NBA Slam Dunk Contest

[I Bleed Blue]

I didn't watch, was AJ as bad as the twitter chatter? When he got selected I had asked if he's ever done a dunk contest before as it needs more creativity than what we've seen of AJ's in game dunks, I couldn't find any video of one. Good to see Castle did much better than his McDAA dunk contest performance.

First round he had like 5 attempts and tried like 3 different dunks, before settling for a relatively standard two handed slam to get on the board. Round 2 was similar. Missed the first 2-3 attempts of his plan A then went to and made a windmill to score points. He definitely looked anxious

 

[superjohn]

I didn't watch, was AJ as bad as the twitter chatter? When he got selected I had asked if he's ever done a dunk contest before as it needs more creativity than what we've seen of AJ's in game dunks, I couldn't find any video of one. Good to see Castle did much better than his McDAA dunk contest performance.

Jackson and Buzelis were terrible. Castle and McClung were awesome.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Yeah I’m feeling major hater energy for Mac right now, maybe it’s from the loss today. The constant glazing from the announcers was nauseating, you would think the NBA gave them a directive to hype him up for the viewers.

Gotta give Mac credit for figuring out nobody dings you points for staging the ball in the perfect spot for your dunk. He gets max vertical on every attempt because he takes all the timing/reaction time factors away that make other dunks, like castles, harder to pull off.

I mean seriously on the spinner dunk the second ball was literally placed on the rim, there should be some kinda rule where they can’t have the ball staged that close.

The car dunk he didn’t even clear it, kinda takes away from it if you’re being objective. The still shot of him in the air is incredible though.

Steph’s between the legs dunk was the best of the contest, in real time it looked impossible.

Woulda loved to see if castle had anything planned for a third round, you know Mac probably did.

 

[Mr. French]

Steph was robbed. Mac got by on his same exact dunk he does every time, and they weren’t as good as Castles. Boo this contest.

 

[Chosen]

Good job Stephon and AJ. You guys made me smile after the loss. Good luck in the NBA and I wish both of you the best with your future.

 

[lonsharkin51]

LOL for the McClung hate. Steph did great, but c'mon, McClung was insane.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I didn't watch, was AJ as bad as the twitter chatter? When he got selected I had asked if he's ever done a dunk contest before as it needs more creativity than what we've seen of AJ's in game dunks, I couldn't find any video of one. Good to see Castle did much better than his McDAA dunk contest performance.

He missed a lot of dunks and ended converting dunks that he does in games.

 

[Scoe]

So Mcclung can 3 peat but Mahomes can't.

 

[Purple Stein]

They should do it like HORSE, Castle could pull f Mclung’s dunks, Mclung needs a lot of help getting the ball in place so he can throw it down.

I wish they would replace the skills competition with knockout.

Line these all stars up at the three point line and let's go.

 

[ctbro1999]

Steph chimes in with his 2 cents about the winner:
Castle added: “His dunks are crazy. I would give all his dunks 50s too.”

 

[Scoe]

NBA allstar weekend continues to be a joke, I wonder how many people turned it off after CP3 cheated, that was just a very bad look for the NBA.

Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller are so annoying. Castle is just built different he's like a 90s player playing in this era, great moment for the Castle family last night, didn't know his father played a year with Tim Duncan at Wake that's very cool.

 

[Scoe]

It's possible his knee injury sapped the very top end of his athleticism for a lot of his time here.

I still feel his dunk against Illinois just sitting in the 300s section, ironically only had 2 pts in that game. I knew he had it in his arsenal.

 

[UCLJ0211]

Am I the only one who thinks Mac's dunks were kinda wack? A lot of pomp and circumstance but... dunking a ball that's hovering over the rim while dunking another one from another guy spinning on a hoverboard?

Yes but he also jumped over a fricken car!

 

[ctbro1999]

NBA allstar weekend continues to be a joke, I wonder how many people turned it off after CP3 cheated, that was just a very bad look for the NBA.

Kenny Smith and Reggie Miller are so annoying. Castle is just built different he's like a 90s player playing in this era, great moment for the Castle family last night, didn't know his father played a year with Tim Duncan at Wake that's very cool.

I was impressed with Steph's hops last night. Looked like his head was almost at rim level on some of them!

 

[RuffRuff]

Peeps coming to Steph’s defense around McClung not being in the NBA. That of which I kinda get, as where do you then draw the line? Why not bring in some Olympic high jumpers..

 

[Scoe]

Peeps coming to Steph’s defense around McClung not being in the NBA. That of which I kinda get, as where do you then draw the line? Why not bring in some Olympic high jumpers..

