About an hour late, but I definitely heard that San Antonio won the Shooting Stars. That’s 1-for-1 people.
Skills Comp…Deron Williams about to start. I totally had him last. 31.2 as he missed a pass and a couple jumpers. Reggie continues to fawn over how he wasn’t trying to look pretty. We get it.
Kidd up next…is someone reading my mind? Zoomed right by everything until he got to the top of the key jumper. That may be the real deal breaker between the Mavs and the Nets. Good to see a re-appearance of his son who has grown into his head and started shaving. How old is he?
Coup: “How old is J-Kidd’s son?? He’s like a childbeast.”
Paul with a mini ovation. Wow they let actual fans in this year? Yikes. Either that or corporate sponsors love Chris Paul. I vote the former. Great run for Paul. Nailed the jumper and only missed one pass. Yikes. 29.9 sends J-Kidd packing.
D-Wade. The champ looks confident. Wow…It’s just been that kind of year for Wade…he dribbled off his foot in the first portion, missed a bunch of jumpers and missed three layups at the end. He got booed, he may be the first player in the Skills comp to get booed. Thanks for rewarding me for believing in you D-Wade. Really appreciate it, why don’t you go make another commercial. Sheesh.
Finals: CP3 vs. Deron Williams. I say Williams sets a course record and takes this very personnally.
The one thing about this competition is that it kind of feel anti-climatic. There’s only two rounds. Oh well.
Deron dunks…I told you he was taking this personnally. Oh my goodness he is JETTING through this with ease. Killed the passes, knocked down the jumper. Wow. PS I love being right. 25.5 sets a new course record.
Paul…he misses a pass. Game, set and match. Williams wins the trophy. 1-for-2 although I give myself a pat on the back for calling Deron taking this personnally and setting a record. Screw you Coup.
(Totally realized that I picked Deron to finish last this morning. Yeah I’m an idiot.)
Three Point Shootout time. Just to let you know that it’s main event time, Fratello is out and Charles/Kenny are in. I’m so happy right now. By the way this whole ‘Best Dunk Contest’ thing that they are having the fans vote on is ridic. If 1988 doesn’t win, Dominique vs. MJ…then the fans are absolutely idiotic. They might vote Becky Hammon to win the Dunk Contest tonight. Unbelievable.
Time for it to start. I’ve got Kapono, Coup has Rip, resident fiend Steeze has Peja and female Erin takes Boobie.
Rip has flames on his sleeve. Unbelievable. Rip cannot knock down a money ball to save his life. Finally he made one on the last rack to end up with 14? I guess he stepped on the line a bunch. 14. Zero money balls.
Boobie. He made 1 on the first rack but finally got into a rhythm and nailed some big time money balls. 17 to pass Rip.
Ps…What the hell is LeBron wearing?
Nash is in and I was right, he is taking forever to get his shots off. Struggling mightily though. Rip will be able to smile. Nash was that guy who struggled this year, where’s Shaq? 9 points for the Canadian.
The 2000 contest won by 61%…..wow fans. I’m disgusted.
Dirk is up. Only has to make 9 to avoid elimination. He gets 17 with his super high arc and flopping hair. Gotta love the Mark Cuban shot who momentairly forgets that Devean George is alive.
Kenny Smith “He did the same thing when Jason Kidd was in the Skills Competition.”
Quote of the day so far.
Peja is up next. Needs 14 to avoid elimination. The first money ball hits the side of the backboard. I knew he couldn’t handle the pressure. He choked in this first round barely getting 15.
Come on Kapono. 20 as he heated up the last two racks. Torched them actually.
Kenny Smith “That was Shaq last year…That was Shaq hugging him up last year.”
Reggie Miller “Is Damon Jones still in the League?”
Gotta love it.
Finals: Gibson, Dirk and Kapono. Of course I stick wit Kapono duh. Dirk shoots it too high and LeBron can’t stand all the time.
Coup: “Steele and I combine to take Dirk now.” They try to stop me but they can’t.
Boobie is up first. He hits another 17.
Dirk is struggling. 7 through the first three racks. Ends up with a 14. No title for you Dirk.
