Shawn Kemp: Blake's car dunk, weakes dunk ever

[cheguevara]

Rainman telling it like it is :toast

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlesports/2011/02/23/shawn-kemp-calls-griffins-car-dunk-weak/

Former Sonics forward Shawn Kemp wasn’t impressed by the stunt that won the dunk contest for Los Angeles Clippers rookie Blake Griffin.

“I’m a big Blake Griffin fan, but that dunk at the contest might have been the weakest dunk in the dunk contest that I’ve seen in a long time,” Kemp told KJR’s Dave Mahler and Ian Furness on Wednesday. “I love the choir and all that stuff was great, but you at least gotta jump over the car though right.”

Griffin jumped over the hood of a car, taking an alley-oop pass from Baron Davis out of the sunroof and finished with a two-handed jam while a gospel choir sang “I Believe I Can Fly.”

“I’m 41 years old and right now I could do it. Two Smart Cars,” he said.

[Brazil]

the goods

[Gordon Hayward]

Cool interview and all, but how did they even manage to track him down? How do you go about finding Shawn Kemp in 2011?

[Giuseppe]

Cool interview and all, but how did they even manage to track him down? How do you go about finding Shawn Kemp in 2011?

Motel 6 with your mother.

tee, hee.

[ManuBalboa]

That's the NBA now. Kia's and Justin Beiber.

[Sportcamper]

Have any of you seen Shawn Kemp lately? He weighs about 400 lbs & can no longer see his own feet…Hardly the guy to critique an athlete competing in a slam dunk contest…

[Bito Corleone]

Good for him. Now that is a man who could throw it down

[cheguevara]

Have any of you seen Shawn Kemp lately? He weighs about 400 lbs & can no longer see his own feet…Hardly the guy to critique an athlete competing in a slam dunk contest…

or course he can critique. Dude was one of the best in game dunker ever.

[Sportcamper]

The Dude is a slob who ate his way out of the NBA…What next Samaki Walker critiquing Pau Gasol's low post moves?

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."

[jeebus]

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[Sportcamper]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."

:lmao I wasn't going to go there...CLASSIC!

[Kobe_5_Duncan_4]

This years dunk contest was the most manufactured, shameless, uneventful, predetermined piece of crap I've ever seen.

[lefty]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."
:rollin:rollin:rollin

[resistanze]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."

Ghad dayum.

[Seventyniner]

This years dunk contest was the most manufactured, shameless, uneventful, predetermined piece of crap I've ever seen.

Only the Griffin part. Replace him with, say, J.R. Smith, and it would've been great. McGee and DeRozan had great dunks IMO.

[TD21-FTW]

So true.

[Kobe_5_Duncan_4]

Only the Griffin part. Replace him with, say, J.R. Smith, and it would've been great. McGee and DeRozan had great dunks IMO.

I agree.

But what's the point of the "contest" when the NBA goes out of its way to coordinate a "winning" dunk for one guy?

Blake can jam with the best of them but that corporate sponsored crap was the most generic thing I've seen from the NBA in a while.

[Kobe_5_Duncan_4]

Best way to put it is that the 2011 Dunk contest was just the NBA gettin there WWE on.

[Banzai]

Ghad dayum.

http://www.gifsoup.com/view/1065525/chapelle-prince-o.gif

[Bill_Brasky]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."
LOL

Shawn's right though. Prime Shawn could outdunk prime Blake any day of the fuckin week.

[oh crap]

Griffin's Dunk title makes item # 96 on the list of things that Shawn Kemp calls "illegitimate."

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[Budkin]

Kemp got robbed of the title in 1991 because Dee Brown pumped his shoes.

[MannyIsGod]

God damn, SFIE is the king of the one liners.

[Koolaid_Man]

Hands down - Shawn Kemp was the best dunker the league has ever known..

HQeMhYJe5JA

[Pelicans78]

Hands down - Shawn Kemp was the best dunker the league has ever known..

HQeMhYJe5JA

Good lord, those dunks were incredible.

[Greg Oden]

God damn, SFIE is the king of the one liners.

lefty could learn a few things, tbh.

[Budkin]

Dude was amazing. My fave is the Payton alley-oop where Kemp just swings around horizontally. Also, you gotta love #5 where Chris Gatling gets a facial and is just like wow and shakes Kemp's hand.

[Bill_Brasky]

Dude was amazing. My fave is the Payton alley-oop where Kemp just swings around horizontally. Also, you gotta love #5 where Chris Gatling gets a facial and is just like wow and shakes Kemp's hand.
What made the dunk over Gatling #1 for me was the fact that Gatling had literally just tossed the dude before Kemp...he felt the momentum begin to swing and just went up and trashed that dude. My lord what a fucking dunk.

