Chapter 603: The Worst Slam Dunk King in History
If the time goes back to this time last year, many fans should remember that when Reggie . Miller's sister asked, "LeBron, after watching their dunks, do you want to play in the 2010 dunk game?" ”
"If you had to answer me now, I'd put my name on the list of players in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest."
James looked at his fox brother who was jumping around on the field and said calmly, but it was not difficult to see that he was not saying this in a moment of excitement or just joking.
Shelley. Miller couldn't believe her ears, and although she knew James' dunk prowess, the league's most physical-looking player had always kept a low profile in her previous invitations to dunk games, and James later repeated: "For now, I'll put my name on the roster of players for next year's slam dunk contest." ”
"Oh my God, listen, LeBron. James himself said he was going to participate in next year's slam dunk contest. ”
Shelley. Miller looked very excited, and after Ji Guoyi finally won the championship, Shelly did not forget to remind the new slam dunk winner, because if he wants to defend his title next year, it may be very difficult, because the biggest opponent is likely to be James.
The TV broadcast was very cooperative, and LeBron was called up in time. James' remarks at last year's All-Star Weekend.
There is no doubt that LeBron. James has great athleticism, bouncing ability, and because of this, people hope to see the emperor in the slam dunk contest one day. And a long time ago, James hinted more than once that he would participate in the slam dunk contest.
First up was the 2008 All-Star Weekend. Brother Panda announces his acceptance of the alliance's invitation. Participate in the slam dunk contest. And until then. James also expressed his intention to participate in the slam dunk contest, but eventually fell through; In 2009, the fox brother ran for fans and finally participated in the slam dunk contest. And James had hinted that he would participate before, but when the appetite of football fans was hung, his name was still not found on the entry list; At this year's Dallas All-Star, LeBron once again hinted that he would participate, but naturally missed the appointment again.
Don't blame the gorillas for being despised. James has repeatedly expressed his intention to play in the slam dunk contest many times, but the frequent no-shows have made people feel disgusted, but he didn't expect his recent remarks about the dunk contest to be even more annoying.
James went so far as to say that if the prize money for winning the slam dunk contest reaches $1 million, he will consider participating.
As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately complained about by countless complaints, and the media's answer to James was also quite disdainful.
All-Star Weekend is the league's big-name stars teaming up to give fans a basketball feast, and it's an act of giving back to the fans, and there is no margin of utilitarian things like bonuses or prizes. Therefore, James' statement that if he was given 1 million, he would consider participating is obviously very inappropriate.
Historically. Even great players like Jordan and Kobe Bryant will go to the game. And James, as the biggest superstar in the league today, cares if the prize money is $1 million. This is very disgraceful to the fans.
This year's "Slam Dunk Contest" does not have the familiar figures that fans want to see, and the attention itself has dropped significantly, but there are still many people who hope that these players will become dark horses like twin brothers. The 2008 All-Star, which had no interest in anyone other than Howard, ended up being the best dunk contest in history.
In the first round of the preliminaries, fans had a lot of expectations, hoping that this year's slam dunk contest would not become the most boring one.
Raptors rookie DeRozan came out first, but it turned out to be a mediocre, watch-and-forget dunk move, and as expected, he only scored 40 points.
The second appearance is the much-talked-about Kanono. Brown, on his first attempt, tried to make a free throw line step jump and turn 360 degrees in the air for a difficult dunk, but was unsuccessful. Then he only made a dunk in the air with a change of hands, much to the disappointment of the referees and fans, and only gave him 36 points after the contrast.
The third to appear was Gerard. Wallace, the Bobcats boss, scored 37 points for a reflexive pull-up dunk that was also nothing new or difficult.
The fourth to appear is the most famous Nate. Robinson, who did it after two attempts, tossed the ball up and down his heels, caught the ball and poured in a big windmill. Well, this move is nothing new, but looking at his height, the referee still gave him 42 points. Robinson took the lead after a first dunk.
At the end of this round, fans already feel bad, the first round of slam dunk in the previous two years is not as boring as today, is it really unfortunate to say?
The second round of the preliminary round
This time it is fragrant. Brown made his appearance first, and he let Kobe Bryant, who missed the All-Star due to injury. Bryant passes the ball for it. Bryant stood under the basket and threw the ball into the air, and Brown followed up to catch the ball and complete a one-handed dunk. Well, if there was no Kobe Bryant for this dunk, he would definitely not get 40 points in the end, so the 40 points given by the referees shaking their heads were completely for Kobe's face.
Fragrant. Brown scored a total of 76 points in the two rounds, a score that was simply not enough to qualify for the competition in the previous two years.
