Saturday, February 14, 2009

Slam Don't Contest

Watching the NBA Slam Dunk Contest just reaffirmed for me why the NBA is the worst of the four major sports.  Everything about it was absolutely horrible.  First off, I've seen better dunks in college slam dunk contests.  It's about time that players started thinking on their own instead of modifying dunks that have already been done.  At least Nate Robinson won, and justifiably so considering Dwight Howard horribly duplicated Michael Jordan's famous free throw line slam.  Secondly, the announcers sounded like they were a couple of guys who were pulled off the street.  There was no intelligent feedback being given; it was like three fans were given microphones and told to talk about what was going on.  Last but not least, the judging was completely and utterly biased.  Rudy Fernandez who in my opinion had a top 3 dunk of the night, didn't even make it through to the second round, while Dwight Howard got a perfect score for a rather normal dunk.  The only thing they did right was allowing the fans to text their vote for the winner.  If the NBA wants me to watch the Slam Dunk Contest next year they should really think about making the whole contest open for fans to vote by texting.

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