I guess I'll be the minority and say LaVine is way better than Gordon. His first dunk was the best dunk of the night. LaVine's problem is he makes the dunks look so easy. Gordon didn't do as much for me.

I guess I'll be the minority and say LaVine is way better than Gordon. His first dunk was the best dunk of the night. LaVine's problem is he makes the dunks look so easy. Gordon didn't do as much for me.

 

LaVine is better. It's just that Gordon was pulling off crazy, theatrical stuff.

 

LaVine just looks so smooth that it hurts him - until they show slow motion and you realize how absolutely insane his dunks are.

Just went back and watched all of these. 2000 was great but I'll take last night over it. The 80's ones don't hold up at all imo.

 

For me it was because 2000 was loaded with amazing dunks and Vinsanity in full force. Andre Drummond and Will Barton held last night beneath 2000 for me.

Just went back and watched all of these. 2000 was great but I'll take last night over it. The 80's ones don't hold up at all imo.

Oh young man...

LaVine is better. It's just that Gordon was pulling off crazy, theatrical stuff.

 

LaVine just looks so smooth that it hurts him - until they show slow motion and you realize how absolutely insane his dunks are.

 

and therein is the problem. the dunks now are more theatrical (great word) to make a special visual for the dunks.

 

i really thought gordon dunks were better b/c of that.

Edited February 15, 201610 yr by LDF

It felt like for a while whoever the shortest guy was would steal the show because you could feel the height and you could see the effort in them jumping that high. Big men used to be screwed because everything they did just looked a lot less dramatic. They didn't look like they were jumping as high, they didn't flail their arms/legs as far. I feel like dwight was the first real big man to make his dunks look as full of effort as shorter players. From then on a lot of taller players thrived like Blak.e.

ASG time, should be a good one

Nelly Furtado. Awful.

I'm not trying to take anything away from Kobe, but where is ANY Tim Duncan love? Isn't this probably his last year too?

 

like you i mean no offense.

 

but i was discussion this with some of the local college players. the consensus is he is too boring.

 

what are your thoughts on that comment.

 

i am lost with that phrase.

I'm not trying to take anything away from Kobe, but where is ANY Tim Duncan love? Isn't this probably his last year too?

Hasn't announced anything.

I know little-to-no defense is played in most all-star games. But good god. Both teams are probably gonna surpass 80 points by halftime.

I'm not trying to take anything away from Kobe, but where is ANY Tim Duncan love? Isn't this probably his last year too?

 

Nah, Father Time is still trying to figure out Timmy.

ok I can't watch this trash. Everybody knows i'm pro new school. But this is straight embarrassing.

How could anyone watch this crap? Why would anyone pay $500 a ticket to watch this live when it's not even real basketball. This is worse than the pickup games at my gym. No one is even trying.

How could anyone watch this crap? Why would anyone pay $500 a ticket to watch this live when it's not even real basketball. This is worse than the pickup games at my gym. No one is even trying.

 

Carmelo looks so fat and lazy out there. Kevin Hart could go out there and get 20.

Carmelo looks so fat and lazy out there. Kevin Hart could go out there and get 20.

 

Heck if they give me free layups like the one they just gave Wade, I could even sniff double digits.

Steph sucks.

The intensity level in this game has been bad for a long time but this has been unwatchable. Usually when a team gets down big they pick up the effort a little bit to try to make a game of things but that hasn't happened at all.

i wanted them to break 200

The intensity level in this game has been bad for a long time but this has been unwatchable. Usually when a team gets down big they pick up the effort a little bit to try to make a game of things but that hasn't happened at all.

 

I figured with it being Kobe's last one that guys would be a little more hype. Jordan's last one in '03, man, that was a battle. Guys were really competing. AI, T-mac, Kobe, Kg, etc.

I figured with it being Kobe's last one that guys would be a little more hype. Jordan's last one in '03, man, that was a battle. Guys were really competing. AI, T-mac, Kobe, Kg, etc.

 

Yeah, at minimum once the East got down I thought they would at least make some effort on defense. Most years the intensity starts off s***ty but at least picks up a little bit as the game goes on. That game was a f***ing joke. You don't have to treat it like a real game but you should be playing harder than my fatass co-workers do when we play at lunch time.

They tried for the last minute to make sure PG didn't get the record! I'm with you guys, that was pretty unwatchable but luckily for them nothing else was on. And shout out to tnt for missing Steph's half court shot to end the game.

They tried for the last minute to make sure PG didn't get the record! I'm with you guys, that was pretty unwatchable but luckily for them nothing else was on. And shout out to tnt for missing Steph's half court shot to end the game.

 

Yeah, Pop couldn't help himself there but that game was hideously bad. Add the NBA all star game to the pro bowl for a game I won't be bothering with again.

Edited February 15, 201610 yr by whitesoxfan99

It is why MLB still has the best ASG. I understand injury concerns, but dude, the NBA all star game could rival or be better than the MLB one if the guys played hard. An easy solution is to throw about 5M bucks to the winner. Maybe get crazy and throw a similar amount to charity. I guarantee you put something like that on the line, yes, these guys make a lot, but it would probably change the level of competition, etc.

 

The game is just terrible. I'd love to see these guys actually play hard against each other (it would be so fun to watch).

It is why MLB still has the best ASG. I understand injury concerns, but dude, the NBA all star game could rival or be better than the MLB one if the guys played hard. An easy solution is to throw about 5M bucks to the winner. Maybe get crazy and throw a similar amount to charity. I guarantee you put something like that on the line, yes, these guys make a lot, but it would probably change the level of competition, etc.

 

The game is just terrible. I'd love to see these guys actually play hard against each other (it would be so fun to watch).

There shouldn't be non-MLB All-Star games. There's nothing in the All-Star game that's worth getting hurt over.

 

And these are the best, highest players in the game. Unless they're playing for a competitive advantage later on (an idea I DO NOT endorse), they're not going to take it seriously.

Edited February 15, 201610 yr by AustinIllini