Gerrard. Wallace's second move was to find a teammate to pass the ball, but in terms of creativity and difficulty, it was average, and he only scored 40 points, and the total score of the two rounds was 77.
When the audience saw this, they were in no mood to watch it anymore, especially when they saw that DeRozan actually invited his teammate Weems to pass the ball to him, and many fans suddenly booed excitedly, these guys are too uncreative.
Weems hit the ball to the edge of the blue board, DeRozan received the ball from the back and dunked the big windmill, although this was creative, but the dunk was difficult, the referee gave 45 points, DeRozan scored 85 points in two rounds, and entered the finals early.
The last to appear was Nate. Robinson, the little frog actually made Daniro. Gallinari passed the ball for him, and now the fans really want to leave, what are these guys doing?
The animal brothers also shook their heads on the sidelines, and the stars around them were equally unhappy. James in front of the TV shouted regret in his heart, he knew that these people were so scummy. And he went out. Won't the championship be properly obtained by then?
Nate. Robinson tosses the ball up at this point. After receiving the ball, he turned in the air and dunked in, the creative difficulty was still average, and he scored 43 points based on his height and 85 points in two rounds, so DeRozan and Robinson entered the finals together.
The first round of the finals.
Nate. After two unsuccessful attempts to jump over the rebound and dunk from the back of the rebound, Robinson changed his move, threw the ball out, and followed up with the catch and dunk himself. This slam dunk is obviously very difficult and creative. It is estimated that if the judges give a score, it will be another low-score dunk below 40 points.
The fans at the scene have already booed, after the previous two wonderful dunk contests, watching this year's game is like watching the NBA and then watching the CBA, it is not a level game at all.
DeRozan once again invited teammate Weems to play, and it is estimated that the Raptors rookie will never do anything else except this trick.
Good friend Weems hit the ball to the rebound and bounced back, and DeRozan followed and leaped over Weems, catching the ball and dunking.
Fans continued to boo. Are these two here to be perfunctory? Could it be that this year's slam dunk contest is more boring than whose dunk is it?
Some judges felt uncomfortable. Hold up a 5-point sign to express your displeasure.
The second round of the finals
Nate. Robinson's second move was quite good, he hit the ball on the board, jumped up and jumped up, caught the ball in the air and then reflexively pulled the rod back buckle, and after completing the action, he also took the colored ball from the cheerleaders of the Cowboys, not forgetting to entertain the atmosphere.
It's a pity that his first three dunks are really not exciting, even if this dunk is okay, but he can't get the cheers of the fans, but he looks like a clown.
DeRozan's last move was a step from inside the free throw line, and he had a windmill move and dunked in, which was not bad, but the creativity was so-so, and there was still no fan cheering.
This slam dunk contest without salt ended hastily, and the cowboy arena that can accommodate 80,000 people has no atmosphere at all during the previous three-point contest, and many fans also shouted the names of the animal brothers, hoping to let the two go up and make a friendly cameo, otherwise it will not be worth the ticket price at all.
Charles. Barkley yawned and said, "I've never seen so many sideline texting and phone calls in the slam dunk contest, and the judges didn't leave early, even if it was enough to give the NBA face." ”
Cameo narrator Shaq. O'Neal also complained: "Robinson's last dunk should be the best dunk in this slam dunk contest, if anyone was still awake at the time." ”
Ji Guoyan was interviewed by reporters after the game, and the reporter deliberately asked him, the former slam dunk king, what he thought of 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." Just when I thought the climax was coming, the game was over. ”
The reporters felt very cool and continued to ask: "Please make a summary of this year's slam dunk contest." ”
Ji Guoshi was really face-saving, and he said without thinking about it: "There is no creativity, only complaining." ”
Shelley. Miller finally announced the results of the slam dunk contest, and Nate Brown. Robinson narrowly defeated DeRozan with 51% of the vote, and he became the dunk king for the second time, and was also hailed by the fans as the worst dunk king, and the boss smiled with relief.
After the game, the NBA's official website played the headline "Nate Flying High Becomes Fourth Slam Dunk Contest Two-time Champion". But like the Associated Press, ESPN and many other media outlets, the NBA's official website also expressed regret about the excitement of this year's slam dunk contest, because on the official website's rating, 50% of fans gave the lowest option of "extremely boring", and 30% of fans gave the second-to-last "very bad" option.
The NBA also reacted very quickly to this, and immediately launched a remedial plan, releasing the news that Griffin will participate in the next slam dunk contest, which made many fans interested at once. Then he actually released fake news, saying 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 couldn't care about the truth anymore, and immediately climaxed.
But the truth is - the two brothers didn't know about it, and they didn't know where they got the news. (To be continued......)