They didnt need the kid at all. Just seeing a teddy bear at the rim wondering WTF its doing up there woulda been enough. But that kid was a darn good actor
Honestly, I don't see anything wrong with the use of props tonight. With the exception of Griffin's last dunk, none of them were completely over the top. What I didn't like was how rigged that **** was. Griffin got those high scores based on the dunks he was TRYING to do... not the dunks he actually ended up doing.
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Ibaka. I really like it when the dunkers make their dunks at their first attempt. Ibaka did a free throw line dunk with only 1 and a bite-the-rim dunk in 2 attempts.
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rCA-XbBT9Rc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> is this the same kid?
Just shows that NBA players are....NBA players. NBA players, you'd think would have the same vertical leaping measurement as pro dunkers, though pro dunkers would get the slight edge cuz their living is based on verticality and not on-court skill. And they have far more practice time and thought process to stay ahead in creativity. I guess when players like Lebron and D-Wade say they're not contest style dunkers, perhaps they really mean it and aren't punking out of it for spite. Not being apologetic for NBA players, but I'm not going to put some high standard bar on them either. Though if they want to keep the dunk contest relevant, they need to start seeing whats REALLY out there.
I see what you're saying, but I guess my point is that there is a plethora of this stuff out on the internet. If you were one of 4 people on the planet preparing to be in the NBA Dunk Contest and you knew months in advance, would it be that hard to do some searches and get some inspiration? When the players come right out and say "we've seen everything be done already" that just tells me they're just not very creative...or at least not trying to be.
Actually, those very same guys in that video helped coach the players in the dunk contest. The guy that came up at the very end to accept the award with Blake ("Young Hollywood") helped coach Blake. And the dunks he tried to get Blake to do were extremely impressive. Unfortunately, they were too much, which is why he wasn't able to actually do them.
Okay I am pretty sure DeMar watched this vid to get ideas. His 2nd dunk was exactly like one of the ones in the vid, and then supposedly he was going to do a between both legs dunk if he made it to the finals too, also shown in this vid.
If you guys knew that this contest is decided through votes and been open even before the final round started, you would already know Blake Griffin would win. Blake Griffin might even already have a considerable amount of lead before he touched the ball to dunk in the final round. I was also disappointed in Ibaka's score. Probably it was because many people attempted it and their foot always pass the FT line, so the consensus must be that whoever attempted it would have their foot pass the FT line which make nobody would be impressed again. The judges should have the benefit of the replay before giving the score, because I'm sure they would give a 50 by seeing the replay. No way they could see from where Ibaka took off. I didn't realize Ibaka's foot was behind the FT line before I saw the replay and was not that excited until then. The judges and the fans are no different, they put up the scores right away without thinking and reviewing like a judge should do. Have to say Great 1st round got me pumped
That was damn good show alot of high degree of difficulity dunks and the nba placed coaches to make sure we got a show .. Smart move .. I think they should make each 2 or 3 years cause its hard to put a good show and be creative if it happens every year
