2011 Dunk Contest

[Fishsticks]

Kenny smith was nauseating.

 

[LogGrad98]

I thought it was better than in the last few years, but still not on the level of some of the greats of the past. I agree that, good dunks or not, Griffin is a true freak of nature. Watching him miss that 360 because he hit his ARMPIT on the rim, and he was still going up. Wow that was incredible.

 

[Archie Moses]

The thing I liked about Griffen is he didn't have to try his dunks 50,000 times to get it right.

Did we watch the same dunk contest?

 

[prodigy]

it's a shame they couldn't have 3 people in finals. great contest

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Some interesting stuff. It ruins the vibe when it takes each dunker 5 times to do a dunk though.

And like Sir Charles said Blake Griffen's car dunk was weak!

This. I just watched the car dunk. It was so freakin' weak. One, he jumped over the hood of the car, not the car itself which to me implies its highest point. At least that's what you're sort of selling. Two, the car was basically parked five feet below the free throw line so he only had to jump from about ten feet out. And lastly, if you're going to make this big production with Kenny Smith and the choir, it better kick ***. Instead, it was weak sauce that failed to live up to said hype. Hopefully his career won't go down that same path.

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

This. I just watched the car dunk. It was so freakin' weak. One, he jumped over the hood of the car, not the car itself which to me implies its highest point. At least that's what you're sort of selling. Two, the car was basically parked five feet below the free throw line so he only had to jump from about ten feet out. And lastly, if you're going to make this big production with Kenny Smith and the choir, it better kick ***. Instead, it was weak sauce that failed to live up to said hype. Hopefully his career won't go down that same path.

If he would have jumped over it long ways, that would have been incredible.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

If he would have jumped over it long ways, that would have been incredible.

And probably impossible. Aren't most cars around 15 feet in length?

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

And probably impossible. Aren't most cars around 15 feet in length?

So is the FT line and Ibaka did that in the 1st round, albeit not high enough to clear the height of the car.

Griffin won because his skit was the best, he had the crowd behind him, and he was the biggest star of the group. Not because his dunk was the most impressive. Hell some of his in game dunks were better than the car dunk.

 

[LogGrad98]

So is the FT line and Ibaka did that in the 1st round, albeit not high enough to clear the height of the car.

Griffin won because his skit was the best, he had the crowd behind him, and he was the biggest star of the group. Not because his dunk was the most impressive. Hell some of his in game dunks were better than the car dunk.

That 360 dunk had some power to it, and he got height that was crazy. But all of the contestants had some pretty good dunks. As far as the car dunk goes, it has become de rigueur to use some gimmicky prop in at least a few dunks. That was pure show and we all knew it. In fact all in all it was a pretty good show.

 

[LunaticWolf]

Made me think of the dunk contest in NBA Live 05.

Only watched the highlights on ESPN. After last year, I decided that I am never watching these things again.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

So is the FT line and Ibaka did that in the 1st round, albeit not high enough to clear the height of the car.

Griffin won because his skit was the best, he had the crowd behind him, and he was the biggest star of the group. Not because his dunk was the most impressive. Hell some of his in game dunks were better than the car dunk.

I know. That was my point. You'd have to clear the car before even dunking the ball and then, again on the way down, clear it again.

 

[YB85]

I thought the first couple rounds were great, although the numerous missed dunks is distracting. McGee's two rim dunk was great, when he finally did it. DeRozan's dunk was phenomenal, too. The finals were anticlimatic.