rangercal Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 QUOTE(Chisoxrd5 @ Feb 18, 2006 -> 12:51 PM) Ugh..no thanks Dunk contests have been played out for a while now. I feel sorry for you. This was one to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 QUOTE(Felix @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 01:35 AM) I just watched the highlights, and yea. He got robbed. Robinson got the sympathy vote for being short, but oh well, its only a dunk contest. Oh, it was definitely just a dunk contest. I don't even like basketball, but it's the principle of the thing. I hate to see someone get cheated like that. The crowd and the announcers showed their disapproval at the end results. It's not often that you hear the crowd boo or sit in stunned silence at a dunk contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Any replays of the dunk contest? I hear it was sick but I was at Winter Ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChWRoCk2 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 01:03 PM) Any replays of the dunk contest? I hear it was sick but I was at Winter Ball. http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/rising_stars/ I got ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I watched all of it last night. I forgot what the first thing was called, I'm going to call it 3-Ball if anyone remembers the old 2-Ball they used to play. But it was cool seeing the first 2 shots from nearly half court go in. The Spurs easily won it that one. Then the skills contast was sweet, I was kinda dissapointed with Nash but oh well. I'm not surprised that Dwayne Wade won it. The 3-Point Shootout was corrupt, Nowitzki shouldn't have gotten out of the 1st round but they don't have replays. Then the Slam Dunk Contest was even more corrupt, Andre should've won that. I loved watching Nate Robinson do his dunks but I just got tired of seeing failed try after failed try to do his dunks. I wish they had a rule about that still. Then the judges looking at other scores and changing theres to make Nate have a better score and Andre have a worse score. If it would've gone into a second dunk off I think most knew Andre would win it, just because there's only so much a 5'9" guy can do. I loved listening to Charles Barkley last night, normally I don't have a preference either way for him but last night he was making some funny comments. All around a pretty good night though, glad I decided to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFan1 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 QUOTE(ChWRoCk2 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 05:08 PM) http://www.nba.com/allstar2006/rising_stars/ I got ya Good s***. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 LMAO @ The introductions they were awsome if anyone didnt see them they danced like crazy, LOOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxrd5 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Feb 18, 2006 -> 10:49 PM) Bad, bad move if you missed this. Lol...well I did miss it. Not because I intentionally chose not to watch it but because I didnt have access to a television. I wasn't home. No big loss In my opinion. My life shall go on. To be honest I much more enjoy dunks like Brian Randles today during the Illini game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 haha watchin Yao do a little dance was hilarious. I can't wait to see this Western Conference "Big Lineup" in the 2nd half. They mentioned this: Guards: Garnett and Nowitzki Forwards: Duncan and Gasol Center: Yao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 This has been one incredibly bad all-star game. And what the hell is wrong with Ernie Johnson's face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 08:52 PM) This has been one incredibly bad all-star game. And what the hell is wrong with Ernie Johnson's face? I didn't see it, but I've noticed he's really aged over the past couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 QUOTE(Jordan4life_2006 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 09:52 PM) This has been one incredibly bad all-star game. And what the hell is wrong with Ernie Johnson's face? The East dance was better. And yeah I noticed that, it was like a blob, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 08:54 PM) The East dance was better. And yeah I noticed that, it was like a blob, lol. I got scared, man. I hope little kids didn't have to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 20, 2006 Author Share Posted February 20, 2006 Ended up being a pretty decent game. East wins 122-120. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChWRoCk2 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 19, 2006 -> 11:29 PM) Ended up being a pretty decent game. East wins 122-120. i enjoyed it, one of the better games in my memory, the dance was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 (edited) It turned out to be a good game. Definitely one of the more boring all-star games I've witnessed. I got a kick out of Kobe making a concentrated effort to pass the ball in a game where passing doesn't really matter. He should try that passing thing more in games that actually count. Edited February 20, 2006 by Jordan4life_2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 LOL, Bill Simmons always makes me laugh: The Frozen Envelope Award for "Biggest scandal directly involving the Knicks" You know how you're guaranteed an Oscar if you lose or gain a ton of weight or play a special needs character? Well, if you're short or female, your odds of winning a dunk contest increase exponentially. For instance, Nate Robinson won Saturday's contest even though it took him roughly 75 times to complete two of his dunks. This went well beyond "It's time for the Birdman to fly" territory, or even feel-good "Costner in 'Tin Cup'" territory; Nate's complete disregard for the fans was almost overwhelming. I mean, we were sitting there for like 10 minutes watching him try dunks with a 2.5-percent probability of succeeding. I don't know how it played on TV, but in person? Excruciating. Of course, when Nate ended up winning over the far superior Andre Iguodala, that's when it surpassed the Wilkins-Jordan contest in '87 as the all-time Dunk Contest Travesty That Will Never Be Topped. Nobody even had the energy to boo because Nate had already ruined our collective will to live; we ended up hightailing like people fleeing a murder scene. Even more tragically, the grisly ending overshadowed two of the greatest dunks ever -- Robinson's scaling Spud Webb (he was available), and Iguodala's incredible other-side-of-the-backboard dunk, which was, unequivocally, the best dunk I've ever seen in person. (It nearly caused a riot -- for a second, I thought the players on hand were going to charge the floor, almost like a delirious college hoops crowd after a buzzer-beating basket.) No matter how contrived the dunk contest is, or how fixed it is, few in-person sports moments compare with someone's bringing the house down in a dunk contest. That still ranks right up there. (And while we're here, kudos to the NBA for figuring out how to get stars such as Nash, LeBron, Wade, Kobe and Nowitzki involved on Saturday night, as well as how to move the night along much more efficiently. Sure, they refuse to try H-O-R-S-E, the High Dunk or Half-Court Shot Contest, and they continue to shove the WNBA players down our throats ... but at least we weren't there for four hours, and at least it felt like there was some star power there, even if the ending made us feel like we were walking out of a snuff film. Still, a decent night all around.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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