Stop Making Excuses for the Dunked Upon

When Kevin Martin got off his gnarly jam against Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge, Blazers fans immediately mobilized to refute the veracity of the statement "Kevin Martin dunked on Greg Oden and LaMarcus Aldridge." Why? To protect the reps of their dudes, natch.

But it has gotten out of control! The venerable J.E. Skeets of Ball Don't Lie added his name to the Constitution of Haters' Articles of Poster Revisionism, and now Wizards fans are being dumped on because Fabricio Oberto went shrieking violet in the face of Nick Young's ferocity in this dunk.

The league of Haters has actually gotten Bullets Forever's Jake to back off his assertion that Oberto had been dunked on. The aggression must not stand. Clearly, Oberto could have challenged the dunk more forcefully ... you know, by not promenading out-of-bounds. He did not. He chose to allow the dunk come down unopposed. Yet by sticking his hand up and leaping ever-so-lightly, he opened himself up for posterization. Young completed his task, and it is written: Oberto got dunked on.

If we appease the fluttering wimps of the NBA by insisting their innocence in these questioned posterizations, then by definition no one will ever get dunked on again. Is that want you want, poster deniers? If the Haters have their way, defenders will stop challenging and we'll never see this or this or this again. Stand with my blogger friends. Stand against the Poster Revisionists.

(And honestly, people: what's the difference between this and this? You should be ashamed.)

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

10-24-2008 @ 4:51PM

Casey said...

Only a fan of a team that is going nowhere would care.

10-24-2008 @ 4:53PM

Ziller said...

You're right. That totally explains the droves of Blazers fans who spent Tuesday on a Kings blog defending Oden's honor.

10-24-2008 @ 4:57PM

TruthAboutIt said...

Well said Ziller.....

It's all about if the responsibility to protect the basket is ON you....not whether you get nuts in your mouth or not

10-24-2008 @ 5:01PM

Brett Edwards said...

I have no problem agreeing to this. But then we need another term for actual dunks on people's heads, not just in the vicinity of players weakly trying to contest. Like the one Amare threw down an Ajinca the other night. Sadly, there's no video of it, but there are photos.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/PhotoSTAT-Amare-dunks-on-Ajinca?urn=nba,116339

Seeing it in person, it was violent, man. And clearly, different than the ones we're speaking about here.

10-24-2008 @ 6:35PM

Kfan said...

You've got it backwards Brett. All are dunked upon. What we need another name for are the defenders that are too afraid to step up and contest the dunk. Defending a dunk and failing is much much much better than waving at the dunker as you run away.

10-24-2008 @ 6:51PM

Blazers fans are still unsure of how to act now that they have a legit team to root for. They're still stuck in perma-loser mode.

10-24-2008 @ 8:34PM

Lakergregg said...

Bullsh*t, thats not getting dunked on.
Getting dunked on is when a defender straight up attempts to block a shot or otherwise defend the basket, and than gets the ball all yacked up in his grill as it finds its way to the hoop and subsequently peels back his dome as it exits the hoop.
Getting the pfuk outta the way is the honorable thing to do if you don't wanna end up on highlite rotation.

10-25-2008 @ 4:28PM

Wayne said...

It's "shrinking violet", not "shrieking violet". That would be hilarious if Oberto started shrieking.

10-28-2008 @ 1:52AM

Stank-0 said...

Nick did not yank on Oberto and Martin did not dunk on Oden. He dunked near him.

See here's the problem, if you have to argue about it then its not concrete enough, therefore not dunked on.

DeAndre Jordan DUNKED ON Chris Mihm

Nene DUNKED ON Jamario Moon.

Bill Walker DUNKED ON Theo Ratliff.

These are not subject to question. Body contact, an attempt to swat the rock, the finish, the primal scream and/or team reaction, i.e. the bench goes ape shit.

10-28-2008 @ 11:53AM

Jack said...

As a blazer fan, I hate admitting when a player gets embarrassed. But, Oden himself (in an oregonlive.com interview) even admits that he was "dunked on". Ultimately, who cares though? The fact that people are making bets about this speaks about the respect that Oden's athleticism is already generating. Bring on the season!