Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 316. (Read 921422 times)

Not the kind of result I was expecting in the all star game. I thought this will be a close game but it turns out the East have dominated the game, they are now up by 22 points in the 4th and there's no way the West will be able to come back. Competition will be between Lillard and Brown now, let's see who will win the All star MVP.

Allstar weekend is purely for entertainment for the fans to go see their favorite superstars in one setting, so yeah it is the main focus no doubt. And no, they can't have a dunk contest without involving any NBA players, otherwise it is not called "NBA" slamdunk contest with the outsiders competing for the contest. So, they could actually hire a pure dunker outside the league with a collab with an NBA player.
We can't blame those NBA players who's had a boring dunk since it is not what they're trained for in the first place. Though there are a few talented dunkers like Mac, Lavine, VC, and Aaron Gordon, but that's pretty much it.
I really think the NBA needs to have a collab with the pure dunkers outside the league to work with the NBA players who would like to participate in the dunk contest, this way the dunk contest will be more exciting and fun to watch.

If they focus on the entertainment, they can get those dunkers outside the league and compete on all-star.
I mean if somebody here watched the show "Dunk King" way back years ago, you will see dunks there that even the NBA players can't even do. I had an opportunity to watch some of its episodes and I would say that some of the dunks there are on par with how LaVine and Gordon competed a few years ago. Most are dunks that NBA players can't even do.

Aside from the first option that I gave, one option that they can do is to increase the prize so more players are attracted to join. There are some players who don't want to join because of the low prize, and if the management hears them and they want to have better players in that contest, better make some adjustments like a prize increase.

Another is to just remove the Slam Dunk Contest completely, but of course, this will not happen so the best option among the 3 is to get those dunkers outside the NBA, compete, and entertain the fans. That way, fans will be way happier than seeing these NBA players making amateur dunks.

Well, he deserves a seat, unfortunately, he was not voted for the spot so that was ashamed he is really quite good at making those triple-doubles the problem is his popularity is not soaring up maybe the blunders of getting entangled with Draymond Green when Sabonis hug his leg, but anyways he is not that popular for certain kind of ways so yeah I really think his skills deserve being in the All-star but we can not get out that many fans don't want him,

While Anthony Davis is 100% deserving of the spot and there is no doubt about it he is really that popular and comparing it with Domantas Sabonis well it will not amount to anything at all when compared to the likes of him.


That was crazy the 1st dunk of McClung should have been at 50 and not at 48 scores, it should finished the contest from there but yeah the judges wanted the Contest to continue so they gave given that kind of score, but that was really a unique dunk the number of creativity from that 1st dunk was really something, and yes it was a great decision indeed to include him a G league player to be in this dunk contest for sure the level of uniqueness from a certain individual is needed in this contest as it is really getting congested in any way as there is a little option to make right now in the level of creativity and for me Mac McClung does deserves to play in the NBA aswell.

Yup, unless there's  another unforgettable dunks that can be created  as most of the time slam dunk competition shows similar attempts just twisting something but not as appealing as it was before,  in terms of 3 point contest  Dame win another one, just made that last shot to beat Towns just wondering  maybe if Curry joined the contest  he will win proving again that he's the greatest shooter by winning his own competition.  Congrats to all who made their picks and win during the contest.

You are too generous giving the event a mid score. One good participant and the rest were kinda trash.
Brown's dunk over a sitting midget influencer was the mid in that contest.

It's hard to argue against this. I don't know if it's their way to encourage more of the allstars to participate in the dunk contest because "we got you"

This year, I am more interested to see who wins in the 3-point contest than the slamdunk competition because after Lavine did what he has done with the kind of dunks he showed the judges, it's hard for anyone to come up with a new style and creativity because they are also limited due to their height and high jumping capability. I think next year they will gonna change the way they judge this competition and might come up with some new plan let's just wait for their updates because slamdunk contests are no longer fun since no one can make another historical dunk unless he is uniquely talented.

I just think nba players are generally uninterested in the dunk contest or at least enter.  Like I said all these dunks are just being re packaged and super stars don't want to look bad on TV.  3 point contest is always going to be interesting because it's not about creativity but rather who can drop the most in.  Looking forward to tonight's game.  Just hope it nails the under 364.

The judges though, it seems that they want Jaylen to be in the finals with McClung. But it was a boring dunk contest and could be one of the worst we have seen in years. As I have predicted, Curry will will over Sabrina in their own 3 point shoot-out.

Dame time, he needs to get that last ball to win and so he did. But obviously, fans are disappointed on the dunk contest. They should really get players that can put highlight reel during All Streak Break. They have to bring McClung just to hype it and so it's those NBA players lost to a G-leaguer.

@ FanEagle - maybe you are referring to Jordan Kilganon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsPsKLjw-SI

Honestly the dunk contest needs some revising without a doubt. This whole g-league could enter thing became very good because we saw Mac McClung thanks to that, and it's a great decision to make it like that. But at the end of the day we are not getting neither dunkers who are great, but even if the dunkers are good, we are not seeing great dunks.

