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[ilol@u]

[dbn]

I was having lunch in a bar the other day that had NBAtv on, showing past all-star weekend stuff.  I had either forgot, or more likely never realized, that Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant were rookies the same year.  Also, they competed in the same all-star contest that rookie year...

 

Spoiler

The slam dunk contest.

[scottyno]

pretty impressive that the nba found a way to try to be innovative and made all star saturday night even worse with this east vs west crap

[Blacken]

What the sam hell fuck is this? The hipsters have infected the NBA?

Edited by Blacken, 16 February 2013 - 10:10 PM.

[Nomar813]

What the sam hell fuck is this? The hipsters have infected the NBA?

This is what happens when Brooklyn is allowed to have a team.

[bbc23]

So apparently Eric Bledsoe is a Laker now?

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Who are Ross and White?

 

Associates at Proskaeur and Rose Stern brought in?

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

I was having lunch in a bar the other day that had NBAtv on, showing past all-star weekend stuff.  I had either forgot, or more likely never realized, that Ray Allen and Kobe Bryant were rookies the same year.  Also, they competed in the same all-star contest that rookie year...

 

Spoiler

The slam dunk contest.

The need to find a way to back up the truck and get Kobe in the SD contest. It's a win-win. Good for ratings, and maybe he'll get injured.

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

James White is my favorite KNicks player now, and he can miss every dunk. Great props

[Blacken]

Apparently now you can get a pity 50.

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

he msises 4  or 5 dunks and still gets a 50?

 

The scoring is messed up.

[Nomar813]

So this is pretty much Green's contest to win. The question is what type of foodstuff will be involved in his clinching dunk.

[Blacken]

he msises 4  or 5 dunks and still gets a 50?

 

The scoring is messed up.

Only the make counts. Apparently.

[ilol@u]

Gerald Green has this. 

 

Seriously though, why isn't LeBron/Westbrook/Jeff Green/D-Wade in this shit?

[Reardons Beard]

They're all fucking pussies?

 

Love Gerald Green though.

[ilol@u]

These rules are stupid as fuck. Wow. 

[Blacken]

There's some bleeping going on in here.

[Nomar813]

30? Apparently he gets dunk contest points for writing his name on the SAT.

[ilol@u]

James White gets 32 points for not making a dunk ... and Kenneth Faried gets a 37 for doing a 360 alley-oop dunk. Okkk.

[ilol@u]

THIS SHIT IS LAME. JUST END THESE STUPID CONTESTS AND THE NFL PRO-BOWL. 

[Blacken]

Green already won with his first dunk. Everything since has just been making everyone else feel better.

[Nomar813]

Clearly what this contest needs is a Russian judge.

[Blacken]

NESN-esque production values. Barkley is dying over there.

[Blacken]

[Nomar813]

Bonus points for being Stephen Colbert-esque.

[deconstruction]

Dat KG reaction

[Blacken]

Toronto has a reason to cele..br...uhm.

[JimBoSox9]

The more I hear it, the more I think "Mommy's got some things for Daddy to do" is the creepiest thing I've heard in a commercial in years.

[soxhop411]

That was a complete waste of time....... I dont know why I continue to watch it..

[Oppo]

This Charles Barkley special is worlds better than any of the all star gimmicks

[Brickowski]

I never watch the all star stuff.  There's usually a 3 minute summary on SportsCenter that gives you everything you wanted to know. 

 

Having said that, I watched part of the D-league all star game yesterday afternoon.  I was hoping to get a better look at some young players.  But there was so much showboating and so little defense played that it was impossible to determine if any of those guys could make a meaningful contribution to an NBA team.

[deconstruction]

[DukeSox]

this is terrible.  so terrible.

[mascho]

Popovich looks ecstatic to be there.

Okay, not really.

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

KG must really love playing next to Mr Soft, and Mr. Honey Nut Cheerios in the front court, and the backcourt of Hell.

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Forgot this is the LA v. Miami show.

[Nomar813]

How do you advertise an 8:00 start time and start at 8:50? Even the Super Bowl doesn't delay its start this dramatically.

[stp130]

Note to NBA:  starting the All-Star game on a frigid Sunday night at close to 9pm in the East when quite frankly, most people are probably snoozing until a pile of blankets probably is not  a very good marketing strategy.

[radsoxfan]

Note to NBA:  starting the All-Star game on a frigid Sunday night at close to 9pm in the East when quite frankly, most people are probably snoozing until a pile of blankets probably is not  a very good marketing strategy.

 

This entire weekend has pretty much been the definition of bad marketing strategy.

[Blacken]

This is a better dunk contest than the dunk contest.

[Nomar813]

This is a better dunk contest than the dunk contest.

 

Score 50 for any play in which Wade tears his ACL.

[BigSoxFan]

Get Bosh the fuck out of this game

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

East lucky to be down only 5.

[Blacken]

The Blake Griffin commercials are inspired.

[MJM2344]

Did I just see the dude who killed Bodie in The Wire in a commercial?

Edited by MJM2344, 17 February 2013 - 09:22 PM.

[Jordu]

These uniforms look like the uniforms on the little tin men in the slot hockey game I had as a kid.

[Blacken]

KG is so fucking awesome.

[Dan to Theo to Ben]

Blake Griffin 12 points on 0 shots, 0 FT's, and 0 backboards

[Blacken]

Blake Griffin 12 points on 0 shots, 0 FT's, and 0 backboards

Somebody told him it was a real game, I guess.

[Blacken]

Bosh is bad at things.