The Good Old Dunk Contest

by **EGarrett** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:04 am

It's almost that time of year again...where we talk about who we want to see in the dunk contest. I don't see this topic anywhere lately so hopefully I'm not duplicating anything too recent.

Assuming that the 3-year rule is still instituted...and that we get 4 guys...I'd go with...

Lebron
J-Rich
Fred Jones
Travis Outlaw

Alternate: Dwyane Wade

I like this foursome. All freak athletes...and you're not quite sure what to expect from any of the three newcomers.

And...though the crowd would be with Lebron and J-Rich...I'd dark horse pick Fred Jones to win. I saw him in the NCAA dunk contest and he was f-ing amazing. 6'2.5" and his head was floating by the rim...plus he was very confident.

If they waive the 3-year rule...I'd like to see Ricky Davis in there somewhere. Ricky has been wanting to get back in the dunk contest for years and he did some cool stuff in 2000. Combine that with his friction with Lebron and you have high drama. I wouldn't mind seeing Corey Maggette IF he came up with some stuff to do and didn't act weird like he did in 2001.

And when is somebody going to do that behind-the-back 360 that it's the video games and the commercials? It's obviously possible...

by **Mikki** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:27 am

yeah, i'd like to see Bron James in the dunking contest, i saw a highlight of a dunk that he made at the McDonald's All-American game!! (Y)

also Travis Outlaw...

by **Old School Fool** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:29 am

Dwayne Wade is starting to dunk more often

Which makes me happy....i like that dunk he did once the Announcer almost died on one of his Dunk a few days agoN "OH MY GOD DWAYNE WADE! HE JUST WENT THROUGH THE AIR HE IS THE ELEVATOR MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :lol:

by **GloveGuy** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:13 am

Yeah I saw Outlaw in the McDonad's All-Star Game. The guy's a freak athlete. Too bad he and Ebi were just so stupid and thought they were Lebron James. They could've been good....had they gone to college.

by **air gordon** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:36 am

i'd very much like to see wade in the dunk contest but i think his recent injury to his wrist may hold him back from participating

by **Yessie** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 10:46 am

Bron Bron just be in there
J-rich gotta defend the title
DESMOND MASON HELLO he is the shit or is he pass the 3yrs??
travis Outlaw he should have a good shot.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:47 pm

I think they should waive the 3 years pro rule, and expand on the competition. If that means getting rid of the 3-on-3 games featuring teams comprised of an NBA player, a WNBA, a former NBA player and a celebrity, so be it. I admit, it was great to see Moses out there again and even better to see Nique dunk last year despite Charles Barkley's predictions, but the dunk contest can be much more entertaining. Last year's was awesome, but still too short.

So, getting rid of the 3 years pro rule, I'd like to see a field of:

Jason Richardson
Desmond Mason
LeBron James
Ricky Davis
Vince Carter - I'd love to see him one more time
Travis Outlaw
Fred Jones
Steve Francis/Baron Davis/Dwyane Wade

The old format of 2 dunks in the first round (4 competitors advance), 3 dunks in the second round (2 advance) and 3 dunks in the final round (winner is crowned) should be brought back.

If they want to limit the number of competitors to six, as it was a few years ago:

Jason Richardson
Desmond Mason
LeBron James
Ricky Davis
Fred Jones
Travis Outlaw

The format would be 3 dunks in the first round (3 advance), and 3 dunks in the final round (placing the finalists first, second and third).

If they're going to use the same format and rules as last year, then my list is the same as EG's: J-Rich, LeBron, Jones and Outlaw.

by **Bill Russell** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:01 pm

I'd love to see St. James goin' against Vince Carter... Vince needs to go at least one more time, damn... That year was so fuckin' good, I really enjoyed it... St. James will win though... He is king of basketball!!!

by **Old School Fool** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 7:09 pm

TALES IS JUMPING ON THE BANDWAGON!

by **Bill Russell** on Wed Dec 31, 2003 4:24 am

I had this St. James pic on my sig since you were 13 years old... Oh wait, you still have this age...

by **Ruff Ryder** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:28 am

Is it possible to petiton the NBA to waive the 3 year rule?

