Posts Tagged ‘NBA All Star Weekend’
Friday, February 13th, 2009
We established last year that we like the NBA All Star Game and all the regalia involved. If you don’t, too bad. Don’t watch. That will not, however, interfere with my desire to see freak athletes try new things when dunking a basketball or to watch the NBA’s new breed run up [...]
Read More
Tags: All-Star Game, Dwight Howard, Eastern Conference, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, NBA All Star Weekend, Slam Dunk Contest, Three Point Shoot Out, Western Conference
Posted in NBA | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
The NBA Dunk Contest is Saturday night, meaning a lot of sports-watching males will probably miss because of Valentine’s Day duties. For those of you lucky enough to either have a partner who likes basketball, or if you are single, there’s been a Dunk Contest development to relay: Memphis high-flier Rudy Gay has [...]
Read More
Tags: Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard, J.R. Smith, Nate Robinson, NBA All Star Weekend, Rudy Fernandez
Posted in NBA | No Comments »
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
The Howitzer from Orlando was the leading vote getter, pulling in over 3 million votes, as the NBA announced their All Star Game starters last night during TNT’s NBA double-header. There were some interesting voting issues that almost made the these selections farcical, but, with the exception of Allen Iverson, the consensus is, the [...]
Read More
Tags: Dwight Howard, Eastern Conference, Fans, Lebron James, NBA All Star Weekend, Western Conference
Posted in NBA | No Comments »
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Today is the last day you can vote for which NBA player you’d like to see in the upcoming Dunk Contest, which takes place during the NBA’s All Star Weekend celebration. By now, you probably know the players you can vote on–Milwaukee’s Joe Alexander, Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City and Rudy Fernandez of the [...]
Read More
Tags: Dunk, Dwight Howard, Joe Alexander, NBA All Star Weekend, Rudy Fernandez, Russell Westbrook, Slam Dunk Contest
Posted in NBA | No Comments »
Thursday, February 14th, 2008
The NBA is about to unveil their latest edition of their All-Star game festivities and while it may have petered out from time-to-time, there’s really no denying the NBA’s version is the Best. All-Star. Ever. The NHL, NFL, and MLB fail in comparison, even though Baseball tried to up the ante by making their [...]
Read More
Tags: 3-Point Shoot-out, Desmond Mason, Marvin Gaye, NBA All Star Weekend, Rookies, Slam Dunk Contest
Posted in NBA | 3 Comments »
Thursday, January 24th, 2008
With the NBA All-Star game getting closer, it’s time to start planning for its stand-out event, the dunk contest. While they are still trying to find a satisfactory format for presenting their high-fliers (it seems they change it yearly), one contestant is taking this year’s idea of using fan votes to decide the winner [...]
Read More
Tags: Memphis Grizzlies, NBA All Star Weekend, Rudy Gay, Slam Dunk Contest
Posted in NBA | 3 Comments »