Slam Dunk Contest 2011

[4>0rings]

Blake wins the 2011 dunk contest with a sweet layup.

[rayjayjohnson]

Blake Griffin should bring out Timofee Mozgov as a prop and post him up

[Koolaid_Man]

Lebron could of elevated this to great heights. Im not going to say he is a "chicken" but he does seem overly protective of his "image" as a winner for a guy with no rings ...Dominique pretty much called him and most of this generation out by saying they dont compete because there egos make them "afraid to lose" ...

Lebron maybe the best dunker (of substance as a player) to NOT participate at LEAST once ...and a dunk contest especially if they went back to the old format could of been epic ...

If he did compete, I would favor Griffin but I think people forget how nasty Lebron is in the open court ...I'm just not sure how creative he is (dunk-wise)
The dunk contests I saw when he was in HS were all powere and elevation nothing innovative ...maybe that is why he refuses to enter.

You hit the nail on the head. What this buffoon doesn't realize is that it's almost like a rite 'o passage for those that aspire to be one of the all the greats. ( Dr J, MJ and Nique, Kobe and Carter, etc) some of the best dunkers of our life-time have entered and paid their respects...but not LeClown...He's afraid of failure like he did in High School...

Just look at this ...His dunks are power and that's it...he would lose by a country ing mile...ohhh and I like how the announcers in this vid tried hard as to pimp his ty dunks...Pathetic...

[rayjayjohnson]

lol @ calling Vince Carter an all time great

[duncan228]

Blake Griffin has some “things up my sleeve” for dunk contest
Kurt Helin

It wasn’t just basketball fans thinking about Blake Griffin in the All-Star Dunk Contest, apparently he’s been thinking about it, too.

In a video interview on NBA.com (via The Rookie Wall), Griffin says in his kind of understated way that he has been thinking about this and may have a few ideas.

“I think I’m just gonna try and get up as high as possible and throw it down as hard as possible. You know, put a little show in there, put a little pizazz and see what we can come out with. Hopefully I’ll have the home court advantage, but I don’t know, we got a lot of good guys in there so I’m definitely going to try to play into that a little bit.”

“I’ve got a few things up my sleeve. I’m not showing them yet.”

I’m trying not to over-hype this in my mind, for fear it can’t live up to the expectations. But man, this could be amazing.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...-dunk-contest/

[Killakobe81]

You hit the nail on the head. What this buffoon doesn't realize is that it's almost like a rite 'o passage for those that aspire to be one of the all the greats. ( Dr J, MJ and Nique, Kobe and Carter, etc) some of the best dunkers of our life-time have entered and paid their respects...but not LeClown...He's afraid of failure like he did in High School...

Just look at this ...His dunks are power and that's it...he would lose by a country ing mile...ohhh and I like how the announcers in this vid tried hard as to pimp his ty dunks...Pathetic...

His dunks were cool but I was expecting a Vince type moment were he just took over and "ended it" ....but it never came. I dont know if shannon beat him but i thought at least one his dunks was better than anything Lebron did ...

[mystargtr34]

LeBron probly wouldnt win the dunk contest IMO even though hes the best game dunker in the league.. speed and power works in games when your dunking in traffic or on the break.. but guys who win dunk contests.. like Richardson, Carter, Jordan and Nique have that slim buid which allows them to do more with their bodies while there in the air. Its pretty hard to contort and spin in the air when you are the size of Karl Malone.

Those dunks you saw from LeBron in that HS clip are pretty much what you would see from him if he did a dunk contest today.