All Star Weekend thread

[phxspurfan]

Holy sh*t is Timmy announcing the Rising Stars game?

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

https://awfulannouncing.com/schedules/your-nba-announcing-schedule-for-2-12-2-17-including-all-star-weekend.html

[Clipper Nation]

They really need to change the skills contest format. The three trivializes everything else in the contest.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Steph Cucky
:lol Losing the three-point contest to a white American player

[D-Wade]

Thought Curry had it the way he started that final round

[skin27]

:lol Steph Cucky
:lol Losing the three-point contest to a white American player

what is the score of curry’s Opponent?

[Bynumite]

what is the score of curry’s Opponent?

26 both rounds.

[skin27]

26 both rounds.

ok thanks..I only saw the first round and curry’s Final round..

[140]

Other than Dirk doing ok the only good thing so far has been the fuckdoll host tbh

[phxspurfan]

lol @ Shaq "They call me the Black Steph Curry"

[phxspurfan]

Other than Dirk doing ok the only good thing so far has been the fuckdoll host tbh

Love me some Allie Laforce

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/13/54/791354033be3154272d333709fe99b6e.jpg

the Force is with her

[Clipper Nation]

That dunk by Diallo just now has been the only remotely impressive one so far.

[140]

That dunk by Diallo just now has been the only remotely impressive one so far.
Yeah, thought it was gonna be a regular jumping-over-someone dunk so it caught me off guard tbh

[Clipper Nation]

DSJ is almost Birdman-level bad at this point. Yawn!

[baseline bum]

LMAO @ that 50 getting booed

[Millennial_Messiah]

LMAO @ that 50 getting booed

The judges have terrible standards nowadays.

Back in the day you had to do something AMAZING and not have any missed dunks (only usually a max of 2-3 abortions allowed as well - there used to be a shot clock in the early 00s and before) to get a 50.

I'm not even watching ASW this year (this night was one of my favorite TV watches all year growing up as a kid, but now it sucks) and I can already guess that it's a bunch of noname scrubs getting handed 50's like they're candy. Pathetic.

[Beartrucci]

It's been said a ton of times, but that really was by far the worst dunk contest ever.

[Millennial_Messiah]

It's been said a ton of times, but that really was by far the worst dunk contest ever.

every year since 04 has been a little worse than the previous, tbh. Even the one with Aaron Gordon and that other guy a few years back was dumb because of all the dumb props tbh.

[apalisoc_9]

Boring slam dunk but its funny seeing 50 year olds complain when theyd cream their pants watching some 90s scrub do a lame windmill dunk for a score of 50 :lol

Face it. The dunk contest is lame because most dunks that can be humanly achieved has been done.

[ambchang]

Still think Dwight’s dunks were horribly under rated. His dunks were rarely rated as some of the best but those were some insanely creative dunks he had.

Can’t think of a single good dunk contes in 10s though. :lol today’s nba.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Boring slam dunk but its funny seeing 50 year olds complain when theyd cream their pants watching some 90s scrub do a lame windmill dunk for a score of 50 :lol

Face it. The dunk contest is lame because most dunks that can be humanly achieved has been done.

Not completely untrue

[Millennial_Messiah]

Still think Dwight’s dunks were horribly under rated. His dunks were rarely rated as some of the best but those were some insanely creative dunks he had.

Can’t think of a single good dunk contes in 10s though. :lol today’s nba.
The Superman dunk where he literally jammed it from about 6 feet away had about a 25-30% probability of success. If it bozzanked off the rim it would have permanent embarrassment for him.

Instead, he got outed as a 7 foot "bottom" 11 years later :lmao

[ambchang]

The Superman dunk where he literally jammed it from about 6 feet away had about a 25-30% probability of success. If it bozzanked off the rim it would have permanent embarrassment for him.

Instead, he got outed as a 7 foot "bottom" 11 years later :lmao

I actually thought his double tap dunk and sticker dunks were highly creative. The superman dunk wasn’t really a dunk.

