Shams: Stephon Castle has committed to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest

[RC_Drunkford]

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[BatManu20]

Hope he doesn't suck tbh. Jumping over Wemby is the only option here though.

[RC_Drunkford]

Question is will he try to jump over Wemby?

[LeBowen]

Should jump over Collins and "accidentally" knee him in the face.

[KobesAchilles]

That’s not the Spurs way.

[KingKev]

Shiiii budget cuts for AS weekend? I feel like he was way down on the list of potential contestants but I guess they are already paying his expenses to play in the rookie game.

[KingKev]

It has been over 30yrs since a Spur has participated but unless he is a menace in practice this is not warranted. Maybe this is a form of DEI. Make The Spurs Great Again.

[John B]

I like that Castle is not shy. It should be a fun AS weekend for Spurs fans.

[Chomag]

I love me some Castle but I don't picture him as a high flyer but we shall see lol

[Chomag]

On another note if Pop was still around as coach he would have Dnps Castle for the rest of the season for even thinking about it lol

[Mugen]

That’s not the Spurs way.

The "Spurs way" has been shit and filled with losses for several years now. Who cares :lol

[Dex]

Seems kinda outta left field since Castle doesn't strike me as a big-time dunker, but maybe that's just something he doesn't show off in games. I'm sure he wouldn't have been offered or committed if he didn't think he could compete.

Glad we will have plenty of representation for the Spurs...it's been a LONG time lol

[LeBowen]

The Spurs way stopped existing the moment Timmy retired.
Nephew broke PATFO, then they gave in to LMA's "muh touches" request, then we had that build around Demar period and never recovered.

[spurraider21]

i have no expectations of him winning but this would at least cause me to check out the dunk contest for the first time i can remember since lavine era

[ace3g]

Didn't have this on my Bingo card.

[Spurs Homer]

Castle has shown some flashes of explosiveness...like that putback recently (forget which team spurs were playing) but he skied and put in a two hand dunk...on the replay it showed him jumping really really high...

[scott]

Cool stuff, but I sense that this is unlikely to go well. We'll see.

[RC_Drunkford]

he's jumps higher off 2 feet than off 1. I hope he gets creative, the dunk contest has been terrible since Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine retired.

[TekXX]

Hey why not but the dunk contest has been so boring after they ran out of ideas

[Mr. Body]

Guess this means no three point contest then.

[spurraider21]

Guess this means no three point contest then.
:lol

[baseline bum]

I wanna see Bran Ham in the skills challenge

[scott]

Mac McClung the only thing that's made the slam dunk contest interesting since Lavine/Gordon. Is he back at least?

[scott]

I wanna see Bran Ham in the skills challenge

::timer runs out, Branham still trying to make a bounce pass through a hoop::

[baseline bum]

Cool stuff, but I sense that this is unlikely to go well. We'll see.

Yeah Steph is a power dunker, not a super athletic one with crazy hangtime, and they tend to do pretty bad in these contests.

[scott]

Yeah Steph is a power dunker, not a super athletic one with crazy hangtime, and they tend to do pretty bad in these contests.

I remember when Sean was going to be in the dunk contest but they weren't going to let him use his snake, or some weird shit. I'm glad he pulled out, another guy who doesn't really suit the dunk contest.

This is also a competition I could give zero shits about any Spur ever competing in... but Castle just seems an odd choice to me.

[tonight...you]

I think he'll impress.

[Uriel]

This is so random :lol

Cheering for him, though.

[ginobilized]

This is great for him to be involved in the Rookie game an SD Contest. Even if both end poorly, it's a confidence booster and raises Spurs profile a bit. He's gotta be pretty happy about it.
It wouldn't surprise me if he has some stuff we haven't seen.

[dn0774]

Kinda surprising, be interesting to see what he has in his bag. He did throw down a windmill on a fastbreak a few games back that was kind of unexpected. He seems to be much better jumping off 2 feet rather than 1 foot which is a good thing for doing showoff dunks.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Cool to see a Spur participating in this, but he can't really get up in the air like that.

[TekXX]

I'm guessing it involves Wemby. Maybe Stephon gets on Victors shoulders and dunks it.

[CGD]

The triple hesi dunk coming right up.

[100%duncan]

The triple hesi dunk coming right up.

:lol

[Strategic]

Maybe Pop told him early on not to be using those kind of skills during the games.

[BatManu20]

I just don't see him being ablate jump over Wemby unless he bends over considerably, which kinda ruins the dunk altogether. Will be interested to see what tricks he has up his sleeve tbh.

[RC_Drunkford]

I remember when Sean was going to be in the dunk contest but they weren't going to let him use his snake, or some weird shit. I'm glad he pulled out, another guy who doesn't really suit the dunk contest.

