to me it felt like an incomplete dunk that's all liked the creativity, but i don't agree about being top 3 dunks like the TNT crew said
I don't understand the hate, or all the whining about "waaaahhhh, that wasn't a dunk, waaaahhhh." You've gotta be kidding. He *threw* the ball *down* into the hoop. It's a dunk. And even if it wasn't a dunk, it was still ******* impressive. Quit looking for the cloud in the silver lining, people.
if u go by that logic, why are u even posting on an nba basketball forum talking about things basketball related? Are you even as good as an NBA player? People have the freedom to say whatever they want regardless of their involvement with the game or skill set. Don't bash TMac or Yao or any one on the Rockets because you're not as good as them
Look, I wouldn't even care if he didn't touch the rim if he would have made it all the way there. If he holds on to the ball on that attempt, he gets rim stuffed.
The shoe-less dunk looked difficult, but lacked in showmanship. I thought Jamario Moon's lefty ally-oop dunk from damn near the free throw line was really underrated (the tape marker screwed him). Dwight Howard deserved the win, but the praise was over-the-top. The Superman dunk was more impressive in real time than in the replay. I wonder if the intention was to actually make contact with the rim?
From answers.com: 'Slamming' is not the same as 'throwing.' 'Slamming' suggests a hard contact being made. If dunking was merely throwing the ball through the rim, than you could say that a kid, sitting up above the rim on a ladder or backboard, throwing the ball from that height is a "dunk," which clearly isn't true.
Good. I baited someone. I never bashed Yao or Tmac, but that's ok. It gives me the green light to post my youtube videos of me. I am the second best dunker on this forum.
You are getting caught up on technicalities. Isn't the point of a dunk that you can jump high enough? Well, he overjumped. It shouldn't be called a dunk it should be called a DWINK Dwight won on: Showmanship Personality Charisma Smile Crowd Response Engendering Enthusiasm Green needs to grow up and mature. He looked like a common street thug. His attitude was unbecoming of winning a show.
Did you seriously just 1. Call Daryl Dawkins a punk, and 2. Say Daryl Dawkins can't dunk? <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lszr5JGNA7o&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lszr5JGNA7o&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dxg7cLp-JIM&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dxg7cLp-JIM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> Thank you.
Um, that's Mr. Dawkins, Chocolate Thunder. Believe me, he can dunk something ferocious. Nevertheless, I think he undervalued Green's birthday dunk, and knocking Green's shoes off the table was a no-class move. It was no small surprise to me that Doctor J, long the universal spokesman for the game of basketball, was diplomatic in his comments. He is the epitome of a high-class athlete.
I'll buy the dunk doesn't require rim contact argument, but as soon as you put the "SLAM" designation in front then the contact becomes necessary.
the Superman "dunk" was still freaking awesome mostly because its a huge ass dude jumping really high..
Agree on all points. The shoeless dunk was extremely underrated, but there was no question what the dunk of the night was. And I thought Darryl Dawkins was a classless douche bag for what he did.
Oh nothing is degrading about "superman" ing "Dat Hoe" If I can even decipher what it means first......but then again, I'd rather not.......
LMAO, you're talking about those short rims at that park you guys play at. One of these days I'm gonna come down there and ball with you guys and show you what a real man looks like dunking on an 8 foot goal.
Are you kidding? That's Chocolate Thunder baby. The man who invented the backboard shatter. He knows a lil'somethin somethin about dunks.
I was disappointed about what Dawkins did, but I did laugh a little bit. I wish the they would redo the format just slightly. I think 8 is too much, but they should have six dunkers. Three Super Stars of the game, and maybe three guys that can really jump but aren't really known.
