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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 24 2008, 12:45 PM (4,483 Views) | |
| adamosthegreek | Feb 12 2008, 03:59 PM Post #76 |
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Dwight came out with a dunk preview: http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/11/...-sneak-preview/ I'm pretty sure he does most of those in practice anyway. That last one he may use early rounds. |
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| Ben Q Rock | Feb 12 2008, 04:30 PM Post #77 |
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Hate to say it, but none of those really impressed me. They're creative and athletic, sure, but part of what makes some dunks spectacular is how high the people get off the ground. Dwight's so big -- and he illustrated this point well when he hung on the rim -- that his dunks don't look as impressive as they would if he were, say, 6 inches shorter. |
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| MagicMadness | Feb 12 2008, 04:37 PM Post #78 |
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Damn...he needs to do that last dunk in the contest. I hope it doesn't hurt him though that people have now seen some of the things he might do. |
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| CLos | Feb 12 2008, 05:05 PM Post #79 |
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Yeah that last dunk was sick as hell. That should be a 10. |
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| MAGICMANEVAN | Feb 12 2008, 05:23 PM Post #80 |
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Yeah, that last one was sick. |
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| MagicMadness | Feb 12 2008, 11:15 PM Post #81 |
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Link Lame. They should just let him (and Gay?) do an unofficial dunk on a twelve-footer. I want to see it, whether it counts or not! |
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| gomagic33 | Feb 12 2008, 11:35 PM Post #82 |
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What a bunch of kill joys. Just let the boys dunk on 12 feet - it should be fun and new. All this rules on an exhibition event is really sucking up all the fun. |
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| Ben Q Rock | Feb 13 2008, 11:18 PM Post #83 |
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David Stern names Ray Allen as Caron Butler's replacement in the All-Star Game
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| MagicMadness | Feb 13 2008, 11:25 PM Post #84 |
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SON OF A F**KING B**CH!!!!! |
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| iceveins333 | Feb 13 2008, 11:27 PM Post #85 |
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seriously its stupid, they want to apply all these "standard rules" to the contests but you can have guys dunking over cardboard cutouts of nate robinson or nate robinson himself and you can have guys sitting on a chair and dudes fly over their head while the guy sitting throws the ball up for a dunk but oh no we cant raise the rim, that is against NBA RULES!! |
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| Ben Q Rock | Feb 13 2008, 11:30 PM Post #86 |
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You know those stories about how some Disney costumed characters grope people? And some of those people sued? One of those people had to have been related to David Stern. Why else would he want to f--- Orlando over like this? It's absolutely absurd for Allen to make the team. It has nothing to do with him and everything to do with the idea that the Celtics are so good they "deserve" three All-Stars. |
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| CLos | Feb 14 2008, 01:07 PM Post #87 |
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Well, Ray Allen is not a bad selection. If anything, it's Rasheed Wallace who shouldn't have made it. |
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| Ben Q Rock | Feb 14 2008, 02:21 PM Post #88 |
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Wallace makes more sense than Allen because he at least plays the same position as the player he's replacing. Allen is a two-guard, and has been his whole career; Butler is a small forward, and has been his whole career. The East's depth chart -- presuming that Doc starts Antawn Jamison in Garnett's place -- now looks like this:
And it's not like those twos can play the three. Hamilton could do it, but it's pretty dumb. Whatever, I just hope that if/when Kidd gets traded that Stern is smart enough to recognize Jose Calderon's brilliance and to put him on the team. He should have been starting in the first place. |
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| gomagic33 | Feb 14 2008, 07:30 PM Post #89 |
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If the Kidd trade pushes through, will he play for the West team? Then there will be another open spot in the East in that case, right? |
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| Ben Q Rock | Feb 14 2008, 07:37 PM Post #90 |
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The league doesn't have a rule in place for this situation yet because it hasn't happened before. I assume Kidd would be added to the Western team, which would then have 13 players. That'd free-up a roster spot in the East, which Stern would most certainly fill with a point guard, since Kidd's trade would leave Billups as the only one on the roster. Calderon is, without question, the only point guard for that spot. |
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