Blake Griffin does not plan to defend his slam dunk championship

I don't have a problem with Blake winning it last year, but it did remind me of the Academy Awards. You know how they'll give an award to an actor because he was snubbed for his prior, better roles? Like Pacino getting an award for Scent of a Woman but not The Godfather or Dog Day Afternoon. Not that Blake was snubbed, but it seemed more like they were rewarding his SEASON of great dunks (like the Mozgov) and not really any that he did at the contest.

Also, the Kia dunk was a great gimmick and instantly iconic, and I think the only people who aren't that impressed by it are hardcore basketball fans. The general public was understandably wowed by it, because people around the watercooler are going to talk about "he dunked over a car" more than any other, technically better dunk.

[QUOTE=Haymaker]Great, no cheesy chorus and no lame-ass Kia dunk.[/QUOTE]

Exactly. Happy his prop using lame ass isn't in it. ****ing flopper.

I wouldnt mind seeing him try again without the unnecessary antics.

[QUOTE=SpecialQue]Also, the Kia dunk was a great gimmick and instantly iconic, and I think the only people who aren't that impressed by it are hardcore basketball fans. The general public was understandably wowed by it, because people around the watercooler are going to talk about "he dunked over a car" more than any other, technically better dunk.[/QUOTE]
Not to be overly critical, but I was ready to be impressed when I saw the car rolling out. The choir crushed my spirit a little bit. And the whole "coach" thing killed me inside. Still, I was ready for something next level. Maybe I was waiting for him to jump over the middle of the car. Or maybe I was expecting him to finish with something [i]besides[/i] a routine two hand dunk. I was just expecting more, period. At it's core, it was a two hand alley oop where he kicked his legs behind a little bit, and that was disappointing.

Still, as Vinsane said, I'd definitely be interested to see if he had anything new or fresh in the bag. It's tough to [i]not[/i] want to see more of that guy's arsenal. Maybe he exhausted everything he had last year. But then again, maybe not. I wouldn't mind finding out.

[QUOTE=BlackVVaves]Good riddance, that KIA ish was lame .[/QUOTE]
He was suppose to jump over an exotic car (Lamborghini) , but KIA is the Official Sponsor of the NBA, so the NBA forced him to go with a KIA.

He doesn't have what to defend it wasn't dunk contest, but popularity show and commercial.

[QUOTE=b0bab0i]He was suppose to jump over an exotic car (Lamborghini) , but KIA is the Official Sponsor of the NBA, so the NBA forced him to go with a KIA.[/QUOTE]
yeah so it's like 100% obvious the nba forced him to win. pathetic

i wanna see westbrook in it.

Ah well good riddance, one of Blake problem's was he had Kenny "The Lame" Smith coach him. Like Dunkers need a coach to do new dunks in a live contest, lol.

He had no business winning last year. NONE.

[QUOTE=GOBB]One and done? Today's athletes are weak[/QUOTE]

yup. Back then, Jordan joined 3 times and won twice. Athletes today don't want to take a chance of losing.

Kia aren't going to buy it for him this year

let the young guys have a shot, they actually want to compete.

Paul george & Derrick williams

[QUOTE=KBryant24]good. that means the dunk contest won't be rigid
even lebron wouldn't agree to sell out to KIA just to win some pointless contest.

but on a serous note, its time for king james to finally take home that hardware
jordan in 87, kobe in 97, james in 12 !!![/QUOTE]

You got kobe's d!ck in ur mouth and the Clippers d!ck in ur ass. You're either polishing kobe's knob or talking hater shit on the clippers. Why so butt-hurt bro?

Blake wanted to jump over a Benz, but the NBA said NO and put in the KIA dumbshit. You probably live in LA, pick up a paper and read some articles online about stuff before taking another one up the butt.

[QUOTE=Lebron23]Griffin only had 1 great dunk in the 2011 Dunk Contest. NBA needs to get rid of the dunk contest, and replace it with a 3 or 3 competition.[/QUOTE]

3 on 3 is boring.

i like the idea of getting at least 6 dunkers, make the prize money bigger and adding 1 dunk for each round and make it so that there are 3 finalists

I thought Lebron couldnt't jump as high, but maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, his dunk against Bucks, that windmill was just :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

I'm not interested in seeing Griffin in the dunk contest again anyway. He's a great dunker, but I don't think he can do too many flashy dunks.

