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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:25 am Post subject:
Just like Jordan vs. Dominique. The 1 footed jumper won.
Hangtime was the deciding factor IMO.
But kudos to Gordon for the originality. Spinning mascot on a scooter was clever.
Still waiting for someone to throw it off a camera and dunk it. Also arm pit in the rim, kissing the rim, two hand both elbows in the rim, and under the legs twice. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 12:50 am Post subject:
kikanga wrote:
Just like Jordan vs. Dominique. The 1 footed jumper won.
Hangtime was the deciding factor IMO.
But kudos to Gordon for the originality. Spinning mascot on a scooter was clever.
Still waiting for someone to throw it off a camera and dunk it. Also arm pit in the rim, kissing the rim, and under the legs twice.
Yep. One footed jumpers will always have the advantage in terms of imagery.
Just like Jordan vs. Dominique. The 1 footed jumper won.
Hangtime was the deciding factor IMO.
But kudos to Gordon for the originality. Spinning mascot on a scooter was clever.
Still waiting for someone to throw it off a camera and dunk it. Also arm pit in the rim, kissing the rim, two hand both elbows in the rim, and under the legs twice.
Wow. Man, I think Zach might be able to do it. Guy in the video had the ups to stay in the air long enough to go through the legs twice but he's too short to finish. Few more inches and he would've gotten there.
Damn, someone tweet this to Zach to try for next year. That would end the contest right there.
Ima still say Zach had the better last dunk. Gordon's should have probably been a 50 - awesome dunk . But between the legs from close to the FT line beats any variation of a pump reverse dunk imo.
Overall, think they should have tied, but I'd give it to Gordon if anyone
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 2:41 am Post subject:
Most definitely the biggest screwjob. The difference in creativity, shock value, and crowd response was night & day. Especially that one hand carousel cup dunk! Oh my gosh. _________________ "All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers."
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Best dunk contest ever tho. Two dudes put up two of the best contests performances ever, and then went to O.T.
So thankful lol. They really lit up the basketball world, very dope.
Edit: I literally thought Aaron Gordon was gunna get hurt trying to dunk over that mascot when he first brought him out-- "DUMB IDEA!". And then he fricking high jumps him like he's sitting in a chair what in the actual hell
Lavine and Gordon have contrasting dunk styles that combined to represent the whollle spectrum. Gordon is poetry in motion, the 360 and the leg kicks. While Lavine is just a straight leaper. What a show. I'm hype.
The last four dunks, Gordons was better each time.
Lavine going from under the basket between the legs with a two-handed reverse would have won every dunk contest without Vince Carter. That was slightly better head-to-head than Gordon's East Bay Funk off the backboard (Payton assist). I also think Gordon deserved a 50 for his last dunk, but Lavine going between the legs from just inside the 3pt line was arguably the second most insane dunk in dunk contest history. And he did it without ever practicing it!
But Gordon's statue of liberty chairlift dunk was the most insane dunk in dunk contest history. He deserved a 60 and the win right there. But thankfully they kept it going and we got four more amazing dunks.
If that double pump reverse dunk of his was a 47 then LaVine's 'not from the free throw line' Eastbay was a 47.
They both should have been 50s and it should have been declared a draw. But they robbed Gordon instead. Was plainly obvious.
So yes, was the biggest dunk contest robbery I've seen. Tainted what was nevertheless a spectacular dunk contest. But the wrong guy won and that taints it a bit for me. Cause the majority of us know that Gordon won that. It wasn't even as bad as Chicago robbing Nique against Jordan. This one felt worse imo.
great contest, probably the best we've seen all time, but the ending was wrong.
They should have taken the judges out of the equation on those final two dunks and let the audience decide.
Gordon got jobbed last night. I'm sorry but Lavine's first dunk in the finals was not a 50.
That was one of the best dunk contests ever, but Barton and Drummond shouldn't have been in it. _________________ "It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up."-The Greatest
Never thought I'd be into a dunk contest again. Those guys killed it. Gordon def should have won. The single hand grab behind the back dunk? _________________ 14-5-3-12
lol at the MJ/Nique in '88 > Tonight crap on social media. People are so ridiculously prone to nostalgia bias. It's not even close. The only "old" performance that legitimately stands up to what Lavine & Gordon did tonight was Vince Carter in 2000.
Jason Richardson had some crazy, crazy dunks, as well. He would be the other dunker along with Vince that would stand up, I think.
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Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2016 1:39 pm Post subject:
GoldenThroat wrote:
lol at the MJ/Nique in '88 > Tonight crap on social media. People are so ridiculously prone to nostalgia bias. It's not even close. The only "old" performance that legitimately stands up to what Lavine & Gordon did tonight was Vince Carter in 2000.
Last night's contest thrilled my pants off, but IMO Jordan's '88 contest profile is still at the top. Gimmick-free, iconic, aesthetically sound--the attention paid to his leg poses and body angle has never, ever been replicated. It's why none of the subsequent freethrow line dunks have impressed me. Sure you can jump from there, a lot of dunkers can...but can you do this?
lol at the MJ/Nique in '88 > Tonight crap on social media. People are so ridiculously prone to nostalgia bias. It's not even close. The only "old" performance that legitimately stands up to what Lavine & Gordon did tonight was Vince Carter in 2000.
Last night's contest thrilled my pants off, but IMO Jordan's '88 contest profile is still at the top. Gimmick-free, iconic, aesthetically sound--the attention paid to his leg poses and body angle has never, ever been replicated. It's why none of the subsequent freethrow line dunks have impressed me. Sure you can jump from there, a lot of dunkers can...but can you do this?
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Get Andrew Wiggins in it too lol ^_^
