bbc23 said:One of the East's winners would have faced him until all of a conference's dunkers had lost
Thats even worse. Jesus christ. Wheres Stern?
bbc23 said:One of the East's winners would have faced him until all of a conference's dunkers had lost
We ran out of dunks to do about 10 years ago.soxhop411 said:What happened to the old fashion dunk contest, without hundreds of gimmicks
superman and the green hornet (dwight and nate) killed it, and the nba decided people liked that more than actually seeing people dunksoxhop411 said:What happened to the old fashion dunk contest, without hundreds of gimmicks
rembrat said:We ran out of dunks to do about 10 years ago.
rembrat said:Honestly I'd rather watch Shaq and Chuck.
The X Man Cometh said:
This applies to more than just the dunk contest though. They could host PBS News Hour and I'd watch.
Kliq said:As someone that personally loves the dunks contest more than pretty much anything else in basketball, I am sick right now. When the rosters were first released, I was really psyched because this time, they had a good mix of young stars and guys that I knew would be creative about the process. Then they fucked it up having a bizarre freestyle round that may have not even really counted. Then they fucked it up again by only having three judges and making them pick a guy in each matchup, as opposed to the normal scoring system. One of the best parts of the dunk contest is someone throwing down something sweet, then everyone loses there shit and holds up 10s! Then they fucked it up again by having the guys just having one dunk with everyone watching and that was it. The fan voting is always an issue, but I have come to accept that as being a part of the contest.
The dunk contest, in it's most basic stance (6 dunkers, 2 go to the finals, 2 dunks per round, 5 judges grading on a scale of 1-10) is the best way to do, but the NBA totally fucked it up tonight and ruined what should have been a really fun event. They better get rid of this next year, because it was just universally a piece of crap.
DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:Kenny, Shaq, Chuck and Ernie are must see tv. They should just let the players go party on Bourbon Street and have those guys follow them around and commentate.
DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:
Dude, its an exhibition. The whole weekend is. It doesn't count for anything and its all about product placement and promotion anyway. I agree the format was no good and that the old way was better. But, sick, really?
Fair enough. I suspect the feedback is so negative that they may revert to the prior format again next year. Frankly, I agree with others who have observed that we may have seen all there is to do with dunks by now and the NBA must agree on some level because they decided to shake things up.Kliq said:
I don't think you understand how much I love the dunk contest. Just know that I love it so much that it made me say that I felt sick after it.
DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:Fair enough. I suspect the feedback is so negative that they may revert to the prior format again next year. Frankly, I agree with others who have observed that we may have seen all there is to do with dunks by now and the NBA must agree on some level because they decided to shake things up.
Bingo. this is exactly what I'm talking about. More stuff like this needs to be addedsouthshoresoxfan said:1million to the winner and another million to thr charity of the winner. I already came up w the 8 1st rd matchups (assuming health)
James vs Paul George
Melo vs Durant
Cp3 vs Curry
Rose vs harden
Whos not watching that? Game to 11 make it take it win by 2. 1s and 2s
Jed Zeppelin said:A bracket-style tourney would be great. Make it at least 16 competitors so everyone is super-talented but there's still a nice mix of superstars and young upside. With bragging rights on the line nobody would coast, so the results wouldn't even matter. Lebron and Durant tooling on everyone would be awesome, and it would be equally awesome seeing a lesser player try to take one of them down. Give it an 8-10 second shot clock and we'd see a great display of actual basketball skills in a very competitive setting.
Either that or a 2v2 tourney NBA Jam style. HE'S ON FIRE.
I love the 2 on 2 idea, because then you get elements like the pick and roll (and defending it) that do not occur in one-on-one. But I'd consider expanding the format. Every team sends two players and they are seeded based on current standings. The teams with the two best records get a first round bye and an automatic #1 seed, so you would have 16 rather than 15 teams going into the second round. I'd also suggest no free throws to speed up the games. The first 2-3 fouls result only in loss of possession. After that, each foul also gives a point to the other team.Ooh i like the 2 on 2 concept. Teammates, top 4 teams from each conference send two players.
southshoresoxfan said:hope the NFL is watching. Pharrell is killing it.
Blacken said:Pharrell is forty years old.
I thought he was younger than me.
She is bad at the Canadian anthem, though.DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:He really is. Bruno Mars was great during the Superbowl but this kicks that half-time show's ass. And hey, Serena Ryder - she's got a great voice for those of you (and there are probably like zero of you who do) who know her.
That was terrible. Don't milk the fucking anthem.DeJesus Built My Hotrod said:Gary Clark Jr. Fucking awesome!
Agree to disagree.Blacken said:BOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOWWWWWW
^ Not anthemic.