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Yea, Howard didn't touch the rim, so in my opinion he should of go and try to dunk it again.
It's a legitimate dunk
It's throw down
Is Howard's "super man dunk" considered as a dunk?
I think he didn't even touch the rim on that one. Fortunately for him the crowd was going crazy over his superman costume that they hardly looked over his dunk. I think he should be disqualified for that. Green got rob of the trophy.
Yea, Howard didn't touch the rim, so in my opinion he should of go and try to dunk it again.
Greatest layup in the history of the dunk contest
Howard should have won it last year too!
His first dunk was the best dunk I've seen in the dunk contest.
The Superman dunk, was all about showmanship, he sold it. Besides, he literally threw the ball down into the ring, and it was very impressive.
The two hands off the glass, was also a great dunk, looked simple at first, but when slowed down, you realize how difficult it was.
Green's birthday cake dunk was the second best dunk overall, but Dr J was right, the shoeless dunk was underrated, it was ing crazy to even attempt it! You think it'd void his insurance if he got injured? No way Howard would even have been allowed to attempt that by the Magic.
Overall, best dunk contest yet, I hope we can see Green v. Howard again next year.
I'm with you guys, that's what I thought too. But I don't think Green got robbed, even though his birthday cake dunk was pretty cool.
On a side note did you see how pissed Dawkins and Wilkins were when Green autographed his shoes and sat them in front of those guys? 'Nique give the look like "you have to be sh!tting me" and then Dawkins knocked the shoes off the table. I thought that was very disrespectful by Green.
I'll count it as a dunk only because he literally threw it in the rim.
I count it as a dunk-equivalent because he released the ball above the rim and threw it downward.
Yeah i agree.
I thought Howard's first dunk was one of the top 5 best dunk's of all time. To be able to not injure yourself, yet get enough air to finish....amazing.
That's something I've noticed about Howard....It isn't the height that is amazing, but how long he stays in the air.
Howard shouldn't even qualified for the finals if that dunk was nullified. Jamario moon's dunk was also great. We could have had a moon vs. green match up in the finals.
Howard's dunk was great but I feel that he didn't perform right in the second round to be allowed to be in the finals, He should have been required to do it again. It's a dunk contest for heaven sake! Or they could change the definition of dunking as that of a throw.
A throw from the half court can now be considered a dunk (space jam style).
He had plenty of time to redo it, it's not like he wouldn't have been able to make a dunk to advance.
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That first dunk was just sick never done before also the third was good too.
Yeah, I can't imagine why anyone would think that shot was a dunk.
Best costume ever but that wasn't no dunk. He threw it in. Didn't even come close to the rim. That dunk contest sucked. Nothing but props and gimmicks. Looked like the Carrot Top sponsored dunk contest.
and he should have...but since the officials foolishly failed to require that it his win although great leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
If you come across him, please say that to him.
You guys are full of it. Where does it say your hand has to be close to the rim? How close? 2 inches? 6 inches? 11.7 inches?
His hand was above the rim when he released it and it went downward into the basket.
So jordan, d. wilkins and Dr. J was doing it wrong all along. We have to change the rules. Anyone who can jump above an inch of the rim and drop it would qualify as a dunk. Go get a dictionary while your at it.
Who cares? Green didn't deserve to win anyway, he ing sucked!Is howards "superman dunk" a dunk?
Howard stole the show, big time.
In all technicality, it wasn't a dunk. It was a shot.
Or a literal "throw down".
But, for showmanship and general entertainment purposes, I think they were right to qualify it. It was hard to tell it wasn't an actual "dunk" until you went to the replay, and I don't think anyone would argue that is less impressive than half the some contestants try to pull out.
That contest was a lot of fun. Even if Superman didn't touch rim, it was impressive as . The height he got on that was crazy.
That first one was amazing. When I saw him setting up, I said no, god, I don't want people doing Iguodala's move and getting sent to the hospital if they screw up, but to do the whole thing with his body behind the backboard was unreal. Easily one of the all-time great dunks there; prob the best one since Carter's dunks in 2000.
The one off the backboard was pretty amazing too. I gotta give Green props though; blowing out the candle on the cake was a great dunk, and doing that between the legs dunk in his socks was pretty sweet too.
Maybe green didn't deserve it, but howard who isn't suppose to be in the finals, didn't deserve it either. Who knows , it could have been jamario moon all along.
It was a throw down for sure... but he would still have had enough time to go back and give it another go...
awesome dunk comp... one of the best I've seen!
What rules? How were they changed?
Yes, it would.Anyone who can jump above an inch of the rim and drop it would qualify as a dunk.
Okay . . . http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dunk%20shotGo get a dictionary while your at it.
That describes his shot. It says nothing about hands touching or going through the rim. In fact, his shot was an order of magnitude harder because he wasn't right next to the basket.dunk shot –noun Basketball. a shot in which a player near the basket jumps with the ball and attempts to thrust it through the basket with one hand or both hands held above the rim.
Do you have the slightest idea what you're talking about?
My first impression was to not call it a dunk, but Dr. Shooggy has a point here. If memory serves, Duncan himself has jumped up in his lazy, sloth-like way in effort to dunk the ball, only to let the ball fall down as his hands go above the rim, essentially dropping the ball into the rim.
I consider these dunks, in fact, I've come to love these type of Duncan dunks (but have not seen one in quite a while to tell the truth).
Then I tell myself, if I consider these energy efficient, unatheletic, lazy balldrops of Duncan's to be dunks, then Dwight's superman thing was a dunk as well.
However to counterpoint my point, I was also under the impression that the move was called a "dunk" because of the sound made when the players hand slams the ball into the basket, the contact making that "dunk" sound.
He screwed up when he put that tape on the floor... I was rooting for the guy but he just blew it, anyway he had some great dunks.
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