Found February 16, 2012 on Los That Sports Blog: Yardbarker Blogger Network

If you were expecting to see Clippers forward Blake Griffin defend his spectacular dunk contest title from last season, the news of this year’s participants may be a bit disappointing to you. Thursday the names of the players who will compete in this year’s contest were released and, in all honesty, the field leaves much to [...]

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