As for the 6’11” bottom Audio tape. Sounds extremely made up. Regardless, even a 6’11” bottom made the L:lolkers beg

[Millennial_Messiah]

I actually thought his double tap dunk and sticker dunks were highly creative. The superman dunk wasn’t really a dunk.

As for the 6’11” bottom Audio tape. Sounds extremely made up. Regardless, even a 6’11” bottom made the L:lolkers beg

Yeah, I remember the sticker. It was dumb. Using props in general is dumb. The dunks from NBA Live 2005 were actually pretty damn creative with a lot of outstanding permutations. Did the NBA recently ban throwing it off the shot clock or jumbotron? Laaaaame.

[baseline bum]

every year since 04 has been a little worse than the previous, tbh. Even the one with Aaron Gordon and that other guy a few years back was dumb because of all the dumb props tbh.

Last good dunk contest was the one between JRich and Iguodala.

[baseline bum]

Boring slam dunk but its funny seeing 50 year olds complain when theyd cream their pants watching some 90s scrub do a lame windmill dunk for a score of 50 :lol

Face it. The dunk contest is lame because most dunks that can be humanly achieved has been done.

The dunk contest is lame because none of the most talented players are in it any more.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Last good dunk contest was the one between JRich and Iguodala.

Yep, and oddly neither of them won... some noname from the Pacers, Fred Jones (was a supporting character in Malice at the Palace next year) pulled the win out of his ass.


The dunk contest is lame because none of the most talented players are in it any more.
Bingo. This is Argument A.

Argument B is that the league/media has pussified the rules to where you get virtually unlimited attempts and unlimited abortions. Back in 2004 and before, the dunk contest had proper rules. Only 3 misses (rim stuffs) per round, so one per dunk plus one extra. And the 30 second shot clock. Unlimited abortions, but if you ran out of time you got a zero. If you ran out of misses you got like a 25-30. Those rules actually made the dunk contest legit.

The beginning of the end of the dunk contest was in 2005 when they changed to unlimited everything which featured the Birdman/Josh Smith fiasco and it kept just getting worse from there.


Argument C is of course Apalisoc's argument, but that falls flat because just because a dunk has been done before 20 years ago doesn't mean the judges will remember that on the fly and will most likely judge the dunk for itself.

[FrostKing]

Love me some Allie Laforce

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/13/54/791354033be3154272d333709fe99b6e.jpg

the Force is with her
Lol

All the players - black males
All the celebrities - black males
All the analysts - black males

But the only actual female role is filled by a White. Why do blacks hate their mothers and sisters so much?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lol

All the players - black males
All the celebrities - black males
All the analysts - black males

But the only actual female role is filled by a White. Why do blacks hate their mothers and sisters so much?
Also, she's off the table, so posting about her is futile. She's married to a bullpen bum (white guy) from the Astros. Next!

[phxspurfan]

Lol

All the players - black males
All the celebrities - black males
All the analysts - black males

But the only actual female role is filled by a White. Why do blacks hate their mothers and sisters so much?

Not really, they have Sage Steele (who promptly got sexually harassed by John Buccigross and some other random dude :lol) and that ugly chick Ros Gold Onwude or whatever. I'm sure there's more non white reporters but those are a couple.

[Robz4000]

Lavine vs Gordon was legitimately a great dunk contest. Prolly the only good one in the last ten years imo.

[TDMVPDPOY]

think about it, that couldve been bertans winning that 3pt comp, but no...he wasnt invited cause he was too vanilla compared to the winner

[Seventyniner]

Lavine vs Gordon was legitimately a great dunk contest. Prolly the only good one in the last ten years imo.

That's the one that popped into my head too.

[Jules_Winnfield]

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[Millennial_Messiah]

Not really, they have Sage Steele (who promptly got sexually harassed by John Buccigross and some other random dude :lol) and that ugly chick Ros Gold Onwude or whatever. I'm sure there's more non white reporters but those are a couple.

