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Splendid Splinter First Round Pick

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"Do you think your score will be good enough to take home the trophy?"

 

Well, seeing as LaVine only needed a 28 to take the lead and three missed dunks got Giannis a 30, I think he's safe.

 

The current format of this thing is stupid.

 

What should they do? They had a ton of different formats over the years. Seems like they change it every 2 years or so. They tried to change it last year and it was just HORRIBLE IMO. They used to have a time limit for getting a dunk in, but it was way too long. Then they used the whole "just keep going until you make one" which is just shitty because you got to see Nate Robinson have about 15 attempts for his final dunk (in a tie-breaker no less) in 2006 and somehow beat Iguodala. Lets not even talk about the fan voting in the finals. Mid 90s had 90 secs to get as many dunks as you can and the judges grade you on all the dunks you made. Does anybody remember the stupid spinning wheel in 2002 where the dunkers had to imitate one of the legends dunk?

 

Personally, I think they need to do best 2 out of 3 dunks (whether it's both rounds or just the final) so if you do screw up on one, you still got a chance to advance/win. They did that in 2000 when Vince won it all then they did it from '91-'93. Another thing they need to do is quite getting crappy guys for the dunk contest. WTF is Plumlee in the contest this year for? Even Giannis I have somewhat an issue with. I know he's the Greek Freak and really tall/long, but he never strike me as someone who could thrive in the dunk contest. Somehow they need to get more higher profile stars or guys who can get pretty creative to play in it. Also need to go back to 6 players and then 3 guys in the finals.

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I'd like to see a timed session for each round. Give the four dunkers 5 minutes (or whatever is necessary) to do dunks with them rotating, similar to what they do for some skateboarding and snowboarding. Judges rate the scores after each dunk. Best two move on. Do the same for the final but with less time.
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I'd like to see a timed session for each round. Give the four dunkers 5 minutes (or whatever is necessary) to do dunks with them rotating, similar to what they do for some skateboarding and snowboarding. Judges rate the scores after each dunk. Best two move on. Do the same for the final but with less time.

 

Take the average of your scores? Because if you rotate, 1 guy could have 6 dunks made & another with just 4 because he missed a couple so total score wouldn't work. Or do the next guy has to wait till the guy before makes one?

 

 

Plus this is somewhat similar to the mid 90's where each guy had 90 secs to do as many dunks then it goes to the next guy. Biggest problem is not getting the superstars in there like they used to. They're the ones who are going to bring in the crowd. At least bring one in who is somewhat well known. Skills challenge was the same way this year. You had Lowry & Teague who some know & like a bunch of rookies.

 

Also what happened to ALL the all stars & other NBA players that used to watch the contest from the sideline? Are they not required to be there anymore? I barely saw any last night. I saw Cousins & Davis & someone else by the bench. Then you had guys who played earlier behind them. That was it. Same with celebrities. I remember how all of them would jump out of their seats, make crazy faces, etc. after a good dunk.

 

Another thing is the State Farm alter ego is just ridiculously stupid. I saw way too much of that last night.

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Another thing is the State Farm alter ego is just ridiculously stupid. I saw way too much of that last night.

You mean the Rob Lowe / DirecTV thing? I hate that it is all over the place.

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Another thing is the State Farm alter ego is just ridiculously stupid. I saw way too much of that last night.

You mean the Rob Lowe / DirecTV thing? I hate that it is all over the place.

 

That too, but no... it's where Chris Paul has a twin brother who is a state farm agent. Now it expanded to Stephon Curry, Damien Lilliard, Sue Bird, & someone else. It was bad because it wasn't the commercials last night. It was that they actually had promos in the All Star Saturday.

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Another thing is the State Farm alter ego is just ridiculously stupid. I saw way too much of that last night.

You mean the Rob Lowe / DirecTV thing? I hate that it is all over the place.

 

That too, but no... it's where Chris Paul has a twin brother who is a state farm agent. Now it expanded to Stephon Curry, Damien Lilliard, Sue Bird, & someone else. It was bad because it wasn't the commercials last night. It was that they actually had promos in the All Star Saturday.

Ahhh

 

Yeah, that sucks, too. Isn't Stockton the manager or something?

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I'd like to see a timed session for each round. Give the four dunkers 5 minutes (or whatever is necessary) to do dunks with them rotating, similar to what they do for some skateboarding and snowboarding. Judges rate the scores after each dunk. Best two move on. Do the same for the final but with less time.

 

Take the average of your scores? Because if you rotate, 1 guy could have 6 dunks made & another with just 4 because he missed a couple so total score wouldn't work. Or do the next guy has to wait till the guy before makes one?

 

Total of their best two scores.

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Afflalo traded to Portland.

 

Afflalo and Alonzo Gee for Thomas Robinson, Will Barton, and Victor Claver, along with a future first rounder.

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Afflalo traded to Portland.

 

Afflalo and Alonzo Gee for Thomas Robinson, Will Barton, and Victor Claver, along with a future first rounder.

Like that trade a lot for Portland, they needed another guy who could shoot. Lillard-Afflalo/Matthews-Batum-Aldrigde-Lopez with 1 of Afflalo/Matthews coming of the bench is a nice 6 man rotation come playoffs. Also this is like Thomas Robinson's 3rd or 4th team already, isn't it?

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The Thunder-Nets are trading Reggie Jackson for Brook Lopez, there may be a 3rd team involved and it likely involves Jarrett Jack going to the 3rd team.
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Suns looking to do a quick tear-down and rebuild in the West. Tough pill for their fans (to the extent they have any) to swallow.

 

On the other hand, Jason Kidd had to be behind the idea that getting MCW and Ennis makes up for losing Knight. It would suck to be a Bucks fan today....again, to the extent there are any left.

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Suns looking to do a quick tear-down and rebuild in the West. Tough pill for their fans (to the extent they have any) to swallow.

 

On the other hand, Jason Kidd had to be behind the idea that getting MCW and Ennis makes up for losing Knight. It would suck to be a Bucks fan today....again, to the extent there are any left.

Living in Wisconsin my Bucks fan friends love the trade for some reason, they keep citing the age and team control of MCW. MCW and Knight are the same age and they don't seem to understand MCW is pretty terrible. He has the 116 best FG% of the 119 qualified players.

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I CANNOT WAIT until he is in LA.

DO NOT EVER SAY THIS [expletive] AGAIN I HATE YOU FOREVER HE IS NEVER LEAVING OKC

 

Ok I went to that game tonight and I'm kinda drunk so I'm sorry. Russ is the reason for gay marriage being legal in Oklahoma. I'll have a few of his babies and so will everyone else.

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I CANNOT WAIT until he is in LA.

DO NOT EVER SAY THIS [expletive] AGAIN I HATE YOU FOREVER HE IS NEVER LEAVING OKC

 

Ok I went to that game tonight and I'm kinda drunk so I'm sorry. Russ is the reason for gay marriage being legal in Oklahoma. I'll have a few of his babies and so will everyone else.

If he can get inhofe out of office I'll love him forever.

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Damn...Westbrook is inhuman right now.
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