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Matthew Cohen
February 24, 2022 at 3:52 pm
What a clickbait title. He ended up agreeing completely with the idea after the miscommunication was cleared up.
thejazzman210
February 24, 2022 at 3:55 pm
Makes a lot of sense. Great call Stephen A.
Aj Adasa
February 24, 2022 at 4:08 pm
Well tbh, D.Wade ruined the dunk contest. Gordon was robbed coz Jones was from Miami.. and that made players don’t want to facilitate
universe 86
February 24, 2022 at 4:15 pm
thats a good idea. but it would be embarassing for the league. whats stopping celebrities from being in the 3pt contest or the skills challenge then? you could do that in the all star game as well. you dont fix the nba slam dunk contest by having non-nba players in the dunk contest.
Hachii Kostaffi
February 24, 2022 at 4:18 pm
When Stephen A said he doesn’t want to get paid Isaiah didn’t agree with that part
Mr. AAB
February 24, 2022 at 4:27 pm
Back in the day, you were not seeing spectacular dunks on a nightly basis, especially if you wasn’t a star because your games were only on locally. In this era, you can see all kinds of incredible dunks done by Willard or Rodney from down the street on YT, IG and tictok by the minute! The dunk market is over saturated now so the mystique to get in the dunk contest like back in the day is gone.
jay antonio
February 24, 2022 at 4:34 pm
The audition should start this yr and they should pick the finals for the next year
Hard 'Work
February 24, 2022 at 4:37 pm
The NBA players ain’t hungry for it. Cause they got money either way.
Hard 'Work
February 24, 2022 at 4:38 pm
NB A players are egotistical man. Basketball is not revolving around NBA players only. You NB A players showed you ain’t about that life this dunk contest. So let someone else do it.
masterk115
February 24, 2022 at 4:51 pm
Why is everyone pretending like this is a new unique idea. Every other year there are slam dunk competitions like this, many of which are televised with nba judges and no one cares and they arent that interesting. Im sure people will be interested for a year or 2 but it will ultimately lead to the death of the contest as players definitely will never want to compete again and wont turn out to even watch after a few years even if its good at first.
Vance Kellywww
February 24, 2022 at 5:11 pm
Isaiah thomas is a hater. He said, Micheal Jordan never went through Bird, Magic, and these greats, but the bad boys pistons beat those team. The contradiction here is, being that the isaiah piston team beat all those great and historical teams then if micheal jordan beat his pistons in a convincing manner, then Micheal jordan still had the toughest road to the finals.
Jeff Barker Jr
February 24, 2022 at 5:16 pm
I watch the nba all star weekend for the nba all stars not ppl off the streets
Warren Mazengwe
February 24, 2022 at 6:34 pm
The NBA All-Star weekend used to be similar to asking your favorite hip hop artist to bust a freestyle.
Nathaniel Goode
February 24, 2022 at 5:26 pm
Why they feeling like NBA players are Gods…It’s way more Street dudes that’s way better than NBA players that didn’t make it because of exposure and many just didn’t get the right time..
riverofcustard
February 24, 2022 at 5:31 pm
Stephen A. is usually a walking L, but the idea is surprisingly good
Xof Metleh
February 24, 2022 at 6:22 pm
Cause no money for them in the dunk contest and dont want the risk of being injured
Emmanuel Bichotte
February 24, 2022 at 6:37 pm
Nice ideas Steven A.
Warren Mazengwe
February 24, 2022 at 6:46 pm
How about you first take a poll and ask present n former NBA players why they didn’t participate in the slam dunk contest first. Let’s see if they have common answers. Then you can proceed with a precise solution. Otherwise, nobody will get anywhere because you don’t know why the dunk contest stinks.
dvijay461
February 24, 2022 at 7:47 pm
NBA players are so dam spoil. They afraid to compete? LMAO
THE REVOLUTIONARY ESEIBIO THE AUTOMATIC
February 24, 2022 at 8:12 pm
Why didn’t Anthony Edwards Do the dunk contest?
michel moleka
February 24, 2022 at 8:30 pm
NBA players don’t want to compete because of what Dwade did to AG
the one and only ActionStar
February 24, 2022 at 8:39 pm
It would be huge for a year or 2 because for 2 years we will see all the impossible dunks then after a year or 2 no more to be watch because we’ve seen it all.
FoxNewsChannelSux
February 24, 2022 at 8:50 pm
Nobody wants to watch nobodies dunking, so Stephen A.’s answer is to get guys who are even less familiar to the public than the scrubs and benchwarmers they get to do the contest now.
The issue is, that dunk contests only matter if stars are doing it.
Just scrap the contest.
darth atlas
February 24, 2022 at 8:56 pm
actually a W idea, nice SAS lol
alvin cobbs
February 24, 2022 at 9:26 pm
I really hope the commissioner is listening to this idea
Audrina Jones-Bunton
February 24, 2022 at 10:52 pm
Some of the guys “off the streets” ARE the best basketball players and dunkers in the world! Some just have not been given the opportunity!