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2012 NBA Feb |OT| Rubio Early Favorite for Racist of the Year
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Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
They should have given a transparent template, I could do great things with that (and no, I dont feel like taking the 5 minutes to make one myself)
ThatCrazyGuy
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I am impressed by Durant's unimpressed-ness.
Another reason he is better than Lebron. Bron would probably cheer and give props to Blake if he dunked on Bosh. Good lord.
I've already said this before, but honestly, that dunk is not THAT great. Come on.
Don't kill me Blade.
Another reason he is better than Lebron. Bron would probably cheer and give props to Blake if he dunked on Bosh. Good lord.
I've already said this before, but honestly, that dunk is not THAT great. Come on.
Don't kill me Blade.
This was pretty good: http://blogs.thescore.com/tbj/2012/02/02/other-things-that-dont-impress-kevin-durant/
Other things that don't impress Kevin Durant:
Ah holy crap, these quotes can't be real. Too funny.
Got me cracking up over here.
Adam Blade
WWKC
You are dead to me, TCG.
I literally spit my cereal out laughing.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
This is a great photo where the wife thought Jeff was taking the pic of Mike D. But Dem Cheerleaders.
Adam Blade
WWKC
... you are dead to me too, DY.
Nah, just a photo that needed more vertical space to make him look more alone in his frustrations. Not too upset by the girls being there, however.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
... you are dead to me too, DY.
You'll always have me!!!!
Waiting for that prostate exam =P
Ninja Scooter
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He's a salty bitch AND LeBron is better than him. You are fooling yourself. Bron is far and away the best player in the league.
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-townsend-may-now-have-the-dunk-of-the-year/1
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Disclaimer: Recorded with a potato.
what do you want him to do. stand around and hold up 10's?
And it wasn't that great. it was barely even a dunk. Aggressive layup is closer to the correct term.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Im so tired of that argument. I dont give a fuck what it was, its harder to do than the usual, it was awesome, it was so fast that even in slow-mo his arm blurs, and it made an awesome sound.
If you wanna call it an aggressive layup because thats the only way you can take credit away from it, then good for you, give me 100 aggressive layups before whatever you call a dunk anyday.
Of all the things to argue about ...
That's Jeremy Evans-esque.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
I have used my many years in professional editing to enhance your photo in order to truly showcase its original intent. I get paid lots of money for these gifts and I will present them to you for free. You're welcome.
Why are you still so salty that Evans' dunk isn't getting any play? Shit happened like 2 months ago.
Pretty sure I didn't say that...
It was a great dunk. Sure it wasn't Kobe's MVP revenge jam on Nash or anything but Perk got hosed.
People at work were talking about it the day after and giving Blake crazy props and what not. I thought it was pretty impressive, but I just didn't feel it like they did. I told them it reminded me of Dwight's superman dunk where he essentially threw the ball through the basket. Blake's was obviously way more impressive (in-game, violent, posterization, etc) but I after asscciating it with Dwight's gimmick 'dunk', it just took away from it.
Then I read "aggressive lay-up" here on GAF and thought it was the perfect label for what he did.
I have used my many years in professional editing to enhance your photo in order to truly showcase its original intent. I get paid lots of money for these gifts and I will present them to you for free. You're welcome.
Well, if you must know, I have to shoot around people's heads and I rarely frame a shot aside from just making sure my subject is in focus and that they're fully in there. I later crop them down. The actual taking of the picture had nothing to do with the girls. I can take pictures of them all night long if I want. When it came to the crop, it actually looked more deliberate when just their legs were in there, so I put their whole bodies in with a little extra space. But they're only in the crop because it didn't look all that great ending just above Pringles' head.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Its a gimmick because youve seen it, maybe 3 times in your whole life, but a dunk is impressive eventhough theres dozens upon dozens of them every day?
Its harder to do what he did than the usual way of dunking a basketball. I dont see how thats so hard to understand. If LeBron had jumped over a dude, grabbed the alley-oop pass and threw the ball into the hoop, that would have been more impressive than what he ended up doing.
Im not entirely positive you got my joke.
People are flailing around calling it one of the best DUNKS of all time. I'm not arguing about it, it's a fact, barely one finger touches the rim. So jump off my nuts super salty.
Never said it wasn't a great play, but at the time, i didn't even rate it the best play he made that game. Said so 2 days ago. The one where he jumps to dunk and durant runs away was a better statement play than that one.
If I'm not understanding, please correct me. I thought you were saying that the original reason for taking the picture was just to catch a shot of the cheerleaders. I'm just saying that it's not the case, because I can take pictures of them and my wife wouldn't and hasn't cared. After shooting at a game we go through all my pics and probably one in every 20 is of the dancers, and it's never been an issue.
