In the 4th quarter of Game 1 of the Lakers vs Suns Western Conference Finals series, Shannon Brown treated fans to a dunk reminiscent of Dwight Howard’s Superman dunk in the 2008 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
It was one of the best dunks ever. Err, best MISSED dunks ever.
Josh Smith is widely considered as one of the most athletic NBA players today.
Possessing a vertical leap of 40 inches, he is one of the best shot blockers in history even though he is only 6’9″. In fact, on February 2, 2010 against the Oklahoma City Thunders, Smith became the youngest and fastest player (at 24 years old) to block 1,000 shots.
He can also jump high in the air to make slam dunks with the best of them as proven with him being crowned the 2005 NBA Slam Dunk champion.
However, his athleticism was best put into use during a game against the Orlando Magic today.
In a game against the Golden State Warriors last March 23, Amare Stoudemire threw down a monster one-handed in your face dunk against Anthony Tolliver.
Stoudemire took a pass from team mate Jason Richardson and made the NBA’s dunk of the year. Heck, it might even contend for dunk of the decade. I think this one is better than the one he gave Michael Olowokandi last December 20, 2002.
Even the broadcast commentators were awestrucked by the dunk as they uttered:
The real thing has been overshadowed by the real thing. And by a mile at that.
The Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown seemed to be the real Sprite Slam Dunk Contest when the performances of the losers at the former are more entertaining and spectacular than that of the winner of the latter.
The Sprite Slam Dunk Contest is for the NBA professional players while the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown is for the amateur players if you are wondering. They are all part of this year’s NBA All-Star festivities at Dallas, Texas, USA.
There really is a twist to the remake of the classic McDonald’s “The Showdown” commercial between Michael Jordan and Larry Bird in 1993 as they fight over a Big Mac.
After the remake preview, I predicted that Lebron James and Dwight Howard will try to out stand each other in a dunking game instead of a shooting game.
Seems like I’m right on the money.
Lebron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Dwight Howard shot a commercial for McDonalds showing them engaging in a game of H-O-R-S-E.
It has not been officially released yet but as shown in the preview released by McDonald’s, it is a remake of the classic “showdown” between Michael Jordan and Larry Bird in 1993 as they fight over a Big Mac.
I think the one between Lebron and Dwight will have a twist to it. Knowing the leaping ability and dunking prowess of these two superstars, they might dunk the ball instead of shooting it.
The decade will not end until December 31, 2010 but nevertheless, David Aldridge in his column at nba.com compiled a Best of the Decade list of all things related to NBA.
Aside from the Best Performances of the Decade, one of those mentioned was the Dunk of the Decade. Actually, he has three finalists worth mentioning.
Here they are:
melardenio (63)
Winziph (63)
ianemv (45)
James Moralde (30)
cain (20)
