The Official NBA Season Thread: NBA announces new media deal / WBD sues the league

[frshstunna]

Shouldn’t LA get the all star game once Clippers new area is complete, why waste it at that older arena

Been to 3 asw, Toronto, Chicago, Cleveland, all super fun even in the cold

NBA needs a rule that NYC, Chicago LA, Miami always get it once a decade and the remaining 6 years is rotated between whatever cities

No reason Chicago shouldnt get it often, 88 and 2020 was a wild long run of no asg in 1 of the best and arguably most top tier ball player produced cities

OG IT
AD
ROSE
wade
KG did high school here

Nobody wants to be in Chicago in February dawg

 

[rolaholic]

Really gone from the best event of the weekend to the objective worst

 

[lovehateself]

Nobody wants to be in Chicago in February dawg

Been there in Feb
Didn’t mind it

 

[lawdog1]

They seriously should just drop the dunk contest. They struggle just to get competitors now.

 

[king j]

Houston picked a dude that needs a PG to feed him his buckets, but the fans mad he struggling standing around watching like 8 other players show off their dribble package and throw up step back 3’s

Team don’t even have a real PG or good coaching,just a bunch of dudes going rogue from possession to possession


Give the man a couple a seasons before we make a determination on him.

He ain’t even Anthony Bennett bad

 

[storm2006]

Really gone from the best event of the weekend to the objective worst

They seriously should just drop the dunk contest. They struggle just to get competitors now.

You know there is a problem when you have rookies on teams outside of the play-in ducking the dunk contest. There needs to be an intervention but Silver doesn’t have the heart for that.

 

[Based Jesus]

Young teams building some terrible reputations right now between the Rockets, Hornets and Grizz

 

[ballinsam23]

There are still a few dunks that haven’t been tried and are all over YouTube.

The WOW factor and the fact that there’s rarely an all star/superstar in these contests makes It much less enjoyable.

 

[storm2006]

Young teams building some terrible reputations right now between the Rockets, Hornets and Grizz

I don’t even think the Hornets have a reputation tbh. They just exist The future of that franchise probably rests on this year’s lottery results.

 

[dman14]

There are still a few dunks that haven’t been tried and are all over YouTube.

The WOW factor and the fact that there’s rarely an all star/superstar in these contests makes It much less enjoyable.

15 minute buildup with the theatrics
Missed dunks
Crowd dead
Repeat for each competitor
Tv commentary doesn't help either

 

[frshstunna]

Young teams building some terrible reputations right now between the Rockets, Hornets and Grizz

Rockets, Hornets and Spurs basically G league teams right now…tough to make calls on most of the players, I understand the fan frustration but they gotta relax and let it play out at least a another season

 

[VARNELL HILL]

Let's keep it thou wow: The casual fan just wants to see big names in the dunk contest. The catch 22 for the big names is that there are only really a few of them capable of pulling off contest worthy dunks. So the risk factor is much higher than the reward.

The only non-stars that can build excitement are the young guys who come into the league with reps for being super high flyers (i.e - Lavine, Gordon) and those guys don't come around often. There's a difference between having contest-worthy dunks and just jumping really high. ALOT of dudes fall into the latter category.

 

[addict4sneakers]

Jericho sims jumps really high. He should just do the same dunks dwight did when he won

 

[Mister Meaner]

Jericho got this when he puts his foot through the hoop.

 

[James_O]

There are still a few dunks that haven’t been tried and are all over YouTube.

The WOW factor and the fact that there’s rarely an all star/superstar in these contests makes It much less enjoyable.

Double eastbay for one.

Get Jordan Kilganon up in there, he would take the competition.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[Mister Meaner]

And QG was robbed of his hands MVP trophy too.

 

[storm2006]

The Rust sympathy machine >>>>>>>

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[HIM]

Someone gotta dunk from the 3pt line. Don’t waste my time with anything else.

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[ballinsam23]

Why did Sharpe back out?

The dunk contest is also fun when there’s some rivalry.

Jordan-Dominique
Desmond Mason-Jrich
Lavine-Gordon

 

[lawdog1]

Double eastbay for one.

Get Jordan Kilganon up in there, he would take the competition.

Might as well. If they’re going to have G-League call up guys in the NBA dunk contest, go ahead and open it up to the professional Internet dunker dudes.

 

[MVP]

 

[ballinsam23]

Luka wit the outfit I’m sure most of NT wore at one point

I know I did with the true blues.