Comments on: Dwight Howard “too old” for another dunk contest

By: tajhman34as

tajhman34as — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:58:01 +0000

DH12 is only like 26 LeBron 27 and D wade 29 and they still breaking the rim lol.

By: damnyankee13

damnyankee13 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:24:41 +0000

While the dunk contest,to the fans, look great and is exciting, it wins absolutely no games.. I can understand why a player wants tho sit out tho am not faulting them.It is just another trophy for the winner

By: jmore501

jmore501 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:59:33 +0000

He won’t end up in LA THATS for sure!!

By: brooklynbulls

brooklynbulls — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:03:39 +0000

The dunk contest hasn’t been worth watching in over ten years. Everything has already been done. Short of bringing in circus animals for guys to jump over, that scene is dead.

By: slopmcflop

slopmcflop — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:31:29 +0000

Is this a poem? I feel like this is a poem. Interesting paragraph structure, guy.

By: acdc363

acdc363 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:26:01 +0000

I completely agree, fan voting removes practically all of the suspense and excitement of the dunk contest. Blake would have won last year if he shot a 3 pointer.

By: hwatt

hwatt — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:12:04 +0000

somewhere vince mcmahon and Stern were toasting like mad during that garbage dunk

By: hwatt

hwatt — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:10:46 +0000

I’ll remember that contest as the one of the greatest sell-out moments of the nba. A low point for the purity of the sport and contest.

By: raidmagic

raidmagic — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:53:12 +0000

no doubt 90% of the guys in the NBA could have done Griffins dunks last year.

By: tomshoe

tomshoe — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:43:56 +0000

The dunk contest, like the Celebrity game, is already overrated. The dunker with the most name recognition ALWAYS wins. Just look at last year’s contest. DeRozan’s dunks were good, but got low marks because he didn’t use props, now he’s not coming back. Javale McGee set world records with his 3 balls-1 basket dunk, and his 3 balls-3 baskets dunk, but he lost in the finals by a landslide. Why? Because everyone already expected Blake Griffin to win. His final dunk over the Kia with the chorus singing? While it did look cool, without the Kia or the chorus, it would have been an average dunk. Fan Voting removes any element of suspense because you already know who’s going to win, not the biggest dunker, but the biggest name.

Same goes for the Celebrity game. Justin Bieber beat Scottie Pippen in FAN voting. ’nuff said.

By: mjbulls45

mjbulls45 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:22:19 +0000

no problem,

you already participated when you were younger and WON

thats why the great dunkers do it when they are young and still explosive

like Jordan, Kobe, Dwight, Jason Richardson, Vince, T-Mac, etc…

only player who is a great dunker that never did it….was , of course Lebron James.

With all the hops and athleticism of Lebron James, as a basketball fan I feel robbed,

with all respect , I wanted James to do it , he would have won,

however I also understand the risk, I dont agree with it, but I understand it,

if Lebron James enters the dunk contest and loses to say a Nate Robinson, how is he “king james” and that hurts the marketing of his brand

on the flip side, all that is irrelevant if he does not win a ring.

so really , James shoulda did it and can still do it.