This is also a competition I could give zero shits about any Spur ever competing in... but Castle just seems an odd choice to me.

I remember Jonathon Simmons wanting to participate until Pop told him „that’s not who we are“ and had him release a statement that he wants to focus on playing basketball

[CGD]

I just don't see him being ablate jump over Wemby unless he bends over considerably, which kinda ruins the dunk altogether. Will be interested to see what tricks he has up his sleeve tbh.

Agree, though I do think he’ll incorporate Wembs somehow since he’ll be there.

[Mr. Body]

It's nice just for exposure. One of the bad things about the Pop era has been a lack of publicity and support for players when they deserve awards and merits.

[ginobilized]

Here's a scenario:

Castle incorporates Wemby on a dunk that injures both of them and they miss the rest of the season.
We tank and get lucky.....AGAIN and draft Cooper Flagg, offload Collins, Jones, Branham, Mamu and Wesley. Castle and Wemby come back stronger and dialed in and we upgrade the necessary positions.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but, it could happen, right?

[The Truth #6]

Trying to think who the last spur was in this contest... Cadillac Anderson?

[slick'81]

Hope he dunks from the ft line

[BatManu20]

Hope he dunks from the ft line

He doesn't have anywhere near that kind of hang time tbh. At least he hasn't shown any indication that he does. Think most of his dunks are more likely to be gimmicky rather than just pure explosive athleticism.

[KingKev]

He doesn't have anywhere near that kind of hang time tbh. At least he hasn't shown any indication that he does. Think most of his dunks are more likely to be gimmicky rather than just pure explosive athleticism.

He has the length but that will score you a 30 these days. He is solidly cooked. No bunnies and doesn’t move like a someone who can entertain on this platform.

[spursparker9]

Should jump over Collins and "accidentally" knee him in the face.

https://media1.giphy.com/media/Q7ozWVYCR0nyW2rvPW/200w.gif

[spursparker9]

I think the Spurs still owe us the one and only James Flight White.

He should be the one participating

[KingKev]

Ex Spurs players more deserving:

Derek Anderson
Antonio Daniels
Devin Brown
Lohnnie Walker
Jonathon Simmons
Richard Jefferson

95-96 Nique
40 yr old Kevin Willis or Dyess
Tony Parker’s side chick’s husband

Honourable mention:

Dewayne Dedmon

[baseline bum]

I wanna see Steph dunk over Pop

[SpursBills]

Ex Spurs players more deserving:

Derek Anderson
Antonio Daniels
Devin Brown
Lohnnie Walker
Jonathon Simmons
Richard Jefferson

95-96 Nique
40 yr old Kevin Willis or Dyess
Tony Parker’s side chick’s husband

Honourable mention:

Dewayne Dedmon

Also: James White (!)

[spurraider21]

I remember Jonathon Simmons wanting to participate until Pop told him „that’s not who we are“ and had him release a statement that he wants to focus on playing basketball
link? this sounds made up tbh :lol

[MarCowMar]

Was this the last time a Spur participated??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvntyyUBH5E

Damn I'm getting old, I coulda sworn he was a Spur when this happened. :fro

[heyheymymy]

Here is the script:

Castle is about to do his dunk when the lights in the arena go out, a glowing UFO descends from the ceiling and it lands on court and suddenly Wemby is standing there with some aliens and Castle does a dunk over the UFO which ends up just being KIAs new EV car

AREA 51, baby

[John B]

What could be worse than these Tiktok dunkers?

[cutewizard]

Goodluck ROY

[TheBallsbreakers]

Agree, though I do think he’ll incorporate Wembs somehow since he’ll be there.
Has Wemby been selected to play for the AS games officially?

[TheBallsbreakers]

Here is the script:

Castle is about to do his dunk when the lights in the arena go out, a glowing UFO descends from the ceiling and it lands on court and suddenly Wemby is standing there with some aliens and Castle does a dunk over the UFO which ends up just being KIAs new EV car

AREA 51, baby

This is brilliant. Send this to Steph, stat!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah, he's gotta dunk over Wemby for this lol

[CGD]

Has Wemby been selected to play for the AS games officially?

He’ll be there. Allstar is trash and they need a boost. They also need to start marketing their new face of the league.

[Raven]

Yeah, he's gotta dunk over Wemby for this lol

you may have just figured out how to save the all star weekend right there tbh.. get wemby to defend and players get 5 secs to dunk

[spursparker9]

Has Wemby been selected to play for the AS games officially?

That depend on the coaches' votes for the reserve players.

not sure if it is still entirely up to coaches' votes or if there is media or players vote as well