Chapter 603 The Worst Dunk King in History
If time goes back to this time last year, many fans should still remember that Reggie Miller's sister asked this question: "LeBron, after watching their dunks, would you want to participate in the 2010 slam dunk match?"
"If you want me to answer now, I will write my name on the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest list."
James said calmly at the fox brother who was running around on the court, but it was not difficult to see that he was not excited or just a joke when he said this.
Shelley Miller couldn't believe her ears. Although she knew James' dunking skills, the most physical player in the league was always very low-key when facing the invitation to the dunk match. James then repeated: "As for now, I will write my name on the list of players participating in next year's dunk contest."
"Oh my God, listen, LeBron James said in person that he is going to participate in next year's slam dunk contest."
Shelly Miller seemed very excited. After Ji Guomeng won the final championship, Shelly did not forget to remind the new dunk champion, because if he wanted to defend the title next year, it might be very difficult, because his biggest opponent is likely to be James.
The TV broadcast was very good, and LeBron James' remarks were promptly retried last year's All-Star Weekend.
There is no doubt that LeBron James has excellent athleticism and bounce ability. It is precisely because of this that people hope to see the emperor one day on the slam dunk competition. A long time ago, James had hinted more than once that he would participate in the slam dunk competition.
First of all-star weekend in 2008. Brother Panda announced that he would accept the league invitation and participate in the dunk contest. Before that, James also expressed his intention to participate in the dunk contest, but eventually broke the appointment; in 2009, Brother Fox passed the fan election and finally participated in the dunk contest. James had previously hinted that he would participate, but his name was still not found on the roster when he was trying to attract the appetite of football fans. This year's Dallas All-Star, LeBron once again hinted that he would participate, but naturally he broke the appointment again.
It’s no wonder that gorillas are despised. James has expressed his intention to play in the slam dunk competition many times before, but the frequent breaking of appointments has made people feel disgusted. Unexpectedly, his recent remarks about the slam dunk competition are even more annoying.
James actually said: If the prize money for winning the dunk contest reaches $1 million, he will consider participating.
As soon as this statement was spoken, it immediately received countless complaints, and the media also despised James' answer.
The All-Star Weekend is the act of the big-name stars in the league joining forces to offer a basketball feast to fans. It is an act of giving back to fans, and there is no margin for utilitarian things such as bonuses or prizes. Therefore, James said that if he gave him 1 million, he would consider participating in the competition, which was obviously very inappropriate.
In history, even players like Jordan, Kobe will go to participate. As the biggest superstar in the league today, James cares whether the prize is $1 million. This makes fans disgusted.
There are no familiar figures that fans want to see in this year's "Slam Dunk Contest", and their attention has dropped greatly, but many people still hope that these players will become dark horses like twin brothers. In the 2008 All-Star, there were no people who are interested in everyone except Howard, but in the end it became the most exciting slam dunk contests in history.
In the first round of the preliminaries, fans were looking forward to it and hoped that this year's dunk competition would not become the most boring one.
Raptors rookie DeRozan made the first appearance, but the result was an ordinary dunk move that he forgot after seeing it. As expected, he only scored 40 points.
The second appearance was the highly-watched Xiangnong. Brown, who tried to start a free throw line in one step when he tried for the first time. He dunked at a high difficulty of 360 degrees in the air, but failed. Then he only made an air hand dunk, which disappointed the referees and the fans. In the contrast between the front and back, he only gave him 36 points.
The third appearance was Gerald Wallace, the Bobcats boss completed a trolley dunk that was also uninnovative and not difficult, and he scored 37 points.
The fourth appearance was Nate Robinson, the most famous one. He completed it after trying twice. The action was to throw the ball up and then follow it up, and after receiving the ball, the windmill poured in. Well, this action was not innovative, but because of his height, the referee still gave 42 points, and Nate Robinson led the way after the first dunk.
At the end of this round, the fans already felt something was wrong. The first round of the slam dunk in the previous two years was not as boring as today. Is it really a shame to be sad?
Preliminary round 2
This time Xiangnong Brown made his debut, and he let Kobe Bryant, who missed the All-Star due to injury, pass the ball for him. Kobe stood under the basket and threw the ball into the air. Brown followed up to catch the ball and completed a one-handed dunk. Well, if this dunk was not available, he would definitely not have scored 40 points in the end, so the 40 points given by the referees shook their heads and gave was entirely for Kobe's sake.
Xiangnong Brown scored 76 points in two rounds, which was not qualified to participate in the competition in the first two years.
