Most Disappointing Contest Dunker?

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]His other dunks were good - but not good enough to put him over the other contestants. The KIA dunk COST him the contest IMO, and in the opinions of many of the voters who's vote mysteriously never made it into NBA/KIA's voting database. Who the hell voted Griffin first? Certainly not anyone who watched the dunk contest. Despite his other dunks being good and creative the other contestants that contest were actually throwing down some real innovative dunks and their final dunks were great. The KIA hood dunk? Pathetic, as bad as the sh*t Shannon Brown did.[/QUOTE]I thought all four contestants in 2011 had pretty good first rounds (Griffin, JaVale McGee, Serge Ibaka, DeMar DeRozan). That said, I felt Blake Griffin was a worthy finalist based off of his performance on his first two dunks (the two-hand helicopter 360 and baseline backboard windmill).

As for the finals themselves, I'm not sure I can agree with you that his KIA dunk should have cost him the contest. Griffin's first finals dunk was pretty impressive (the one hand elbow dunk off the backboard). Meanwhile, JaVale McGee's dunk was solid, but more or less just a standard replication of something Larry Nance pulled off 20 years earlier (swing cuff reverse).

For his second dunk, Griffin did his car dunk which as admitted, was more or less a standard two-hand alley-oop, albeit over the hood of a car (which may be more than could be said for Gerald Green, who's winning dunk came over a knee-high bench). But for whatever it's worth, Griffin's finish was a relatively mediocre dunk by contest standards.

[i]However[/i], JaVale McGee topped Griffin's mediocrity, rubbing in a 360, then opting to replace it because it went down so lamely, before settling for a layup line off-the-backboard one hand slam with medium strength.

As such, I think Griffin earned his finals appearance (though I feel others had a case). And once in the finals, Griffin performed a very good dunk (the elbow) while his finals opponent, JaVale McGee, brought little to the table by comparison.

Here's a link to the last part of that dunk contest for reference (with part 5 of 5 in the sidebar: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtFDtTgHYww[/url]

I would say White. Dude was so hyped especially here and miss everything he tried in the contest.

[QUOTE=Genaro]I would say White. Dude was so hyped especially here and miss everything he tried in the contest.[/QUOTE]
If only the NBA wasn't so stubborn early and gave him the dunk contest appearance about 5-6 years ago when he was with the Spurs. Might have been a different story then.

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]and the dunk itself was terrible, probably the worst contest-winning-dunk in the history of the dunk contest regardless of how staged/rigged the whole outcome was :oldlol:[/QUOTE]Apologies for repeatedly disagreeing, but final dunks from contest winners often have a history of being kind of lame. If it makes you feel any better, if that final round in 2011 were officially judged, and that KIA dunk received a 42 (which would have been the lowest score of the contest by two points), I still think Griffin would have won when combined with his elbow dunk (again, when pitted against McGee's two medium finals dunks).

Still, a quick history of lame contest-winning dunks:

2012 - Jeremy Evans' one hand dunk over Kevin Hart pretending to be a mailman (2:00): [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uohl2cRobg[/url]

2007 - Gerald Green's windmill over a knee-high bench (5:35): [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuMoznI5UKk[/url]

2004 - Fred Jones banking a contest-winning layup (4:06): [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOyWBIoS5ow[/url]

1992 - Cedric Ceballos pretending he can't see on a standard two hand dunk (3:40): [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDBDPbMswrY[/url]

1990 - Dominique Wilkins completing the same two-hand windmill he first did in the contest five years earlier (and continued to replicate in subsequent contests), edging a more creative Kenny Smith and leading to boo-birds (6:25): [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDBDPbMswrY[/url]

James White by far.

[QUOTE=LJJ][url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8242feot-g[/url][/QUOTE]

first player that came to my mind. Thread over, f*ck the contestants named in OP

[QUOTE=GOBB]first player that came to my mind. Thread over, f*ck the contestants named in OP[/QUOTE]

Remember when people were hyping up Armstrong due to his absolutely brutal regular season dunks and his career, up until then, of just flat out wrecking the rim? Remember that?

:coleman:

[QUOTE=KungFuJoe]If we want to talk about WORST dunk contestant of all time...that's easily Chris Jackson aka Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.[/QUOTE]Yeah, Jackson wasn't great ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQpMRCx00PI[/url]) but the simple fact he made two jams (including a solid-ish reverse) may be enough to put him over the likes of Tony Dumas ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FC3o2FXnZs)[/url], Larry Hughes, or perhaps even Bob Sura ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYYxQJIbak)[/url].

James White got old and Shannon Brown lacks imagination

Tim Perry in '93. Surprised it was only mentioned once here. Never have I seen a more unethusiastic dunker. It was almost like he didn't want to be there.

[QUOTE=D.J.]Tim Perry in '93. Surprised it was only mentioned once here. Never have I seen a more unethusiastic dunker. It was almost like he didn't want to be there.[/QUOTE]Perhaps rivaled by only one other similarly unethusiastic performance...


Tim Perry in 1995: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lviYlkt7Ojw[/url].

[QUOTE=Rake2204]I am with you in regards to Larry Hughes. However, in reference to Clarence Weatherspoon, I must respectfully disagree. I thought Weatherspoon had a really solid contest for its time: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiqiqDFjQkM[/url]

Yes, some of dunks were standard, but I felt his style, flavor, and power enhanced them to a significant degree. That regular two-hand bounce dunk actually looked pretty sweet to me, with his head nearing the rim and whatnot. And his 360 cuff, in my opinion, is one of the most overlooked dunks in contest history.

Where would Clarence stand now if he had that contest in 2014? Probably not too impressive. But for '93? I'd hardly call his performance disappointing, let along horribly embarrassing. Perhaps you were thinking of fellow 76er Tim Perry?[/QUOTE]

Ya know what, I was thinking of Tim Perry. I didny think Spoon was aweseome but it was Perry who was brutal. Yup, my bad.

I wish Lebron could have join the dunk contest in 2004. His between the legs dunk in the Rookie game >> Jones' dunks in that contest.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbAvd35-CRs[/url]

[QUOTE=Lebron23]I wish Lebron could have join the dunk contest in 2004. His between the legs dunk in the Rookie game >> Jones' dunks in that contest.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbAvd35-CRs[/url][/QUOTE]It would have been nice to see James in that contest, but I think a lot of people had better dunks than the things Fred Jones was doing that year ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2yfZ7yZ-XY)[/url].

[QUOTE=CavaliersFTW]I have never been more embarassed for the NBA than when I saw the Blake Griffin dunk contest.

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41EFwuBqEUA[/url]

Can anyone really watch that and not cringe?[/QUOTE]

:roll:

Holy shit. I forgot all about the choir singing the Space Jam joint. Wow you're a bastard for reminding me of that atrocity.

That's something you do heroin to forget.

:hammerhead:

Wait. What's the dunk contest? I thought that died when VC stopped showing up...

[QUOTE=Rake2204]

Tim Perry in 1995: [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lviYlkt7Ojw[/url].[/QUOTE]

"Power." :oldlol:

Worst ever is Nate Robinson trying the same damn dunk over and over and then when he finally made it no one cared.

[QUOTE=ROCSteady]:roll:

Holy shit. I forgot all about the choir singing the Space Jam joint. Wow you're a bastard for reminding me of that atrocity.

That's something you do heroin to forget.

:hammerhead:[/QUOTE]
"Sometimes.... It's Real"

Even Kenny Smiths lines were scripted.