Anyway my picks are:
Bron
Melo
J-Rich
The Outlaw

If there was no 3 year rule
Ricky D-He's been trying to get in it so he deseves another chance.
Vince-You know why
T-Mac-" "
Baron Davis or Steve Francis-Nothin like watching a short man rise!
Lisa Leslie(of the WNBA)-

The crowd would go crazy.

by **1CenT** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 6:15 am

I'll like to see Chris Anderson and i heard he is participating along with Fred Jones...
I wanna see a big guy in da dunk contest..
Swift is great too.. he should get his 2nd try

by **benji** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 9:51 am

I hope they waive the rule and let Desmond Mason back in after he had his award stolen last year...yeah...let's give Jason Richardson two 50's for the exact same dunk he did a couple times the year befpre :roll:

(of course...the dunk contest has a history of this...*cough* 1988 *cough*)

They gave Richardson a 50 for that last dunk...yeah...whatever...if I can do it on a 8 foot hoop it's not a 50...but extend your arm to the maximum length, then bring it back between your legs and dunk with your weak hand after taking off from where Jordan did for his "free-throw line" dunk...yeah...that's a 50...

I pick:
Darvin Ham
Desmond Mason

And give them each ten dunks to do whatever the hell they want...who needs anyone else...bring back Darrell Armstrong and Chris Jackson if you want some first round cannon fodder...

by **Matthew** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:07 am

I hope they waive the rule and let Desmond Mason back in after he had his award stolen last year...yeah...let's give Jason Richardson two 50's for the exact same dunk he did a couple times the year befpre (of course...the dunk contest has a history of this...*cough* 1988 *cough*)

That dunk was in the first round.. But yeah i'll agree desmond mason got robbed only becuase Mason's last dunk was worth more than a 43.

They gave Richardson a 50 for that last dunk...yeah...whatever...if I can do it on a 8 foot hoop it's not a 50

Lol!! Are you serious, an 8 foot rim? You deserve a 50 for that Ben :proud:

I wish i could dunk an 8 foot rim :crazy:

but extend your arm to the maximum length, then bring it back between your legs and dunk with your weak hand after taking off from where Jordan did for his "free-throw line" dunk...yeah...that's a 50...

Mason took off from around the dotted line didnt he? It was good I'll agree, but Richardson last dunk was just as good. Not better, but just as good..imo of coarse.
I would pay to see steve francis back in the dunk competetion.

by **PoliceLineDoNotCross** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 10:18 am

i hope amare is in it and wins it. hes one of my favorite big men dunkers. fred jones is also off the hook. i also saw his college dunk contest and he was the most exciting guy out there. there was another flashy dunker in that college contest from arkansas. brandon dean i believe thats his name. if he was in the nba, he should be in the contest. he is superman.

by **benji** on Thu Jan 01, 2004 1:49 pm

NBA_Fan_23 wrote:Lol!! Are you serious, an 8 foot rim? You deserve a 50 for that Ben I wish i could dunk an 8 foot rim

I'm glad you found it funny seeing as it was a joke. The point of it being if I could do it on a eight foot rim it doesn't deserve a 50, but we know why you said it, so I'll just stop...

That dunk was in the first round..

He did almost the same dunk twice in the first round, after doing one of them the year before, and he still got two 50's. So even if Amare landed his second dunk he would've been in the second round...when he shouldn't have been because he was ghey.

by **Bill Russell** on Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:38 pm

Excuse me sir, Chris Jackson could dunk? Didn't see that coming...

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Mon Jan 05, 2004 9:36 pm

I think he only dunked a couple of times in an NBA game, but he was a more prolific dunker at LSU.

by **flip_wun** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:52 am

the Dunk Contest got way too many limits and restrictions and it sucks how much the league sacrifices in entertainment value just for money but thas another story....

anyways for the contests, F a 4 man comp.. they should have 8 ballers.. 4 is too and little and more than 8 would be crazy as hell, but it would also get kind of repetitive unless everyone had mad creativity

The Bron -- should be in for sure
Desmond Mason -- that between the legs dunk last year wit his legs cocked and all that SHOULD have received a 75 just because that was the nicest looking dunk i've seen in a long time.. better than the 50 from J-Rich, altho that DID deserve a 50.. Mase's should have had a 75
J-Rich -- he better come up with some new stuff cuz i'm gettin' tired of that whole self oop bounce pass
Vince -- no question he should be in it.. i mean, duke did have like the best dunk contest in recent memory
Franchise -- duke got ROBBED that year he had to palm it but couldn't.. well, maybe not robbed, but they should've respun that dumbass wheel for him
T-Mac -- well, if Vince is there.. why not?

k so i named six.. i can't think of any other dunkers lol.. my bad

okay but if anything.. add another dunk contest.. get a whole buncha scrubs and put em in the paint and get some ballers to DUNK ON EM.. this would be the best damn competition ever

i can think of three players who deserve to be there no doubt.. K-Mart, Stro and Amare

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:16 pm

We've discussed some of the possible contestants: how about we talk about some of the dunks they could try?

I'd like to see someone perform a 360 after throwing the ball off the backboard. I can't remember anyone performing this dunk in any NBA dunk contest; I think it would get a high score.