I'm seeing it a lot on nba message boards. Like I had said previously the NBA put themselves in this predicament, bringing in guys like Mcclung to bring the dunk contest back and it is has brought some interest back, now the pendulum has swung the other way where Mcclung has a predetermined outcome against NBA players.

LeBron ruined the dunk contest by not participating in it as a rookie, then no other upcoming stars wanted to do it so it had a ripple effect. It was always a rite of passage for a young star to do it then they were done with it and the torch got passed to another young star.

 

[Spaceman213J]

It’s why it’s kind of corny to have him there as a G Leaguer. This is his Super Bowl.

Doesn't the guy have like 5 career NBA games in 3 1/2 seasons?

 

[RuffRuff]

Doesn't the guy have like 5 career NBA games in 3 1/2 seasons?

The guy tripled his G league salary with that win. He had a ton of financial incentive to bring KIAs and his cirque de soleil partners out, and to put on a show. Meanwhile Steph is focused on winning NBA games and getting better.

In some ways I get it, in other ways it kinda infringes on the integrity of the contest. Well explained by Scoe.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

I'm seeing it a lot on nba message boards. Like I had said previously the NBA put themselves in this predicament, bringing in guys like Mcclung to bring the dunk contest back and it is has brought some interest back, now the pendulum has swung the other way where Mcclung has a predetermined outcome against NBA players.

LeBron ruined the dunk contest by not participating in it as a rookie, then no other upcoming stars wanted to do it so it had a ripple effect. It was always a rite of passage for a young star to do it then they were done with it and the torch got passed to another young star.

Exactly. Really proud of the showing Steph is putting on this All Star weekend regardless.

As a future star in this league he has been taking it serious and bringing some of the feeling back.

He could’ve folded under the pressure of the dunk contest but he put on a show.

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Yeah I’m feeling major hater energy for Mac right now, maybe it’s from the loss today. The constant glazing from the announcers was nauseating, you would think the NBA gave them a directive to hype him up for the viewers.

Gotta give Mac credit for figuring out nobody dings you points for staging the ball in the perfect spot for your dunk. He gets max vertical on every attempt because he takes all the timing/reaction time factors away that make other dunks, like castles, harder to pull off.

I mean seriously on the spinner dunk the second ball was literally placed on the rim, there should be some kinda rule where they can’t have the ball staged that close.

The car dunk he didn’t even clear it, kinda takes away from it if you’re being objective. The still shot of him in the air is incredible though.

Steph’s between the legs dunk was the best of the contest, in real time it looked impossible.

Woulda loved to see if castle had anything planned for a third round, you know Mac probably did.

This is such a good point. Every single dunk involved him getting the ball off someone who was already holding it for him.

No alleys, no going up himself, everything was right in his catcher spot to take it from there.

It takes away any margin for error that would come with an alley oop or going up by himself. Steph’s between the legs after it goes through the rim was the hardest dunk of the night because he actually had to time it perfectly and catch it.

 

[Scoe]

I'm seeing it a lot on nba message boards. Like I had said previously the NBA put themselves in this predicament, bringing in guys like Mcclung to bring the dunk contest back and it is has brought some interest back, now the pendulum has swung the other way where Mcclung has a predetermined outcome against NBA players.

LeBron ruined the dunk contest by not participating in it as a rookie, then no other upcoming stars wanted to do it so it had a ripple effect. It was always a rite of passage for a young star to do it then they were done with it and the torch got passed to another young star.

Ha Draymond Green in the pregame just repeated my 2nd paragraph almost word for word.

 

[gtcam]

Ha Draymond Green in the pregame just repeated my 2nd paragraph almost word for word.

You are now DGreen Jr.

 

[Fishy]

I don’t care about the dunk contest, but to the extent I do, no one is going to beat McClung until they adopt his habit of using a basketball perched on someone’s head as a pommel horse to go a lot higher than he’s able to without it.

Also, who gets the job of putting him on an NBA roster for five minutes next year so he can enter the contest again?

 

[auror]

I don’t care about the dunk contest, but to the extent I do, no one is going to beat McClung until they adopt his habit of using a basketball perched on someone’s head as a pommel horse to go a lot higher than he’s able to without it.

Also, who gets the job of putting him on an NBA roster for five minutes next year so he can enter the contest again?

The "Chambers boost" phenomenon. A great Thinking Basketball video heavily featuring Andre's dunk (and discussing McClung).

 

[Scoe]

Well good weekend for Castle but this is such a trash product NBA is trying really hard to coverage it up with NBA legends and musicans snd celebrities, they are really trying to drag up the airtime.