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TEAMS:
Minnesota Timberwolves,
Toronto Raptors,
Memphis Grizzlies,
Orlando Magic
PLAYERS: Gerald Green, Jamario Moon, Rudy Gay, Dwight Howard, Kenny Smith
PLAYERS: Gerald Green, Jamario Moon, Rudy Gay, Dwight Howard, Kenny Smith
"We gotta check in that cape and see if there's some helium in there."
Dwight Howard's Superman routine stole the show at the NBA Slam Dunk contest. Magic Johnson loved it. Kenny Smith loved it. The whole crowd loved it. But it probably wasn't even his best dunk, and technically it wasn't even a dunk because he never touched the rim. That didn't matter, though, because the judges loved it, too. Dwight Howard is the 2008 slam-dunk champion. Just like Charles Barkley predicted.
Howard defeated defending champion Gerald Green in the finals. Rudy Gay and Jamario Moon both got knocked out in the first round. Green had one of the night's best moments, which was overshadowed by Howard but still worth mentioning. He placed a cupcake with a lit candle on it on the back of the rim, and he blew out the candle while dunking the basketball.
Embedded here is Howard's Superman dunk.
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HotSauce said February 17, 2008
texasgirl replied February 17, 2008
LiL_OnE_4GSW
replied February 17, 2008
th0mas said February 17, 2008
Roger_Dorn
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sportnut replied February 17, 2008
HotHoops said February 17, 2008
Awesome said February 17, 2008
Barkley: "This is a bad idea. Like Roger Clemens going before Congress."
Sorry, Charles. You're wrong. Gerald Green deserved a 50 for this one.
texasgirl replied February 17, 2008
Awesome said February 17, 2008
fr0arenas
said February 17, 2008
texasgirl said February 17, 2008
texasgirl replied February 17, 2008
philly4lyfe replied February 17, 2008
ALBENESOWITZ said February 17, 2008
tedhill
said February 17, 2008
"A slam dunk (or simply a dunk) is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both of his hands"
Howard did jump in the air and manually powered the ball downward through the basket with one hand. Therefore, it IS a dunk.
texasgirl replied February 17, 2008
Harvey_Bars
replied February 17, 2008
gderron replied February 18, 2008
The definition should have included something about the body's proximity to the rim, hands being above or touching the rim etc.
I didn't like li because he didn't jump from that far away and he didn't make the distance, which is why he had to throw it in. His body was on the down side of the arc and still about 2 feet away. I thought it was awful, but a spectacle nonetheless.
britneyrose
said February 17, 2008
LiL_OnE_4GSW
said February 17, 2008
dammit its the picture! i knew it!
i wish i had a snazzy pic for my article. boo.
well props for the article anyway!
DH hhheeellllaaaaa hella hella SUPERMAN'D' THAT SLAM DUNK CONTEST!
bob_sanderz
said February 17, 2008
3aimz10 said February 17, 2008
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Lakerhater said February 18, 2008
Justwannawinna
said February 18, 2008