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@georgelopez4663
February 16, 2026 at 12:56 pm
I canโt believe we all can agree Aaron won that dunk competition but somehow some man (wade) decided otherwise ๐
@MrEmman12
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 pm
These are all grown men with the ability to make their own decisions, SAS is blaming LeBron like heโs their father
@Jmurda1983
February 16, 2026 at 1:05 pm
When you have Stephen A (who’s never touched the rim in his life) and Windy (the only thing he dunks is donuts) talking bad about the dunk contest you know it’s on it’s last legs
@easlam5503
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 pm
This is getting ridiculous and sad
@BAka232
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 pm
STEPHEN A SMITH’S MIND HAS BEEN ” INFECTED” BY ” WHITE SUPREMACY ” STEPHEN A SMITH IS ” INFECTING” THE MIND OF KENDRICK PERKINS WHO IS SAVAGING BLACK NBA PLAYERS MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY
@BAka232
February 16, 2026 at 1:23 pm
I THINK A BLACK PSYCHOLOGIST AND A BLACK SOCIOLOGIST SHOULD COLLABORATE TO DO A ” CASE STUDY” ON STEPHEN A SMITH TO FIGURE HOW HE WENT TO A ” HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE ” AND TURNED OUT TO BE A ” NEGRO VIDKUN QUISLING JUDAS JOURNALIST ” WHO OPERATES LIKE ” WILLIAM O NEAL FROM JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH “
@smokeyblackazz
February 16, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Anthony Edwards ๐ ja Morant ๐ Zion Williamson y’all hearing this come on we need y’all
@datsapaddlin
February 16, 2026 at 1:29 pm
Dwight Blake Mitchell and Dame all participated after Lebron didnโt so itโs just some guys that became stars donโt wanna do it now regardless.
@ChipGalloway
February 16, 2026 at 1:31 pm
Itโs rich paul. Itโs a lose, lose. If he loses, itโs a negative on his career in their mind. If he wins, itโs rigged.
@wherevermymindgoes
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 pm
the only thing bigger than Stephen As ego is his forehead
@Allen-s1k4o
February 16, 2026 at 2:09 pm
LBJ is a Freight Train. We watch his slams nearly every single game, season after season. He’s not an acrobatic dunker like Shaq wasn’t. He brings a thunder like Shaq brought. Why weren’t you whining constantly about Shaq not being in the slam dink contest? The man shattered backboards. Tell me those dunks weren’t 50s. You hate on LBJ because LBJ is the top player being talked about year after year. You’re the Mr. Glass of commentators!
@josephmcdowell8594
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 pm
SA was definitely correct on these comments
@nicholsdeshan
February 16, 2026 at 2:46 pm
Lebron should’ve did the dunk contest when Nate Robinson and Dwight was competing
@nicholsdeshan
February 16, 2026 at 2:49 pm
SAS 100% right
@lazybunny1823
February 16, 2026 at 2:51 pm
Nobody needs big names just mfs that care and give effort mcclung is not an allstar and wellโฆ
@Mason_23
February 16, 2026 at 3:12 pm
Stephen A if LeBron canโt control what other people do so you blaming him? Thereโs nothing anybody can tell me to convince me that everybody including the stars stop participating the dunk contest because of LeBron. If that was the case we wouldnโt see Zack and bro there just isnโt enough creative dunkers in today game thatโs the problem
@MichaelMurphy-x4y
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 pm
Man LeBron lives rent free in this manโs head๐
@bighomey4343
February 16, 2026 at 5:40 pm
If LeBron did it and lost they would’ve used as a mark against his legacy
I don’t blame lebron for not doing it.
@brianlarkins4250
February 16, 2026 at 6:05 pm
He just killed his own argument if Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine had the greatest dunk contest ever and thatโs after when LeBron was supposedly supposed to do the dunk contest then he canโt be the blame lmao idiot a smith in order for this insane argument to work the dunk contest has to be completely trash after 2009 which it wasnโt. Also after Jordan Kobe Wilkins in 1998-1999 the dunk contest got cancelled this clown is liar and hopefully everyone sees he has an agenda
@jaysmoothmomoent3799
February 16, 2026 at 6:21 pm
He mad that the world is filled FOLLOWERS N TAP DANCERS
@Chefsaddles
February 16, 2026 at 6:31 pm
How can you say LeBron ruined it then also in that same breath praise Lavine and Gordon??? How he ruin it and then there was still great contests??
@VILJL
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 pm
Good for Keshad Johnson and good for the Heat. But the Slam Dunk needs help. It isnโt great for the NBA when that once-riveting contest is won by an end-of-the-bench guy who is 14th on his own team in minutes played. Or when the contest draws a meager four players in all, none a big star. No Dr. Jโs here. No Wembanyama. No LeBron. Keshad has played a total of 37 NBA games. In the 2025-2026 season with the Miami Heat, he has played in 21 games, with a 3.1 points per game average, 1.9 rebounds and 0.1 assists. He is averaging 7.34 minutes per game.
@max1mu5dc
February 16, 2026 at 8:28 pm
D-Wade ruined the dunk contest. Once TNT started appointing judges whoโve never won one themselves, the whole thing became a joke
@christopersambeli2823
February 16, 2026 at 10:04 pm
bring back the mac
@JoeyHuman
February 16, 2026 at 10:28 pm
Nothing about the epic three point contest with many All-Stars putting on a show? A future HOFer won with a torn achilles. Nothing about that because you can’t trash it.