Pamela Oliver aged well. She did basketball in the 2000s but mostly does football now I think. And what happened to Reggie Miller's sister?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Lavine vs Gordon was legitimately a great dunk contest. Prolly the only good one in the last ten years imo.

It was the best one of the post-2004 era, but still worse than anything before 2005

[Play Boban]

think about it, that couldve been bertans winning that 3pt comp, but no...he wasnt invited cause he was too vanilla compared to the winner
The winner of the contest wasn’t even invited originally smh. Joe Harris deserved to be there, as well, at least, but you had scrubs like Dirk taking a spot away from Davis tbh.

[phxspurfan]

think about it, that couldve been bertans winning that 3pt comp, but no...he wasnt invited cause he was too vanilla compared to the winner

I think the announcers even mentioned Bert in the commentary. It reminded me and I looked like wtf? He's not there

[Splits]

Love me some Allie Laforce

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/79/13/54/791354033be3154272d333709fe99b6e.jpg

the Force is with her

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[Clipper Nation]

Dirk!

[Clipper Nation]

Just give MVGiannis All-Star MVP right now!

[Clipper Nation]

They really couldn't get a better halftime performer than boring-ass J. Cole?

[TDMVPDPOY]

ppl still watching this hsit or paying to go watch this shit?

[resistanze]

Paul George cooking Harden with his own move :lol

[lefty]

ppl still watching this hsit or paying to go watch this shit?

[phxspurfan]

Is it just me or does Ben Simmons seem like a total douchebag

[Clipper Nation]

Curry!

[phxspurfan]

Kawhi chucking all stupid out there like Harden

[resistanze]

Embiid's slow ass and Giannis' trash bench let the lead slip :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Embiid's slow ass and Giannis' trash bench let the lead slip :lol

Don't forget all those bricks Curry chucked down the stretch. Dude was in 2016 Finals form out there.

[Fabbs]

Just give MVGiannis All-Star MVP right now!

The Golden Phaggots claim yet another underserved accolade?

I'm just a boxscore reader but how in the hell can Greek Freak not be the MVP? :rollin

[lebomb]

They really couldn't get a better halftime performer than boring-ass J. Cole?

Who would you have preferred?

[lefty]

Who would you have preferred?
Lebron

[BD24]

Who would you have preferred?
Faggots like CN are why current rap sucks tbh. He probably complains about the state of rap, then when an actual talented rapper like J Cole gets some spotlight he gets pissed off. He probably wanted Yachty or some other mumble rap pos

[lebomb]

Faggots like CN are why current rap sucks tbh. He probably complains about the state of rap, then when an actual talented rapper like J Cole gets some spotlight he gets pissed off. He probably wanted Yachty or some other mumble rap pos

Boring he says?! Yeah, he probably likes mumble rap. I hate that no talent havin, incoherent bullshit. Talk about boring. What tha fuck are them niggas sayin?

[FrostKing]

Faggots like CN are why current rap sucks tbh. He probably complains about the state of rap, then when an actual talented rapper like J Cole gets some spotlight he gets pissed off. He probably wanted Yachty or some other mumble rap pos
When I saw highlights of the dunk contest, totally thought this "J.Cole" person was one of Marley's sons. The hair and rasta style jacket

Not discrediting "J.Cole's" work but legit never heard of him.

[BD24]

When I saw highlights of the dunk contest, totally thought this "J.Cole" person was one of Marley's sons. The hair and rasta style jacket

Not discrediting "J.Cole's" work but legit never heard of him.
Not surprised you haven’t heard of him tbh. He is fantastic, but doesn’t get radio play because dumb asses like CN call him boring and want shitty mumble rappers with their hair dyed pink, purple, and all other colors

[phxspurfan]

They had Meek Mill do the intros. It wasn’t bad. Probably couldn’t get Drake at this point, he’s too big to do stuff like this

[Jules_Winnfield]

Is it just me or does Ben Simmons seem like a total douchebag


No, he's an asshole.