Live From Vegas: Dunk Contest Disses Howard

Maybe it's an in-person thing, but for the most part I thoroughly enjoyed this year's dunk contest. The creativity level was very high, and Gerald Green's tribute to Dee Brown while dunking over Nate Robinson was certainly that. I must say though that I'm in total agreement with my fellow FanHousers that Dwight Howard did not get nearly the love he should have with his "sticker" dunk.

Howard's dunk where he slapped a sticker on the backboard at a ridiculous 12'6" was one of the more amazing dunks I've seen. Who cares how tall the guy is, he can still get WAY up there, and I don't see other seven footers being able to duplicate that feat. I think part of the reason Howard didn't get the 50 for this one was because of the audience's tepid reaction. Had he announced what he was going to do before hand, I think it would have brought the house down. Once people realized what Howard did (after seeing the tape measure), there was a huge buzz in the building, but by then it was too late.

The Dunk Contest rewards small players and yawns at the bigger ones, the assumption being that it's easy to dunk if you're taller. That's true at a basic level, but few can match Howard's athleticism, not to mention his creativity in thinking this one up. And since he didn't get the attention he deserved when it went down, I'm showing the video of his dunk here instead of the one that won the contest.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

2-18-2007 @ 4:43PM

Craig said...

Howard was robbed! That dunk was historic in creativity and ability. Instead of a 50, he gets a 42 and Nate Robinson (and 10 attempts at a lob dunk) advances... yawn!

Here's a photo recap of The Sticker Dunk:

http://theassociation.blogs.com/the_association/2007/02/the_best_dunk_o.html

2-18-2007 @ 11:05PM

charles said...

the dunk contest was cool Dwight howard was definitly robbed on the dunk with the sticker maybe the nba should consider inviting the and1 stars to allstar weekend would be very interesting

2-19-2007 @ 8:51AM

jason said...

robinson has a knack for robbing the deserved winners of dunk contests...iguodala last year, now howard?!

2-19-2007 @ 10:46AM

tommy said...

The judges were total haters that night, micheal jordan couldn't make up his mind on anything...Do not ever bring former players back to judge they were hating the whole damn contest and gerald green gets a 50 for jumping over a box but not over nate robinson?? Jordan was hating hardcore..

2-19-2007 @ 2:04PM

GPB said...

I guess these kids today don't remember someone named David Thompson who use to pick silver dollars of the top of the backboard. The great part was that he was just 6'4". show me any other player that can do that.

2-19-2007 @ 4:01PM

Bob said...

This was the dunk of the decade, Dwight was robbed.
For those who want a keepsake, this link has a downloadable very HQ HDTV video clip that can be downloaded. The video is as big as my screen at 1280-1024.

http://www.mixmakers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=124307

Enjoy...