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Dunk Contest '08
February 18, 2008Gerald Green had my vote -- up until he did back-to-back between the leg dunks. I don't remember something as spectacular as the "blowin' out the candle" dunk.
It took mine and his breath away when he did it. Gerald Green is something else. I love Dwight Howard, mainly because he looks like he can have so much fun in his over-sized frame.
And the Superman dunk, if you can call it that, was (to quote Roger Clemens) mis-seen by the judges. He had his back turned to the like of Karl Malone and Dr. J and they couldn't see what the human Shrek was doing at that point in time.
Then Gerald Green ran out of ideas. He took his shoes off, signed them, put them on the judges' table and rode off into the lights of New Orleans arena.
The one thing that disappointed me was the failure of Rudy Gay. I'd have to say the first dunk, a rock the cradle type, was nice. It was better than a 36 he got.
Gay was also unable to bring out the non-hyped fan dunk. A few weeks ago he posted a request for help on his site. He wanted a fan's perspective on what dunk he should display.
It never came.
One final thought, Jamario Moon is no James White, of the San Antonio Spurs. White is the only person I've seen that can dunk from the free throw line two handed.
Moon's attempt at taping about two feet behind the free throw line and missing by about four feet was comical.
Here's White on display. Maybe he should be in the dunk contest.
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