Comments on: Nate Robinson Jumps Over Dwight Howard

By: Talented

Talented — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:12:36 +0000

4real, to me this ranks no where. Not really innovative because its been done before, not to mention done better with more people and with out a push off. Not really difficult because he pushed off playin leap frog. Nate got bounce though so that makes me want to see more, some thing different from him

By: ben

ben — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:42:57 +0000

anyone who can’t recognize Reggie Millers voice obviously doesn’t watch much ball

and what is with the Rudy bashing here? I thought he had two of the best dunks. Ya it sucked that the second one took him so long, but if you just watch the made dunk in slow mo is was damn near the best looking one of the whole contest

By: Taj

Taj — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:56:40 +0000

Weak dunk contest overall. Dwight had the phone booth Superman thing on lock and had the crowd waiting but didn’t deliver. Nate’s athletic as hell, but the theatrics won it over the actual dunk itself.

Lebron dunks sicker than that in warmups than those guys did that night. If he does do it next year that will be good to watch but they should switch it up next yr and have a challenge between the Team Flight brothers or AND 1 vs the NBA’s best… That will be a little bit more exciting because the other guys have nothing to loose, but everything to gain.

By: Diego

Diego — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:10:18 +0000

Come on! Rudy’s dunk was sick and absolutely one of the tops of the night!!-after all the announcers were saying he couldn’t even do it! So what if he took 7 or 8 attempts (most were botched because of Pau)? Nate Rob freakin won it a few years back when he took twice as many attempts for one dunk. B.S.!!

Dwight did blow it with his lame non-free throw line dunk. And oh yeah, Brent Barry nailed the free throw dunk when he won the contest–so per post 5 that should be the BEST dunk ever (because we all know white men can’t jump!–and white Spanish men get hosed in dunk contests we learned this year!)

My fav of all time, Terrence Stansbury’s 360 statue of liberty. Plus I loved that clip of Mike Conley Sr. nailing a 2-hand dunk from the free throw line back in the day! Yeah!

By: BxBaller

BxBaller — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:15:07 +0000

First, why the hate on Nate? Vince did the same dunk over Weis in the Olympics. He used his hand to push down Dwight, the same way Vince pushed down Weis. It’s still amazing considering the fact that Nate jumped over someone who is 6’9, 6’10 with his head pushed down.

Rudy Fernandez was TERRIBLE. Never should’ve had Pau passing him the ball. Joe Alexander and Westbrook should’ve been in there.

By: QuEst??

QuEst?? — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:58:34 +0000

rudy’s dunks were way better than their scores, why is almost everyone hating on him, i bet u cant even do half of that. Dwight lost that contest, he should have not done that free throw line dunk, HE IS 6 10!!!! that is unimpressive, a midget jumped over a giant, he slightly used his hand, so what! he still jumped over him. Again rudy did not stink it up, he just did not get the scores he deserved. Im not saying he should have won, but his scores should have been a bit higher.

By: dk

dk — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:38:45 +0000

@5 Me think dunk contest gay.

By: PoorMan

PoorMan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:27:28 +0000

Here is what basketbawful had to say, and I completely agree.

“Let’s face some facts: Nate Robinson shouldn’t have won it, okay? Yes, he’s a freak of nature and it’s amazing that a man who’s only four feet tall can slam dunk a basketball with enough force to create tiny alternate realities full of four-foot men who can dunk. But his winning slam — which will probably go down in NBA history as the “Kryptonite Dunk” — was a shamockery.

Like Reggie Miller immediately pointed out, Nate didn’t jump over Dwight Howard; he used his off arm to vault off of Howard’s back. Why not just let Robinson use a trampoline? Or wires? Or let George Lucas CGI the dunk? Freaking Howard dunked on a 12-foot rim and then almost slammed it home from the free throw line. Dwight won this contest. It was the biggest rip-off since 2006 when — surprise, surprise — Robinson beat Andre Iguodala despite the fact that it TOOK HIM 14 TRIES to complete his final slamma-jamma (it took Iggy only two tries).

Look, I know the little guys are always the sentimental favorites, but come on. Oh, and by the way, Rudy Fernández got totally hosed by the judges. Bet if he were half a foot shorter he would have won it.”

By: Dip Set City

Dip Set City — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:10:12 +0000

best part of the dunk contest was the announcers railing on Sonny Weems lmao.

By: Big Sneezy

Big Sneezy — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:08:53 +0000

Is it a dunk contest or Cirque de Soleil? They should break it into two contests next year: normal dunk contest (one man, one ball, one 10-foot hoop) and circus act contest (green basketballs and props and bullshit).