25 Comments

1. 

   XHIEF DUKE

   January 25, 2023 at 10:16 pm

   Bad idea…… you wanna get them paid. Come
   With another idea besides piggy backing on the all star game. U wanna fix the game get better nudges. And make it worth them boys wild so the good dunkers participate. Besides the judges the ‘em system is good, the players need to make dunks

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2. 

   Ryan Malone

   January 25, 2023 at 10:34 pm

   This is a really good idea!

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3. 

   fcc

   January 25, 2023 at 11:12 pm

   No props

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4. 

   kk

   January 25, 2023 at 11:24 pm

   Take it to the streets get the top dunkers

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5. 

   Isaiah 23

   January 26, 2023 at 12:00 am

   I’m not tuning in for nobodies dunking In my opinion I don’t think most other people would either

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6. 

   Scyon13

   January 26, 2023 at 12:22 am

   Maybe have this before the dunk comp? I think if influencers get involved it will drum up more attention and the young stars will be keener to be involved, also grab some bad af instathots to cheerlead lmao

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7. 

   InPeSHaBLe

   January 26, 2023 at 1:21 am

   Ain’t really nothing new being said here. He got the blow horn to make people give it more consideration tho, so…..salud’

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8. 

   JEBEDIAH8D

   January 26, 2023 at 2:57 am

   Street dunkers don’t need to be coached by NBA players on how to dunk. Most Street dunkers are doing stuff NBA players haven’t done

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9. 

   Ryan Hutton

   January 26, 2023 at 6:07 am

   Great idea

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10. 

    Karlos

    January 26, 2023 at 7:24 am

    This has always been the fix. Get dunkers from outside the NBA. A $1,000,000 prize ain’t much to a NBA star. But to a normal human, its life changing. The wrinkle of aligning a NBA player to a dunker is great

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11. 

    D Rex

    January 26, 2023 at 8:09 am

    Just pay the NBA stars enough to do it and they will. That’s a much better idea than replacing part of all star weekend with players who aren’t actually pro’s.

    They just need an incentive to get the players to do it, think out of the box. For example, what if the winner was guaranteed a shoe deal? Cut a deal with Nike, make a Slam Dunk line of shoes. The winner gets to be the new spokesperson, they get the yearly shoe named after them and they get whatever cut that comes from that particular shoes. This can also make it more likely previous champs will defend their title.

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12. 

    Mindful Attraction 2.0

    January 26, 2023 at 8:45 am

    I don’t mind players not going to the dunk contest, but when LeBron teased the whole NBA saying he was going to join and then back out, it made me hate this whole charade

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13. 

    AG

    January 26, 2023 at 9:06 am

    The All-Star skills competition is there to show off the various skillsets of star players IN THE NBA to promote the NBA. Bringing in one-dimensional dunkers off the street makes the players and the league look worse. The NBA needs to incentivize the players to do it by 1) ONLY having past NBA dunkers as judges 2) fixing the scoring system and going to a 100 or 10.0 scoring system because most good dunks are between 9 and 10 and 3) jacking up the winnings to at least a million. Nobody cares if Joe Schmo wins the dunk contest because if they did they would have their own show.

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14. 

    Jeffrey Morales

    January 26, 2023 at 12:37 pm

    The reason of “avoiding” injury is a lame excuse. If that’s the case, Jordan, Kobe, Vince shouldn’t join the contest back then.

    And the Skills Challenge, they’re no longer running fast they jog. Participants during DWade’s time runs and moves fast over the obstacles.

    Maybe it’s time to bring back Real Cash Prizes. There’s no other way to motivate NBA players today to compete at such events but to give cash prize as incentives.

    What’s the last cash prize back in the day? 25k to 50k?

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15. 

    Richard Song

    January 26, 2023 at 1:33 pm

    It’s a great idea. But sure, give another reason for these NBA players not to play or participate in their own league.

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16. 

    Kai

    January 26, 2023 at 6:09 pm

    🔥 idea!

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17. 

    Matt Whitely

    January 27, 2023 at 1:49 am

    I agree with this as well as the 3 point contest guys vs the NBA guys would be fun to watch

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18. 

    Glenn Stewart

    January 27, 2023 at 8:32 am

    Been saying this for years. The best dunkers on the planet are not in the NBA.

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19. 

    BucketGetterJr

    January 27, 2023 at 10:26 am

    Should’ve never rigged it while Gordon was in it😂they was getting 10s for repeating the same dunk

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20. 

    Fairwiz

    January 27, 2023 at 12:54 pm

    Can they dunk under this type of pressure ?😂 Millions of ppl watching is different than jumping in a gym alone or in front a few hundred ppl

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21. 

    Alkebulan Lion

    January 27, 2023 at 6:58 pm

    This is facts.

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22. 

    Carlo

    January 28, 2023 at 1:02 am

    That’s a stupid idea. Next thing the NBA will do is to put Non NBA players in the all star game.

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23. 

    akeem Brown

    January 28, 2023 at 2:20 am

    I dead forgot that shii even existed 😂 wonder how many viewers they gone get this yr

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24. 

    knicks in six

    January 31, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    I never thought I’d say that Stephen A is right.

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25. 

    Joni Blue

    January 31, 2023 at 10:20 pm

    How to change the slam contest? 1. Don’t get dwade as judge. 2. Let fans decide. 3. Put all the shoe company to sponsor one player to represent them. Example Nike, Adidas, Etc.

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