How big are Steve's hands? I'm like 5'9 and can palm a basketball. Does Steve have little girlie hands?
LMAO!!! I loved the crowd's reaction. You could almost hear the "huh?" go up from the whole crowd at the same time.
Just for the record, I was slammed way back in <a href="http://bbs.clutchcity.net/php3/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25628">this thread</a> for saying Steve couldn't palm the ball. Oops. I found the whole evening to be boring as hell. One thing that annoyed the hell out of me was the fact that the announcers were both on TV and in the arena. That reverb was awful and the crowd was obviously bored. Oh, and Hall & Oates??? I mean, I know they are from Philly and all, but so are Philly cheesesteaks. It would've been better just to bring a platter of cheesesteaks out and set them on the stage for 3 minutes than to have to hear a couple of washed up pop rejects belch out some crappy song just because it was their hometown.
What I wanna see: Vince Carter Kobe Bryant Tracy McGrady Shawn Marion Keon Clark Jason Richardson Get these no-name swingmen like Wallace and Mason AWAY! Marion deserves a shot and Keon Clark also kills rims like a madman. JRich can defend his title. The first 3 need no introduction. Steve's played himself out of the dunk contest this year. That b*stard-lob from Cat was just terrible.
Was it just me, or was anyone else getting tired of Barkely raving about his fellow Alabama/Auburn players. We get it Charles, you went to Auburn (and didn't even graduate) and are from Alabama. Good for you, but enough is enough.
Wallace' sad attempt at cloning VC should equal no 'Bama ballers in the dunk contest for the next decade. You can't copy the greatest, Gerald.
I've given the wheel some more thought, & even though I still think it sucks, I do like the element of surprise that it brings. However, they should modify the process something like this. They need to give each player 5 freestyle dunks & one wheel dunk to perform. The players should have to eliminate 2 dunks from their scores & get one shot at each dunk, with no restarts. In other words, once you start moving to the basket, you can't restart. Let the players have 3-4 warm up dunks before the competition starts (kind of like a shoot around). That would help to build the excitement for the fans. It did look like Cat & Francis hadn't practiced together very much. They should also make the wheel dunk a money dunk by giving it a higher value, based on the degree of difficulty. Maybe, even label the wheel with the multipliers for degree of difficulty. For instance, the Dr. J dunk from the free throw line could have a multiplier of 3. If you get a score of 40 for the dunk, then the total score would be 120. Finally, I'm kind of torn between whether they should spin the wheel once & have every player perform the same dunk, or let each player spin the wheel for himself, which would bring the element of surprise into it. Also, they should get at least one practice dunk, before it counts for real.
What's so bad about the Wheel? Personally, I like spending my Saturday night watching the best athletes in the world play H-O-R-S-E. Maybe next year we can watch guys challenge each other by making someone copy their behind-the-backboard jump shot or shooting a free throw "granny style." All to the tunes of Hall & Oates, of course. In between watching members of Boy Bands hack old 7 footers for 10 minutes and 6'8" NBA players heroically swatting a 5'10" women driving for a layups. (You Da Man Hedo!)
I think the fans should get to decide who's in the dunk contest. Whenever a really neat dunk is made, put it on NBA.com and let people rate it. Have the 6 highest rated dunkers perform in the dunk contest. Make it mandatory. And throw out the wheel. Every dunker has different talents. If the dunk contest was really to prove which dunker is the "all-round best," I suppose it would work. It's not. The dunk contest is to make people go "oooh" and "aaaah."
Slammed for saying Steve couldn't palm the ball?? Aren't you exagerrating just a bit, Jeff? I was thinking the same thing about the having to sit through Hall & Oates rehashing their "music". Who was the marketing genius that came up with that horrible idea?!! I figured Will Smith would have performed.
I think it should be as simple as the best dunk wins. Give each of them five dunks to just ballistic on. when you have rounds they get timid and conservative. When you have wheels the imagination goes. When you just let them go all out you will get the great dunks. Give these guys some freedom to let it all hang out.
Hedo should feel no shame for swatting Staley's shot. He learned that from Moses Malone. You know who should feel shame...Moses Malone He felt no shame continuing to post up Thompson. And why the hell was Thompson assigned to guard Moses? Rockets thought the game was a joke. I think they're a joke now.
Who was supposed to guard Moses? Cat? Kenny? Foxx? Having Moses on the Philly team was a cheap gimmick to try to make the home team win. It worked on the Rockets, but backfired against the Kings.
Cuttino freaking Mobley was our tallest player at 6'4. I never thought about the colossal height advantage. All short + no pure shooters = quick and painful loss.
I appreciate the fact that Steve was creative with his dunk, even though it didn't go. Imagine what would've been in store for the next round. The commentators went on and on about everything being done already and here comes Steve ready to shock the world. He has to be creative though to make up for his size. That wheel did suck though. Not everyone has big hands. I hope it's gone by next year and Steve tries again somewhere down the line. BTW We should have one the hoop-it-up with 3 good shooters, but this season's cursed.
