……while he double pumped in mid-air on one and tapped the backboard with ball prior to dunking on the first. Kid didn’t miss any and went through his 50’s like it was another day in the gym without breaking a sweat. Hopefully next year Shaedon and Ja will join him.
This is the 6th year that the all star teams have been chosen in this format, and the 6th time that LeBron has been one of the captains. In the previous 5 years, LeBron has won every single time. He's not the world's greatest GM, but when it comes to picking all-stars for a single game, clearly he's figured something out.
LeBron has manhandled Giannis in every All-Star draft thus far which is the reason. I believe this is the lowest the spread has been in this matchup. I think last year was LeBron -6.
Well the fact of the matter is, there are probably lots of guys out there in the world who are absolutely insane dunkers, but who nobody has ever heard of because they're not great basketball players. But if you put them in a dunk contest like this, they could make everyone lose their minds.
This would actually be a really cool idea to implement. I don't care about the dunk contest much anymore, but if you told me next year it was a bunch of random people they found in it I think that would be great. I would think they'd also be more reckless with what they try, for better or worse. Then again, if it was successful the NBA would probably make a reality show leading into it on people auditioning, and ruin the whole idea about being complete wildcards
Had these guys really never heard of McClung? I find that hard to believe with the social media following he gained during college for his acrobatics. He’d been one of the most explosive scorers and dunkers over 3 college seasons in 2 of the most prestigious conferences at Georgetown and Texas Tech that a bunch of these guys came up with through AAU.
I mean, what is the precedent for a 6-2 white guy coming in and doing THAT? Completely freakish athleticism in a surprising package, with the extra sauce that the guy isn't good enough to play a lot in the league just in basketball terms.
God it'd be great if he lost his shit, but I mean we've seen players in locker rooms, are they going to switch? They can't be in one
I’m not sure he even looked at LBJ after the pick. I became less worried after that
Team Giannis could definitely win (lillard was a terrific first pick), but it's no surprise that Lebron has a far better team right now. He can certainly out-GM other players.