Red Blaster
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You have to be the biggest nerd on the planet to actually argue whether it was a dunk or not
Actually, this season, i've seen it several times from various players around the league. Blake does this semi regularly because he has the athleticism to do it, and bring his arm down horizontal to reach out and get closer. It's a smart play, and a better shot than him shooting a jumper, if he can't actually make the dunk.
Or maybe just figure that LeBron has 2-3 far better dunks a game compared to that aggressive layup.
I usually don't give a fuck, but if people are going to start going on about "but that wasn't a dunk - the dunking manual, TM605.12, states clearly that at least one hand must grip the rim if only momentarily!" then they may as well scream bloody murder for carrying to be called every time someone does a crossover
edit: aggressive layups. word. the funny shit is that the people saying this don't realize its WAY harder to throw it in like that than dunking normally. How do most missed happen? By "aggressively laying it up" - the angle is fucked and its STUPID hard to do once you lose it.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Nooo, I was being sarcastic. I mean, who the fuck crops a guys face through the middle? Your original photo was great.
It is a very funny thing of you to point out the whole "my wife has no problem with it". That takes me back. Ive met my fair share of Mormon wives and ooooh boy, some of them are crazy about shit like that.
As i've never played metroid, or posted on IGN. No.
Why, does me pointing out you're wrong make you butt hurt?
yall actin and prancing around like not calling it a dunk, takes away from it being a good play.
Thats on your selves, not the other people.
Black Mamba
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Why is giri melting down over semantics?
Why do you need to label it immediately?
Its always been a great play til the nerds come in and start saying "thats not a dunk though... didn't acquire positive control of the rim immediately after releasing the ball! its a nice play... but not a real dunk though" /jimmy neutron
Reality is that its actually a shit-ton harder to do that. Back irons out almost every time.
ThatCrazyGuy
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I didn't say player. Durant is a better person.
You see how they dress? Durant has the heart of a lovely Midwest man.
Would Bron say it was a nasty dunk and sing it's praises if it was on Bosh or Juwan? Or Wade?
Kobe wouldn't if he dunked on Dru or Pau if I bet. I bet he would have murder in his heart if that went down and would seek delicious revenge, PHX suns style.
Butt hurt? Now I know you posted on IGN.
Shit giri, as a fan of the least athletic team in the league I guess I can't blame you for not knowing what a dunk looks like.
Blake's dunk was badass as hell, and one of the best in game dunks of all time because a 7 foot big ass man jumped straight up, Blake absorbed the contact, went even higher, and then threw it down
Lebron's dunk was a perfectly normal one handed alley dunk that wouldn't have been special if the 5'11 guy wasn't standing right there. Whereas the crazy motion and air time and ferocity of blake's dunk would have been amazing even if Perkins wasn't there.
Moving on, What's the over under on how many assists Rubio gets in the rookie game? Remember when J Will was in the rookie sophmore game and did the elbow pass everyone went crazy about (and then I promptly picked up and started doing)...I think Rubio's gonna have something like 5-7 ridiculous assists that game
Lebron's dunk was a perfectly normal one handed alley dunk that wouldn't have been special if the 5'11 guy wasn't standing right there. Whereas the crazy motion and air time and ferocity of blake's dunk would have been amazing even if Perkins wasn't there.
Moving on, What's the over under on how many assists Rubio gets in the rookie game? Remember when J Will was in the rookie sophmore game and did the elbow pass everyone went crazy about (and then I promptly picked up and started doing)...I think Rubio's gonna have something like 5-7 ridiculous assists that game
I actually really don't even care that much, others just decided to get mad salty so i replied.
You should probably check what a melt down is, cause there are others here getting much saltier over it, spaniard, than I.
Lol, someone not me, even posted the definition of a dunk, and it doesn't meet the criteria. C+ for effort though.
Black Mamba
Member
Hollinger's All-Star starters:
Rose
Wade
Bron
Bosh
D12
vs.
Cp3
Kobe
Durant
Love
Bynum
East is obviously right. Can't complain about the West choices although LMA and Millsap have equal rights to Love's spot.
Of course, the voters will have Melo and Griffin starting, it seems. TNT will announce it tonight.
Rose
Wade
Bron
Bosh
D12
vs.
Cp3
Kobe
Durant
Love
Bynum
East is obviously right. Can't complain about the West choices although LMA and Millsap have equal rights to Love's spot.
Of course, the voters will have Melo and Griffin starting, it seems. TNT will announce it tonight.
saw the all star jerseys today too. They actually look decent this year.
CoffeeJanitor
Member
Can someone explain the OT joke? I missed it
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