A team should sign Air Up There for a 10-day deal. Let him do the 720 and a 360 between the legs. That guy can dunk like it's nothing.

I want westbrook there!
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhDf9hEpfE[/url] :applause:

come on lebron man up and join

He's a good dunker, but it only looks good during a game. He had no creativity in last years contest IMO. The jumping over a Kia was just a sponsor move or w.e, popularity crap. Now dwight had a hell of a lot of creativity when he did it

[QUOTE=inclinerator]come on lebron man up and join[/QUOTE]

He doesn't have to go up against Blake, so this would be the best timing for him.

[QUOTE=talkingconch]He's a good dunker, but it only looks good during a game. He had no creativity in last years contest IMO. The jumping over a Kia was just a sponsor move or w.e, popularity crap. Now dwight had a hell of a lot of creativity when he did it[/QUOTE]
I believe Blake Griffin could expand his mind and attempt some pretty mind-numbing dunks in competition. Another issue I have with just two first round dunks instead of three: three first round dunks usually meant the lowest score would be dropped and a player would be judged based off their top two slams. With just two dunks, I feel there's a much lower opportunity for players to take a chance. If their first dunk finds itself scored in the mid-40's, players have to almost play it safe for their 2nd dunk. By default, this can make for a lame-duck first round. After Blake's first round 360 (which didn't go as planned), I felt we sort of saw a safe dunk from Griffin in round 2. As we know, playing it safe is no way to go through a dunk competition.

It could have been an all big man affair with Griffin, Ibaka, Mcgee and one I wanna see is Vessely (if healthy).

That said I do think this is best for the contest. Ibaka and Mcgee had the better jams but Griffin won the crowd over just by being there and his dunks were pretty boring in comparison to the other guys.

I'd like of course for Lebron to join and to get Ibaka back. And like I said Jan Vessely. But I want Andre Iguodala to get another crack at it because I think he too was robbed of the title in his first go round. That behind the backboard dunk was on of the more impressive I've seen. But he's a technical dunker so... might not translate to the audience who now votes the winner right?

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkVzaM-L_k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKkVzaM-L_k[/URL]

[QUOTE=Velocirap31]He doesn't have to go up against Blake, so this would be the best timing for him.[/QUOTE]
like Griffin did something unreal :facepalm

[QUOTE=dunksby]I want westbrook there!
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNhDf9hEpfE[/url] :applause:[/QUOTE]
in game dunkers isn't same as dunk contest dunkers

[QUOTE=shallehalle]like Griffin did something unreal :facepalm[/QUOTE]

I know, I'm glad you guys can see through all the hype around him. The average person doesn't. He was a determined winner before the contest happened though, so there is no reason to believe it wouldn't be the same the second time.

[QUOTE=Timmy D for MVP]But he's a technical dunker so... might not translate to the audience who now votes the winner right?
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Is it a full-on audience vote? Somehow, I'm not sure I realized that.

I'm going into full-on preach mode now, but I think the Dunk Contest is just asking for another re-birth. By this I mean the NBA coming to a "Back to Basics" realization. I figure at some point the outside factors (the fan voting, the gimmicks, the general setup, the sponsors, and the spotlights) will convolute the contest so greatly it will necessitate a nuclear meltdown where everything crashes and we'll have to start from scratch.

6 Dunkers. 24 total dunks. One subtle sponsor. A purse. No gimmicks. Legitimacy.

Man, I almost forgot about Stern rigging the Slam Dunk Contest last year :facepalm

The actual dunks last year were fairly impressive. I think Griff was probably the second to worst.

It was better than when Nate Robinson missed 16 dunks in a row and won.

I wish it was more of a street-style dunk contest with more casual practice-type dunks leading up to their final dunk.

i've seen Griffin do a Vince Carter between the legs dunk during Clippers warm up, it's on youtube. And if he would have made that first dunk (360 wmill) and that 360 of the side of the backboard, it would have been a different story. But his first made dunk was like a 40 at max. Second dunk was about 44-45, because of all the misses. Elbow dunk was 47-48 in my opinion, and that car dunk, i actually can't rate it.. something between 43-47, because jumping over something or someone and catching an alley oop is actually really difficult.