Gerald Wallace's second move was to pass the ball with his teammates, but in terms of creativity and difficulty, it was average. He only scored 40 points, and the total score of two rounds was 77 points.
When the audience saw this, they were no longer in the mood to watch it anymore. Especially when DeRozan actually invited his teammate Wilms to pass the ball to him, many fans were excited and booed. These guys were too uncreative.
Wilms hit the ball to the edge of the blue board, and DeRozan received the ball from the heel and dunked the big windmill. Although this was average, the dunk was very difficult. The referee gave 45 points. DeRozan scored 85 points in two rounds and entered the finals early.
The last Nate Robinson and the Frog actually made Danilo Gallinari pass the ball for him. Now the fans really want to leave the game. What are these guys doing?
The Animal Brothers were also shaking their heads on the sidelines, and the stars around them were also dissatisfied with this. James in front of the TV even shouted in his heart that he had known that these people were so bad, he would have taken action. Then the championship would have been won?
Nate Robinson threw the ball at this time. After receiving the ball, he turned around and dunked it in the air. The creativity was still average. He relied on his height to score 43 points and scored 85 points in two rounds. In this way, DeRozan and Robinson entered the finals together.
The first round of the final.
After trying twice to jump from the rebound and dunk over the rebound, Nate Robinson changed his movements and threw the ball and followed up to catch the ball and dunked it. This time the dunk was obviously very difficult and creative. It is estimated that if the judges gave the score, it would be another low-point dunk of less than 40 points.
The fans at the scene have booed. After experiencing the first two exciting slam dunk competitions, watching this year's game is like watching CBA after watching NBA, which is not a game of the same level at all.
DeRozan once again invited his teammate Wilms to play. It is estimated that this Raptors rookie will never have anything else except this move.
Good friend Wilms hit the ball on the rebound and bounced back. DeRozan followed and flew over to Wilms, receiving the ball and dunking.
The fans continued to boo. Are these two people here to perfunctory? Is this slam dunk contest more boring than whose dunk is?
Some judges felt unhappy. Hold up a 5-point sign to express their dissatisfaction.
Finals 2nd round
Nate Robinson's second move was pretty good. After hitting the ball, he followed and jumped up by himself. After receiving the ball in the air, he turned around and pulled the back of the rod. After completing the action, he also took the colored ball from the Cowboys cheerleaders and did not forget to entertain the atmosphere.
Unfortunately, his first three dunks are really exciting. Even if this dunk is pretty good, he cannot get cheers from fans. Instead, he looks like a clown.
DeRozan's last move was to start from the free throw line. He had a windmill move and then detonated it. It was very difficult, but the creativity was really careless and there were still no fans cheering.
The dunk contest without salt ended in a hurry. The Cowboy Stadium, which can accommodate 80,000 people, did not have the atmosphere of the previous three-point competition. Many fans even shouted the names of the Animal Brothers, hoping to let the two of them make a guest appearance in a friendly manner, otherwise it would be worth the fare.
Charles Barkley yawned and said, "I have never seen so many side-by-side text messages or phone calls in the slam dunk contest. The judges did not leave the seat early, so they would give them enough face."
Shake O'Neal, who played the guest commentator, also complained: "Robinson's last dunk should be the best dunk in this dunk competition, if there were still people awake at that time."
Ji Guoxiong was interviewed by reporters after the game. The reporter deliberately asked him what his ex-dunk king thought about today's game? How could the Dead Fox have anything good to say, and immediately said: "When I thought the warm-up was over, it turned out that the first round was over. When I thought ** was coming, the game was over."
The reporters felt very happy and continued to ask: "Please give a summary of this dunk competition."
Ji Guomeng really gave face and said without thinking: "There is no creativity, only complaints."
Shelley Miller finally announced the result of the dunk contest. Nate Robinson narrowly defeated DeRozan with a 51% vote rate. He became the dunk king for the second time and was also hailed by fans as the worst dunk king. The boss smiled with relief.
After the game, NBA official website put the title of "Nate who flies high and becomes the fourth two-time champion in the slam dunk contest". But like many media such as the Associated Press and ESPN, NBA official website also expressed regret for the excitement of this slam dunk contest, because in terms of the official website, 50% of fans gave the lowest option of "extremely bored", and 30% of fans gave the second to the "very bad" option.
NBA also responded very quickly to this and immediately launched a remedial plan, releasing the news that Griffin would participate in the next slam dunk contest, which made many fans feel excited. Then he released fake news, indicating that the Animal Brothers intend to compete on the same stage in the next slam dunk contest.
When the fans got this exciting news, they could no longer care about the authenticity and immediately gave it a chance.
Chapter completed!