[lefty]

lefty could learn a few things, tbh.
Certainly not from you, tbh

[Mark in Austin]

Have any of you seen Shawn Kemp lately? He weighs about 400 lbs & can no longer see his own feet…Hardly the guy to critique an athlete competing in a slam dunk contest…


Last I heard was a couple years ago he was working out in Houston and had lost a lot of weight trying to make a comeback.

[Spursfan092120]

Hands down - Shawn Kemp was the best dunker the league has ever known..

HQeMhYJe5JA
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H8M2NgjvicA

[hater]

M_GxVH7dWr8

that sonic team was a goddam beauty to watch

Kemp, Payton, Hawking, Shrempf, Macmillan, Perkins, Gill

[Cessation]

kemp dunking > griffin

[Spursfan092120]

Kemp is miles above Griffin, and I agree 100% with his comment, but to say he's the best dunker ever is exaggerating a bit.

[DJ Mbenga]

did kemp play as many seasons as he fathered children?

[Cessation]

lol kemp pointing at that guys face after dunking on him

[Koolaid_Man]

Kemp is miles above Griffin, and I agree 100% with his comment, but to say he's the best dunker ever is exaggerating a bit.


yeah I can see how you'd think that....you know you're a lousy fuck so when your girl tells u you're the best ever u just know it's a lie...however I provided proof for Kemp...you've provided none for your argument...Kemp would run circles round MJ in dunking...no contest imho...:lol

[rayjayjohnson]

Shawn kemp needs to be less butthurt

[Spursfan092120]

yeah I can see how you'd think that....you know you're a lousy fuck so when your girl tells u you're the best ever u just know it's a lie...however I provided proof for Kemp...you've provided none for your argument...Kemp would run circles round MJ in dunking...no contest imho...:lol


Hands down - Shawn Kemp was the best dunker the league has ever known..

HQeMhYJe5JA


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H8M2NgjvicA
guess you need to pay attention a little better. Not saying this proves my point, but if you think a damn video makes Kemp the best dunker ever, you're an idiot..just like if I were to think a video makes Jordan the best dunker ever, I would be. But Kemp isn't even top 3...Jordan, Dominique, Dr. J...maybe even Dawkins. Kemp in his prime is by far better than any dunker today..but better than Jordan? Put down the crackpipe.

[Koolaid_Man]

guess you need to pay attention a little better. Not saying this proves my point, but if you think a damn video makes Kemp the best dunker ever, you're an idiot..just like if I were to think a video makes Jordan the best dunker ever, I would be. But Kemp isn't even top 3...Jordan, Dominique, Dr. J...maybe even Dawkins. Kemp in his prime is by far better than any dunker today..but better than Jordan? Put down the crackpipe.

those MJ's dunks u posted pale in comparison to Kemps...basic MJ dunks a dime a dozen...no one came close to dunking like Kemp except Nique on occasion...Kemp in a class all by himself...aye...say dude it's ok MJ wasn't the best at everything...:lmao you won't be stoned to death if you admit that....:lol

[bongraider]

that dunk alone where he bust his nuts over Rodman should put Shawn in the discussion.

[Flux451]

He was one of the best. I like how Gatling gives him props after gettin dunked on.

[Flux451]

Shawn kemp needs to be less butthurt

he is just speakin the truth

[pauls931]

Have any of you seen Shawn Kemp lately? He weighs about 400 lbs & can no longer see his own feet…Hardly the guy to critique an athlete competing in a slam dunk contest…

Happens to a lot of former NBA power forwards....

[PublicOption]

M_GxVH7dWr8

that sonic team was a goddam beauty to watch

Kemp, Payton, Hawking, Shrempf, Macmillan, Perkins, Gill


another small market team David Stern would not let win the title. sad.

[pauls931]

The pointing at the end just kills me!

[Phenomanul]

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H8M2NgjvicA

That compilation doesn't even include the free-throw rebound dunk... (Scottie misses free-throw, Jordan comes flying in from the top of the key and flushes it down :wow)...

[ambchang]

That compilation doesn't even include the free-throw rebound dunk... (Scottie misses free-throw, Jordan comes flying in from the top of the key and flushes it down :wow)...

There was also one where it was during Jordan's younger days, I forgot if it was against the Knicks. But he charged down the lane, there were two guys protecting the lane. Jordan jumped around the bottom of the circle area, one guy tried to block him, Jordan twists midair and reverse dunked on the guy. Just incredible artistry and body control.

That said, I personally prefer Kemp's in game dunks, just so much power. The amazing thing about Kemp was how he could carry the guy fouling him after contact and still make the dunk. It just shows incredible strength. I remember watching one all star game in which Kemp tried to block Shaq, he eventually fouled Shaq, but you are talking about a prime, powerful Shaq charging at the rim about to throw down one of those rim breaking dunks, most people would have gotten out of the way, and others who are stupid enough to tried to get in Shaq's way would have had their hands broken or get thrown out of the way, but Kemp stopped Shaq midair. To me, it seemed like a great block, but it was called a foul. Oh well, can't win them all.