NBA All-Star Props 2008 - I Love Slam Dunks
I’ve been telling everyone around
the office that my three favorite things
in life are slam dunks, a good sammich
and another item which I can not disclose
to you in fear of the old lady losing
her mind. Yes, they’re in the right
order. A good slam dunk will throw me
right out of my chair and through the
ceiling. Or it’ll shock me so much
that I’ll look like I’ve
just been shot in the chest by a bullet
filled with awesome.
With all
that being said, the only thing I’m really excited for this weekend
is the NBA Betting All-Star Weekend Slam
Dunk Contest. Sure it’s lost a
lot of luster since the days of MJ and ‘Nique,
but this year’s crop of jammers
is motivated to prove the crowd wrong.
And this year, the legends of the dunk
won’t be flashing their arrogance
in the standings. The crowd will get
to decide the next King of the Rim. So
who will it be?
1) Dwight
Howard (6’11, 265lbs) – Orlando
Magic
The big
man in the contest has incredible athletic
ability considering his length. He
wowed the crowd last year by posting
a sticker of his smiling mug on the top
of the backboard, while receiving a pass
from Jameer Nelson that he turned in
to a nice jam. But the judges weren’t
impressed. And how could you be? He can
virtually dunk by going up on his tippy-toes!
We love
the dunk competition because it defies
human logic. You know, like when Brent
Barry won the competition by replicating
Jordan’s masterful
foul-line dunk…while wearing his
warm-up sweater. Good gracious. It’s
simply not awe-inspiring enough to see
a guy of Dwight’s size dunk. He’s
got flair and finesse, but the former
first-overall will have to do something
absolutely insane (like dunk it twice
in one jump) to win this war.
2) Gerald
Green (6-8, 200 lbs) – Minnesota
Timberwolves
Oh right.
Gerald Green plays basketball! I almost
forgot considering that he averages
5.1 freaking points a game. Green probably
spends more time rehearsing for this
contest than practicing his free-throws.
And who can blame him? He only gets 12.1
minutes a game. What else is he gonna
do with his time? But this is the dunk
contest, and we don’t care about
stats! WE WANNA SEE JAMS!
Green is
the betting favorite to win this weekend.
Anyone who witnessed Green’s
domination of the contest last year knows
the kid has the hops and freakish athletic
ability to repeat as champ. Green plans
to unveil some magic this weekend, and
he imaginative and athletic enough to
flash some flair in the next stratosphere
and repeat as champ. But…
3) Rudy
Gay (6-9, 220 lbs) – Memphis
Grizzlies
…Rudy Gay is in the building,
ladies and gents! This will be Gay’s
first attempt at achieving stardom in
the Dunk Contest. If his in-game antics
are enough to get your imagination wild
with the possibilities of what Gay has
to offer the comp, then there’s
no way you aren’t excited to see
him this weekend.
Gay can
easily get above the rim and is ruthless
when he crashes the lane with defenders
crowding the paint. Think of what he
can do when nobody’s
in the way.
He’s a freak of an athlete with
impressive leaping ability. The edge
he has over Green is that we’ve
never seen him in the competition before.
So he has that “new girl” appeal
to him as well. Gay will certainly be
looking to put himself on the map this
weekend and the Dunk Contest is the way
to do it.
4) Jamario
Moon (6-8, 205 lbs) – Toronto
Raptors
Who? Exactly.
Huh? Ok. Jamario Moon reputed out of
nowhere this year as a ROY of the candidate.
So who exactly is he? He’s a
bench player for the Raptors, who hopes
to bring Toronto their second Dunk
Champion since Vince Carter put together
the greatest dunk reel from any single
night by one man.
The thing
I like about Moon is that everyone
is talking about Dwight wanting to
jack up the rim to 12 feet, Green trash
talking Rudy Gay and Gay responding
by posting highlights every night. Moon
has been virtually silent during the
hype machine created by his three opponents.
All Moon needs to do is throw down one
monster in his opening dunk to steal
the crowd immediately. He’s the
Great Unknown of the competition. And
by the end of the competition, we will
all know who he is.
Slam Dunk Pick: That’s
right. Jamario Moon. Your next Slam
Dunk King.
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