People talking about Ibaka. He jumped off the FT line, and so? It looked ugly as hell. How can you give him more than a 45? A lot of players did that dunk, even Barry. Second dunk was.. also nothing that special to advance to the next round.

McGee had to bee in the second round, that's easy.

Derozan, of course.

But Griffin had all the hype, and i don't understand how do they judge between the legs dunks, which were never made.

[QUOTE=shallehalle]in game dunkers isn't same as dunk contest dunkers[/QUOTE]
Are you shitting me? If thats the case why dont they bring street ballers to dunk? its the NBA dunk contest so players who show significant dunking capability during the games participate.

They could have a dunk competition where it is NBA players vs. Non-NBA players. For example, there would be 3 NBA players against 3 non-NBA players. Each player could get two or three dunks and the team with the highest cumulative score would win. Then there would be a fan-voted MVP of the competition. This MVP would essentially be the winner of the dunk contest. Good idea?

[QUOTE=Velocirap31]They could have a dunk competition where it is NBA players vs. Non-NBA players. For example, there would be 3 NBA players against 3 non-NBA players. Each player could get two or three dunks and the team with the highest cumulative score would win. Then there would be a fan-voted MVP of the competition. This MVP would essentially be the winner of the dunk contest. Good idea?[/QUOTE]
I've heard a variation of this thrown around numerous times but I've never been a fan of the idea. There's something inherently more entertaining to me when it's only NBA basketball players participating in the dunk contest. I know there's niche dunkers doing crazy things all over the world. It just means more to me when it's an elite basketball talent and someone who belongs to an NBA team.

If this was the 80s, we would've seen a Blake/Wade/Lebron/Howard dunk contest by now.

DeRozan's was better..

Last years dunk was actually pretty good IMO and Blake did throw done some pretty nice dunks but the only thing people want to remember is the kia. Everyone was saying how Blake was going to be shit in the dunk contest but he actually ended up being good. By saying it was rigged your trying to find another reason to hate. :confusedshrug: Blake Griffin is quickly turning into the most hated and most underrated player in the NBA

[QUOTE=insidehoops]Apparently Blake Griffin doesn't want to enter the 2012 all-star slam dunk contest

Read this: [url]http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=9189[/url]

What's your reaction?[/QUOTE]

thats not really a surprise, he never defends anything

:D

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[QUOTE=Velocirap31]They could have a dunk competition where it is NBA players vs. Non-NBA players. For example, there would be 3 NBA players against 3 non-NBA players. Each player could get two or three dunks and the team with the highest cumulative score would win. Then there would be a fan-voted MVP of the competition. This MVP would essentially be the winner of the dunk contest. Good idea?[/QUOTE]
No! Because it's NBA dunk contest, and non-nba dunker would win with ease.

[QUOTE=shallehalle]i've seen Griffin do a Vince Carter between the legs dunk during Clippers warm up, it's on youtube. And if he would have made that first dunk (360 wmill) and that 360 of the side of the backboard, it would have been a different story. But his first made dunk was like a 40 at max. Second dunk was about 44-45, because of all the misses. Elbow dunk was 47-48 in my opinion, and that car dunk, i actually can't rate it.. something between 43-47, because jumping over something or someone and catching an alley oop is actually really difficult.

People talking about Ibaka. He jumped off the FT line, and so? It looked ugly as hell. How can you give him more than a 45? A lot of players did that dunk, even Barry. Second dunk was.. also nothing that special to advance to the next round.

McGee had to bee in the second round, that's easy.

Derozan, of course.

But Griffin had all the hype, and i don't understand how do they judge between the legs dunks, which were never made.[/QUOTE]

Christ half our team in HS threw down oops. If he would have jumped over the tall part of the car it would have been something. He didn't. That was the worst dunk of the day.

And yes, had he made his misses they would have been impressive. But he didn't. If anything, you lose points for missing, not gain them.

[QUOTE=shallehalle]No! Because it's NBA dunk contest, and non-nba dunker would win with ease.[/QUOTE]

Ya, probably. Motivation for NBA players to get their shit together.