The dunk contest is a joke. I mean there are only so many dunks guys can do, so it's hard to be imaginative. I think if the superstars did it the contest would have more flair because people would like to see Lebron, Griffin, Howard and actual stars go against each other. If they did this the dunks would probably not have to be quite as imaginative.
The NBA product it's self is very good. It is amazing how good the players are. Actually it's hard to watch college basketball at times when you have been watching a bunch of NBA ball because the college product just looks terrible at times.
I agree with pretty much everything you said.
Especially your second sentence. Every single dunk that happened tonight, besides the glow in the dark dunk and maybe the motorcycle dunk, have all been done before. I think the 2 ball dunk was done last year or the year before and that was the best dunk of the night.
Jumping over guys? Well that happens literally every dunk competition now I'm pretty sure. Budinger jumped over Diddy? Someone else dunked over Kevin Hart?
Budinger used his hand to help himself over Diddy a little. Kevin Hart is like 4'11" so really that isn't even that cool. Hibbert is huge but George really struggled with that and had to use his hand to give himself a boost just to get over him and he still hit the back of Hibbert's head with his... yeah.
The only way the Kevin Hart dunk would have been exciting was if he tried to pick up Hart and dunk him through the hoop. Other than that... the dunk was going to be lame. And the stupid gimmicks they do to try to make it exciting are just embarrassing. (I.e.: the choir that came out and sang for Blake Griffin's dunk last year and Kevin Hart coming in saying "you have mail")
The celebrity game was more entertaining.
Last year Griffin jumped over the hood of a car... The hood? Honestly? Why was that so great? If I remember correctly the car wasn't even that far away from the hoop, because I think when he came down from the rim he was standing right on the hood. Not really that impressive.
I have to give credit to George and Williams because they were the most original... even though George's glow-in-the-dark dunk was a fail, because the ball didn't even glow like it was supposed to.
Did anyone see Michelle Beadle's video where that 5'9" guy dunks over her? He completely clears her and doesn't use his hand to boost him over. HE IS 5'9" and the dude can dunk better than probably anyone in the contest tonight.
TDub dunks over Michelle Beadle | NBA
The NBA needs to just get rid of the dunk competition, because it really is just lame now. Nothing new or exciting happens. Every dunk has been done and none of the big stars want to compete in it.
However, the NBA is really exciting this year. I have never paid much attention to the NBA and this year I have watched any game that I possibly can. If you thought the NBA sucked before, I would agree, it did... but I would give it a chance this year because it is actually a lot better in my opinion... and maybe it is because I am a T-Wolves fan and actually have something to cheer for the first time in a long time.
