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ClipperRevival
10-11-2016, 03:13 PM
I'm talking about the entire body of work and not just one dunk or two (could make cases for Richardson or Carter then). In that case, I vote yes. Dude was just straight out amazing and had 2 dunks where his head was literally at the rim.

Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifHc9fTXvTo
iamgine
10-11-2016, 03:30 PM
They should change the format to ranking the dunks instead of giving scores.
FreezingTsmoove
10-11-2016, 04:07 PM
He wasnt even the best dunker in the contest :roll: :roll:
Milbuck
10-11-2016, 04:11 PM
Yes. His under both legs dunk is imo the GOAT NBA contest dunk and the 360 scoop from the spinning mascot was close too. I won't say he was robbed, because all of Lavine's dunks that got 50s deserved their 50s, but AG was robbed of a 50 on that double pump reverse. There should've been another round.

Both he and Lavine that night put on a better contest than anyone else in NBA history. You take the stuff they were doing and throw it in the 80s, 90s, even 2000s and they beat anyone else, including Vince.
Noyze
10-11-2016, 04:17 PM
Disagree. In 1999 it was a lockout year, we didn't get an allstar weekend. So the anticipation for 2000 was huge. On top of that Vince Carter had ascended, the build up was crazy. Nobody would have expected Steve Francis and Tracy McGrady to go so hard at the time. You can't tell from the highlights but I remember after Vince's first dunk it took like 8 mins to calm the crowd down and get to the next guy. It was pure dominance, the crowd already knew they were watching history. Plus you gotta remember, nobody had ever seen those dunks before. This was before video on the internet and they didn't show any other dunks on TV except from other NBS players, everything was mostly word of mouth back then, maybe some hardcore dude you knew had a VHS tape he carted around saying _____ somewhere in _____ was the best dunker he ever saw. 2000 was the reason the dunk contest seemed so bad after that.
aj1987
10-11-2016, 04:18 PM
Yes. His under both legs dunk is imo the GOAT NBA contest dunk and the 360 scoop from the spinning mascot was close too. I won't say he was robbed, because all of Lavine's dunks that got 50s deserved their 50s, but AG was robbed of a 50 on that double pump reverse. There should've been another round.

Both he and Lavine that night put on a better contest than anyone else in NBA history. You take the stuff they were doing and throw it in the 80s, 90s, even 2000s and they beat anyone else, including Vince.
This.

The altfag laughing... :facepalm
ClipperRevival
10-12-2016, 10:18 AM
Yes. His under both legs dunk is imo the GOAT NBA contest dunk and the 360 scoop from the spinning mascot was close too. I won't say he was robbed, because all of Lavine's dunks that got 50s deserved their 50s, but AG was robbed of a 50 on that double pump reverse. There should've been another round.

Both he and Lavine that night put on a better contest than anyone else in NBA history. You take the stuff they were doing and throw it in the 80s, 90s, even 2000s and they beat anyone else, including Vince.

Yeah, my jaw drops every time I see that under the legs dunk. One of the most athletically freakish moves I've ever seen on a bball court. He had his head right at the rim while having to put that ball below his legs. Ridiculous.
ClipperRevival
10-12-2016, 10:23 AM
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/07/3d/07/073d0759c82030f832e24b4f8f1f64ca.jpg
Dray n Klay
10-12-2016, 10:32 AM
Agree or disagree OP: did 1-9 happen or not?

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Paul George 24
10-12-2016, 10:53 AM
I'm talking about the entire body of work and not just one dunk or two (could make cases for Richardson or Carter then). In that case, I vote yes. Dude was just straight out amazing and had 2 dunks where his head was literally at the rim.

Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifHc9fTXvTo
NO.............................WAY
HurricaneKid
10-12-2016, 12:11 PM
I just went back and watched pretty much all of them (they were all on NBA TV). And I don't think its even close. I think it is CLEAR that AG had the best dunk contest performance when you include all the dunks of the entire contest.

I've been appalled that Lavine won since the moment it happened. Lavine was great, but he wasn't even close to AGs stratosphere.
Smook A.
10-12-2016, 01:06 PM
His under the legs dunk is one of the sexiest things I've ever seen in basketball. Easily one of the best dunks in a dunk contest EVER.