I'd also like to see existing dunks taken even further. The free throw line dunk has become a bit stale. Perhaps someone could take off further back, or spice it up some other way.

How about a windmill from further out? Or a windmill with a couple of revolutions before slamming it through?

Between-the-legs dunks have also become more common. Desmond Mason managed to make it look fresh by taking off from further out, and J-Rich performed one off a lob from himself. How about between-the-legs 360 (or close to a 360)?

The 540 and 720 dunks are also there, but only the best leapers could pull them off and make them look good.

by **TRUball** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:34 pm

Andrew wrote:We've discussed some of the possible contestants: how about we talk about some of the dunks they could try?

I'd like to see someone perform a 360 after throwing the ball off the backboard. I can't remember anyone performing this dunk in any NBA dunk contest; I think it would get a high score.

That would be nice... but off the back board is getting old (well not really but...) what if someone did a dunk after throwing the ball off the shot clock :wink:

I'd also like to see existing dunks taken even further. The free throw line dunk has become a bit stale. Perhaps someone could take off further back, or spice it up some other way

two handed from the free throw line maybe

How about a windmill from further out? Or a windmill with a couple of revolutions before slamming it through?

a double wind mill, or when spinning your arms for the windmill instead of going forward make it backwards, anyone get what I am saying?

Between-the-legs dunks have also become more common. Desmond Mason managed to make it look fresh by taking off from further out, and J-Rich performed one off a lob from himself. How about between-the-legs 360 (or close to a 360)?

I saw that done in a slam nation video, it is great, it looks so cool also

The 540 and 720 dunks are also there, but only the best leapers could pull them off and make them look good.

A 720 dunk! I doubt any human being would be able to spin fast enough and have enouigh hang time to be able to do that off the ground and dunk it, the 540 is also a bit harder because it would have to be dunked from behind and that might cause problems for some of the dunkers...

What I want to see is them jumping over guys, like the no name crazy dunkers do, like doing windmills and crap over like 3 guys at a time also another one: do a cartwheel pick the ball up when your hands are leaving the ground to go back to your feet then jump up and do some kind of a flair and dunk, that is a 50 in my books look very difficult in my mind(even when I seen it done by some guy.

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:00 pm

kobes4real wrote:a double wind mill, or when spinning your arms for the windmill instead of going forward make it backwards, anyone get what I am saying?

Do you mean reversing the windmill action so that you're taking the ball away from the basket, before slamming it home?

by **mad_sorcerer** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 3:36 pm

I don't really mind the 3-year rule. Although limiting the contest to just a very limited number players is ridiculous. I mean c'mon, the best freakin' high-flyers are in the NBA.

They could limit the 3-point contest to just two players, I don't care, probably every league in the world has a 3-point contest during all-star games. But dunk contests?? Hell here in the Phils we only get an exciting dunk contest every 5 years or so while the rest is just total crap.

The dunk-contest is probably one of the most anticipated events of the break. Assuming you're a very casual hoop fan, what would you rather watch, a 2 hour all star game (that you probably won't understand) or an hour of high-flying dunks? For most of the average viewers the dunk contest is the selling point of the all-star weekend, so more players=more excitement and more $$$ for the NBA.

Plus they can make more NBA commercials with footage from the dunk contest. :lol:

by **flip_wun** on Wed Jan 07, 2004 12:52 am

two handed from the free throw line maybe

VC did that one

a double wind mill, or when spinning your arms for the windmill instead of going forward make it backwards, anyone get what I am saying?

um, maybe i'm imagining it wrong, but wouldn't that make the ball go up to the rim and then out upward instead of going into the rim?

one dunk i'd like to see is a self oop bouncing it on the floor hard enough to get it to bounce back off the board and then a pump and then the dunk.

i still stand behind my Dunk On Contest idea.

by **Colin** on Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:18 am

flip_wun wrote:um, maybe i'm imagining it wrong, but wouldn't that make the ball go up to the rim and then out upward instead of going into the rim?

one dunk i'd like to see is a self oop bouncing it on the floor hard enough to get it to bounce back off the board and then a pump and then the dunk.

For the reverse windmill thing you'd obviously have to stop it before it flys up, that's harder then a regular one. I think what was meant was that you'd bring the ball out and up in front of you then swing it around, and before it flys out of y hand turn your hand so that's the ball's under it and it's force will keep it in your hand long enough to dunk.

That dunk you just mentioned has been done by Kenny Smith. It was slightly different. He stood facing away from the hoop just to the left side of the hoop and at the free throw line. He bounced it between his legs caught it's bounce of the backboard and (sort of) double-pump reversed it. It was sick.

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