He was invited but his injury didn't give him enough time to prepare apparently.
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NBA 2016-2017 Season |OT| What do the Liberty Bell and Ben Simmons have in Common?
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He recently came back from an injury
Hope he can stay healthy next year, my boy can kill it
RedAssedApe
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dunk contest is dead again
He was hurt last year too, right? Maybe next year.
Khalifa Jayy
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That was weak, too.
Hyperactivity
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Nah, Kerr has suggested or confirmed a 4 Warriors + Westbrook and Westbrook+Harden+Durant lineup. I really want to see Harden have to distribute between them XD
Plus Lowry was gonna ask Brad Stevens for a 5 guard lineup
sf2fanatic
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Lil Big Dog!!
CassidyIzABeast
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True. I'm just kneejerking right now, the dunks are probably fine but misses are like gut punches.
probably for the best. Gordon got hurt recently too and it certainly seemed like it was still bothering him as well, even if that drone dunk was unnecessarily complicated. Better to be at 100 percent and prepared, then to fail over and over again at a dunk.
CassidyIzABeast
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With a damn church choir and everything. The worse offense was that it wasn't even over the roof. He jumped over the hood.
manzoman96
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More like the slam dud contest amirite???
I'll see myself out
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Let's celebrate how awesome the dunks were coming into the contest this year...
Simmons flying
Oladipo murders Dwight
Larry Nance Jr. on Bropez
Devin Booker murders the Rockets' best 3 pt shooter
Gordon, when left to his own devices
LaVine on Alex Len
Simmons on McGee opening night
Simmons flying
Oladipo murders Dwight
Larry Nance Jr. on Bropez
Devin Booker murders the Rockets' best 3 pt shooter
Gordon, when left to his own devices
LaVine on Alex Len
Simmons on McGee opening night
RiggityRice
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Klay Thompson & Swaggy P pre 3 point contest interview. Both seem stoned as fuck...lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IUXCp5k3ZU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IUXCp5k3ZU
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Man, looking at it, the dunk contest was supposed to be ridiculous this year. LaVine, Gordon, Simmons, Larry Nance Jr. And then 3 of them got injured and the 4th decided that his chasedown blocks and in-game dunks weren't enough, he needed to perfect the Lebron and not show up
Hyperactivity
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nah, all the funny KD and Russ shit, plus the whole flat earth thing, and Jarrius Robertson, has made the more innocuous stuff this all star weekend way better than normal
The_White_Rose
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Why didn't Karl Anthony Towns participate in the skills competition?
sf2fanatic
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D Rose at the UCLA game. Phil got him scouting Lonzo?
Last year's dunk contest was so special. The raw athleticism involved, the fact that with all those crazy dunks they executed them on the first try most of the time, the amount of control both dunkers had over their bodies, and for the most part it was low on props. The dunks had finesse and power. We'll be hard pressed to see anything like it again.
Seriously, Zach LaVine eastbay'd from one foot inside the freethrow line. That was his "shit, I gotta do something" dunk. Would've been the best dunk tonight by far.
Seriously, Zach LaVine eastbay'd from one foot inside the freethrow line. That was his "shit, I gotta do something" dunk. Would've been the best dunk tonight by far.
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Eric Gordon in overtime over Kyrie
Randolph Freelander
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He must have cheated.
lmao, so blatant. That receiver in Cleveland who gets banned for years at a time has to be looking around like I knew I should have just worked on my handle.
So maybe I missed something creative, I wasn't paying attention for most of the contest, but why is everyone still jumping over people and random shit. Unless you have a giant mascot spinning around on a hoverboard, stay out of it. That's been old since early And 1 mix tapes, then Blake officially killed it like 6 years ago jumping over the hood of a kia.
Remember when people were funny and creative with their dunks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYIgGyDkTQQ
Remember when people were funny and creative with their dunks? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYIgGyDkTQQ
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Wizards with Lou Williams.... is a seriously scary idea. That's a team you might just lock in with... asides from Gortat's age
-tetsuo-
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Gerald Green cupcake dunk was wack.
PRBoricua
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I don't know what I was expecting, but that dunk contest was way worse than I anticipated. Aaron Gordon looked disinterested. Dude didn't finish one dunk on the first attempt, esp. the one with the drone, the time it took every time he missed and they had to reload the drone was awful, the crowd was dead the whole way.
The last two years spoiled me a little bit.
The last two years spoiled me a little bit.
oh man that curry half court shot for charity video is cringey, lol
This whole thing is by far the most strange/intriguing/disturbing storyline in the NBA this year.
This whole thing is by far the most strange/intriguing/disturbing storyline in the NBA this year.
I think its a ploy honestly.
LeroyPantwether
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Weak dunk contest. Whenever a big is in it I wish they would just throw on a Shaq magic jersey and rip the whole rim off/shatter backboard. Would be instant win, missed opportunity.
Curry chokes whenever the real pressure is on. Easy to hit half courts vs the 76ers but when it's for charity nah.
I think the simpler explanation is just that Curry hates charity.
Simplicity is always the correct answer, a wise man once said.
Lionel Richie
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He did gift Lebron his third ring though.
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Festus Ezeli didn't take getting shut down while trying to deliver a locker-room speech well
Also, after the crowd this year, when are we going to give props to Toronto for having a great fanbase. Their arena is always so packed and loud, anytime I see it.
Also, after the crowd this year, when are we going to give props to Toronto for having a great fanbase. Their arena is always so packed and loud, anytime I see it.
Festus Ezeli didn't take getting shut down while trying to deliver a locker-room speech well
Also, after the crowd this year, when are we going to give props to Toronto for having a great fanbase. Their arena is always so packed and loud, anytime I see it.
Here's me giving props.
Why does Jordan flash on Curry's ass for a split second?Yeah but.. He gave the championship to the Cavs.
So charitable
MetalFearSolid
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Please don't let the Celtics get Jimmy Butler
Ninja Scooter
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if they can get him without gutting their young assets it's a no brainer. I'd trade both Brooklyn picks for Butler. Butler/IT/Horford with Brown on the come up is a really good core for the next 2-4 years, especially if Cleveland ends up declining faster than people thought.