I remember there was this pink/purple hair dude a few years back whose only job was to dunk, not at nba dunk contest but he did stuff with shaq and all during the weekend, we need people like that. We need some creativity put back into dunk contest. It has been subpar for many years now, we need more people to make more stuff. Three point contest was terrible too but Steph part made it so much fun.

Agree on all fronts.  The 3 point contest was fun to watch even the steph ionesco matchup.  The dunk contest has gotten meh to me.  At a certain point all the dunks have been dome and they are just repackaging them.  Back in the 80s with Dominique and the 90s with Vince there was new stuff no one was ever doing being laid down.  If McClung is winning these things now you know it's watered down.

It was a fun 3 point shootout indeed.
I didn't expect the battle will be that close as they ended up playing a tiebreaker before the Finals proceeded. I was really rooting for Tyrese Haliburton to win that match but KAT found his rhythm and shot one hell of a money rack.  

Steph Curry versus Sabrina Ionescu was also fun but it seems like Sab cannot find her rhythm and since the WNBA is not yet commencing, it is understandable. Curry had his practice every day while Sab doesn't, but it's all for charity so it's all good.

The dunk contest was so easy to predict and that is why Mac McClung was the super favorite.

Well, he did defend his title today and I wish the NBA could find someone who could compete with him better. So it could be more fun like the Zach LaVine versus Aaron Gordon era. I mean, there are a lot of high flyers in the league now and even if they don't dunk much, the NBA should consider putting them in the list to battle against the 2 time defending champion.

Probably because he already had a battle against Sabrina Ionescu. It was a competitive match, but Curry ended up winning since he scored 29, while Sabrina Ionescu only had 26. In fact, if we sum all the scores in the 3-point competition, Curry would have won, as he is still at the top. Unfortunately, it was a different competition Curry had joined, but it has proven that he is still the best shooter in the NBA during the All-Star event.

As per what I read, here are the participants' top scores during the competition:

Curry: 29
Sabrina Ionescu: 26
KAT (Karl-Anthony Towns): 26
Lillard (The winner): 26

They haven't impress us yet, the excitement on watching the slam dunk was already gain. I didn't waitch it but basedon your assessment now, I can say it was a boring one. I just watch the 3 point shooting and I had fun watching it. I have Trea Young on my card but failed and just got tied with KAT. Then Lillard came being the last shooter, he had a good start enough to beat the last 2 shooters who are tied in score, then miss consecutive shots and made the last one which called himself another Dame time peformance.

I'm wondering why Curry wasn't included, he could have easily beat them all.

The Dunk contest was highly flawed and it was obvious today again, there was no direct metric for scoring points, especially in the first round both Jaquez and Toppin should have better scores but then because these guys are tall their dunk gets underscored perhaps because it was considered to easy for them, there was no way Jaylen Brown should have outscored either Toppin or Jaquez for their first attempts in the first round, I guess that's why we don't see a lot of super stars join the competition anymore not even guys from their sophomore would be joining if these discrepancies continue.

3-point contest was fun and very challenging as all players scored 20+ in first round. Dame Time ended it the way it suited him.
Dunk contest was mid. It was weird that Jaylen Brown made it to the finals. Toppin had better dunks. McClung had no competition again, so he didn't dunk very differently than last year. The NBA management has to do something about the jury.

I am doing the same. I don't see any advantage in watching it life.
Over the last years the dunk contest, as we all know, is not that exciting. Of course here and there are some good dunks but nothing spectacular. McClung said he has something nice in store that was never shown in a dunk contest, so let's see.

Often there are many missed attempts to watching a highlight reel makes more sense.

Anyway, I hope the Gleague rep McClung goes back to back. Too bad he still didn't make it in the NBA, he truly has the heart and also the skill, just not the size.

I thought I’d read that Jalen Brown will be the first All Star to compete in the contest in 5 years. I guess that’s the only thing I’m interested in seeing, but I’ll probably just watch the highlights on YouTube tomorrow.

I feel sleepy but I'm curious about the dunk contest. Even if it doesn't have the flavor of the old years, last year McClung brought some excitement back to the contest. I want to see if he will do something different this year. I'm not sure if Jaylen Brown and Jaime Jaquez Jr. are up to the challenge, I can't imagine how good they can dunk. I wonder if Jacob Toppin is as good as his brother Obi. I've never followed him either. For now, with the limited information I have McClung seems to be the favorite again. I hope we can see surprise performances from the others.

Isn't it what we are saying as we are all surprised to see them fire their coach who are have bring them as one of the best team in the East and yet the management is not contented with it? That is really poor management on their side, I mean why fix when nothing is broken? Now, they will have to pay the price as the team is now struggling with Doc Rivers and they say that they are going to improved their defense, but so far, everything is a failure to them. And what's going to happen if they choke on the playoffs? Doc Rivers has history with Clippers and then the Sixers.

Yeah, for now let's leave it like that, we have the All Star weekend and so as fans we should be enjoying this one, even for the players who are participating. Looking for the 3 point competition between Steph Curry and Sabrina Ionescu. I'm not going to bet, but I will go with Steph Curry here, the pressure must be too much for Sabrina in this kind of stage and obviously, she is not used to it.