixed- they had the Kia commercial ready the second it was over.

666 · Post #11 » by **666** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:15 pm

ozzykhan16 wrote:
walchy wrote:Its a dunk contest. A showcase, of people slam dunking a ball, during an exhibition weekend. Nothing more, nothing less.

No, but it begs the question. What else does the NBA fix, if this was fixed.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWnxFucJo1s[/youtube]

GamePoint · Post #12 » by **GamePoint** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:15 pm

A lot of people are going to brush this off, but this is pretty newsworthy imo and something the NBA would desperately hope is quickly swept under the rug.

ClarenceDerozan · Post #13 » by **ClarenceDerozan** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:18 pm

DeMar DeRozan, back-to-back 2010-11 Slam Dunk Contest Champion.

Proud of m'boy.

Foye · Post #14 » by **Foye** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:20 pm

ozzykhan16 wrote:
walchy wrote:Its a dunk contest. A showcase, of people slam dunking a ball, during an exhibition weekend. Nothing more, nothing less.

No, but it begs the question. What else does the NBA fix, if this was fixed.

I don't think any of us wants to know this because otherwise we wouldn't be watching anymore.

Foye · Post #15 » by **Foye** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:20 pm

ClarenceDerozan wrote:DeMar DeRozan, back-to-back 2010-11 Slam Dunk Contest Champion.

Proud of m'boy.

2011 yeah. But there's no way he was going to get it in 2010.

Maclin9 · Post #16 » by **Maclin9** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:21 pm

I was in Vegas during All Star Weekend and I could bet on the 3 pt shootout, but the slam dunk competition wasn't on the board, so I figured something was up.

Jimmy76 · Post #17 » by **Jimmy76** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:21 pm

Foye wrote:
ozzykhan16 wrote:
walchy wrote:Its a dunk contest. A showcase, of people slam dunking a ball, during an exhibition weekend. Nothing more, nothing less.

No, but it begs the question. What else does the NBA fix, if this was fixed.

I don't think any of us wants to know this because otherwise we wouldn't be watching anymore.

I'd like to know so i can figure out if I should stop watching

Not sure I'm gonna watch the dunk contest anymore

ChristinaBosh1 · Post #18 » by **ChristinaBosh1** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:22 pm

ClarenceDerozan wrote:DeMar DeRozan, back-to-back 2010-11 Slam Dunk Contest Champion.

Proud of m'boy.

He has my vote too. Griffin probably didn't even want to be involved in any of this, which is the sad part. He obviously wanted to be in the dunk contest, but all of the rigging, and the whole media campaign was absurd. He's the best ingame dunker today, but he was outclassed by Derozan in the contest.

Leolovinliberal · Post #19 » by **Leolovinliberal** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:24 pm

darth_federer wrote:Its time to move on...

Please explain your post, because the way I'm reading it, you're sticking your fingers in your ears shouting, " lalalala, I can't hear you."

666 · Post #20 » by **666** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:28 pm

Maclin9 wrote:I was in Vegas during All Star Weekend and I could bet on the 3 pt shootout, but the slam dunk competition wasn't on the board, so I figured something was up.

Very interesting...

You can vote on nearly anything in Vegas.