Kapono time. He needs 10 through the first two racks to really end it. That’s 10 through the first two racks people. 20 going into the last rack. Ties the All-Time record with 25, back-to-back and I’m 2-for-3 on the night.
I like how D-Wade was cheering for his ex-teammate. Somewhere Pat Riley is drowning himself in some sort of liquor watching Kapono’s wetball.
Main event time. Slam Dunk is up next. I’ve got Rudy, Coup’s got Dwight, Steeze has Moon. I will remain victorious people I am on a hot streak. I almost guarantee if Dwight makes it to the finals he’ll win because of the fans.
Gerald Green has a dunk called ‘The Birthday Cake’. It will be his first dunk. Only in the NBA. Somewhere a T-Wolves fan is wishing he would remember his defensive assignment or what play they were running instead of naming dunks. Oh well.
Moon is up first…incredible first dunk. I’m not going to try and describe it but let’s just say that a) I had no clue what he was trying to do and b) it looked like he wasn’t going to make it. 46 for Moon.
Rudy Gay is up next…And he misses. Oh goodness gracious. Makes the next one and only gets a 37.
Dwight Howard and his massive shoulders are up next. Sheesh. Oh…my….gosh. From out of bounds, he bounced it off the backboard and windmilled it. His head was still behind the backboard when he dunked it. Kobe’s face = priceless. 5o.
Gerald Green with the Birthday Cake. I have no clue what is about to happen. There is a ladder, Rashad McCants and a cupcake. The cupcake is on the back of the rim. McCants bounced the ball, Green blew the candle out on the cupcake and then dunked it. Unreal. And he only got a 46?? No way that was the same as Moon….wow.
Coup: “Kinda cool but it would’ve been better if he cocked the ball back…or ate the cupcake.”
Agreed…but still. In a contest that has been deemed stagnant..that’s some pretty creative shish right there. The dunk wasn’t even that crazy but who else blows a candle out before dunking? Exactly.
Everyone has one more dunk before people start getting eliminated. Right now, Dwight has 50, Green and Moon have 46 and Rudy has 37. Come on Rudy.
Gay is about to use Kyle Lowry. Gay gets a 48 but Green got a 46 for the B-Day Cake…come on now. Lowry bounced it off the support and Gay threw it in. 85 for Gay.
Moon brings out tape which reminds me of Josh Smith. Remember when he brought that out and then stepped in front of it and ended up losing. Bad memories…..can Moon do it? He stepped way in front of the tape and the free throw line, but still took a bounce from Kapono and flushed it with the left hand. Nice. Only got a 44 though. He’s in first with 90.
Green is back with another ladder. McCants is on top and holding the ball out. He tosses it up as Green windmills it. He only got a 45 but he was looking down into the ring. Yikes.
Dwight with some tape…uh oh. SUPERMAN CAPE!!! He takes the jersey off….SUPERMAN SHIRT!! AHHHHHH. The crowd is hyped. Oh wow. He didn’t even dunk it and still got a perfect score. He didn’t have too. He was staring down at the rim from…dear goodness he was far. Threw it in. 50. Probably the best non-dunk ever.
Coup “I love how he just threw it in.”
Finals: Dwight vs. Gerald Green. Aka what should have happened last year. I think Dwight takes this easy, he’s already 2-for-2 so who knows what kind of craziness he had planned for the Finals. Also he has to have the fans in the bag.
Green…wow. McCants th
rows it over the backboard, Green snatches it off the bounce and throws it between the legs. Well done. And by well done I mean freakin amazing. I know this will get lost in the Dwight-ness but the man not only jumped bare foot on hardwood but he did it in between the legs. Last year that wins the contest.
Dwight….sweet mother. Threw it up in the air, jumped, tapped it off the backboard with his left hand and dunked it with the right hand…all in mid-air. Dwight Howard has absolutely dominated this thing.
Green’s second dunk….through the legs with no shoes on. Sorry Gerald. Very impressive but just not going to beat Dwight.
Dwight’s finale on his way to the title…Geeze louise I don’t know how to describe it. Not going to try. YouTube it or something. This guy is sick. How on earth is anyone going to top this next year?