Dunk Contest

[Pistons < Spurs]

New York’s Nate Robinson will defend his crown in the 2007 Sprite Slam Dunk compe ion to be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by EA SPORTS™, Feb. 17 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Robinson will compete against three first-time entrants – Boston’s Gerald Green, who is an alumnus of the NBA Development League, Orlando’s Dwight Howard and Chicago’s Tyrus Thomas – for this year’s le.

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[Pistons < Spurs]

sounds fairly boring

[Rip-Hamilton32]

gerald green will win it for sure

[MrChug]

Gerald Greens skinny azz will take it easily.

[cheguevara]

Dwight Howard??? this dunk contest keeps going downhill.

Thomas will win it. anybody but that little .

where's igudala??? he's arguably top dunker in the league

[SOFT SPURS]

It sure does sound boring!!!!!!!!!

[mavs>spurs2]

Where's Vince Carter.....even after knee surgury he's still probably the best dunker in the league.....and Iguedala(however you spell it). And Gerald Wallace, Baron Davis(not sure if he's injured), Jason Richardson, the list can go on and on.

[Medvedenko]

Look at the judges....
Kobe, Vince, Jordan, Nique, and Dr. J....damn who would win in their prime...I would stil go with Vince.

[SOFT SPURS]

DR. J. an' JORDAN fo' Sure!!!!!! brace yourself foo'!

[Rip-Hamilton32]

Where's Vince Carter.....even after knee surgury he's still probably the best dunker in the league.....and Iguedala(however you spell it). And Gerald Wallace, Baron Davis(not sure if he's injured), Jason Richardson, the list can go on and on.

you can only be in the dunk contest in your first 3 or 4 years i think

[dirk4mvp]

Gerald Green got some crazy ups he showed off in the Mcdonald's high school dunk contest.


Dwight Howard?

[Pistons < Spurs]

New York’s Nate Robinson will defend his crown in the 2007 Sprite Slam Dunk compe ion to be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by EA SPORTS™, Feb. 17 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Robinson will compete against three first-time entrants – Boston’s Gerald Green, who is an alumnus of the NBA Development League, Orlando’s Dwight Howard and Chicago’s Tyrus Thomas – for this year’s le.

Last year in Houston, the 5-9 Robinson outlasted Philadelphia’s Andre Iguodala 47-46 in a dunk-off to become only the second sub-6-foot winner in contest history joining Spud Webb, the 1986 champion. Webb provided the bounce pass for Robinson’s only 50-point dunk of the compe ion.

Golden State’s Jason Richardson was the last player to win back-to-back Sprite Slam Dunk les capturing the 2002 and 2003 compe ions. The only previous repeat Slam Dunk champion was Chicago’s Michael Jordan, who won the 1987 and 1988 contests.

The judges of this year’s Sprite Slam Dunk compe ion will include Jordan, who is the all-time All-Star Game scoring leader with 262 points in 14 appearances; 1985 and 1990 Slam Dunk champion and Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins; 1997 Slam Dunk winner and starting guard for this year’s Western Conference All-Stars Kobe Bryant; 2000 Slam Dunk winner and 2007 Eastern Conference All-Star reserve Vince Carter and 11-time NBA All-Star and Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Julius “Dr. J” Erving.

There are two rule changes for this year’s compe ion: Upon receiving the ball from the referee, players will have a two-minute time limit to complete their dunk. If a player hasn’t completed a dunk when the two-minute clock expires, he will have two more attempts to do so. Also new this year is the use of television instant replay, at the discretion of the referee, for clarification of rules compliance.

[Chris Childs]

Wheres James White? He would win the contest hands down if he was in it. Is it Poppavich fought or the people who choose the dunk contestants? Oh well, My man Nate Robinson is going to repeat.

[dirk4mvp]

There are two rule changes for this year’s compe ion: Upon receiving the ball from the referee, players will have a two-minute time limit to complete their dunk. If a player hasn’t completed a dunk when the two-minute clock expires, he will have two more attempts to do so. Also new this year is the use of television instant replay, at the discretion of the referee, for clarification of rules compliance.

Robinson is screwed.

[P-O-Z]

Robinson is screwed.

just like in nba live were u only have a minute

[Behrooz24]

Is Gerald Green the guy with only 9 3/4 fingers?

[resistanze]

Dwight Howard? is gonna look weird as

[MrChug]

Didn't Ralph Sampson enter the dunk contest one year??

[Bob Lanier]

I want to see Nate Robinson face Rafael Araujo in a dunk contest.

[Please_dont_ban_me]

Tyrus Thomas and Dwight Howard are both freaks.

But I don't know if they'll get much style points. Not Howard at least, he's a facial machine. Not really slam dunk contest material. Nate Robinson probably won't win again either. The whole 'midget can touch the rim' act was nice last year. Doubt it will work again this year.

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

Some might laugh at Dwight Howard, but he is just as explosive as Amare was when he did the contest. And Amare finished in second place. There is no doubt in my mind that Dwight could do the free throw line dunk.

No.. the only reason Amare finished 2nd was because of Nash... the only chance Howard has to win is to bring down the rim... which isn't going to happen

[GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI]

BTW... worst Dunk contest in a long time. Green and possibly Nate I expect to have decent showings

[dave]

4 fingers is going to win

[RonMexico]

Gerald Green will be fun to watch. He wins as long as he doesn't take 15 tries to get down a dunk.

[Rip-Hamilton32]

rudy gay should replace tyrus tomas..and i read some where that howard can touch 34 inches above the rim so im not sure what hes gonna do but green is still gonna win