Dunk Contest Getting Interesting

You for got to but the $ sign on 10,000. : )

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^ I agree, his comment was not acceptable.

And I remember some people wanted the Cs to pick him ;D

He sure does seem to think much of himself for someone who has done $hit in the NBA…not to mention he wasnt even the best player on LSU last season.

The NBA dunk contest is a joke. It was “big” back in the days of DR J, Gerald Wilkins, and MJ. It is nothing but a waste. Guys pretending that every dunk is something "unbelievable every year.

It is a waste of my time. I will boycott it with or without Green. Green is spending too much time focusing on this. He is an incomplete player who cannot play D and doesn’t have the courage to take the ball to the rim.

Yet he has time to “study every winning NBA dunk” ever made in his words. Get your priorities straight Green and start playing like the “potential star” we were brainwashed to believe you would become. You are already 21 and you still do not have the “game” to compete with many of the other younger promising NBA players that are close to your age. Study Paul Pierce and become a real NBA player.

Until the mentality of this organization changes, and changes are made, we will deserve to be a 16 straight losing team and counting. As a fan, I’m sick of the total incompetence and you Green are a symbol of the “promise” and the “reality”.

i can’t stand why celtics fans couldn’t support GG… stop being so crtical about the kid.. he’s 21! dont be a hater.. he would have been a sophomore in college..

Nice post bceltfan. What a waste of time for this kid to be studying dunks when he has so many glaring holes in his game that he needs to be working on. Green has a llooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg way to go before he is an average player, let alone an all star. What a joke.

Everyone that is hating on GG read the article that Jeff posted about Dee Brown… He talks about how much confidence he had after winning the Dunk Contest. You are all going on and on about how much of a waste of time this is for him.. What is GG lacking in… confidence! ;D

It’s one thing if Thomas said that to a teammate. It’s another to say it to a reporter. I think Stern has to uninvite him.

DHoward? He’s a power dunker. But he’s also one of those players the NBA is marketing heavily. Let’s just say the fix could be in.

I can’t think of a better cure for insomnia than the NBA all star weekend, especially the dunk contest.

Sorry guys to disagree on this dunk contest but Nate Robinson won it last year and his #s are the same or lower than the year before. Josh Smith won it several years ago and his # are up from 11 to 14 a game. I’m not sure how much that goes to the dunk contest. I think it is more of him developing his game from H.S. Fred Jones won it 3 years ago and his #s went down from about 10.6 a game to 7.8.

If we are holding out hope that Green has an epiphany moment after the dunk contest, we are probably destined again for more disappointment. All this franschise has given us since the Wally trade is the “carrot stick” called hope.

All I’m saying is I don’t think the dunk contest is going to be a godsend. I also don’t like the fact that Green is spending all this time obsessing about the dunk contest (he says he is studying every winning dunk). What he needs is a Clifford Ray type coach for small forwards so that he can emulate his game after Dwyane Wade.

This kid needs to commit himself to becoming a decent defender. He has the quickness, etc to be a good defender. It is a mindset. He needs to take the ball hard to the hole and you very rarely see him attempt that. He is sitting outside chucking up 22 footers.

I’m talking about a commitment to be a better NBA player. Winning this dunk contest may or may not help his confidence. IMO screw the contest and devote yourself to becoming and NBA player.

It’s been a disappointing season so all I care right now is for GG to win the dunk contest and bring his value back up.

Coco, what’s going to happen is you’re going to see the same type of dunks you have seen year after year after year. Then the camera is going to pan over to a guy like Magic Johnson who is going to have a reaction like this is the second coming of Christ. It is a staged fiasco. Enjoy it you like but it is what it is.

As far as GG getting his value back. Every GM in the league is going to study game films of Gerald’s defense. They are going to see that he is developing his offense to be a one dimensional type player like Wally- an outside shooter.

Everybody knew back before he was even drafted that he can jump out of the gym. It is 99.9% of the other baseketball skills he must show improvement in if he’s going to drastically increase his value for other teams or ourselves.

Bceltfan said
Coco, what’s going to happen is you’re going to see the same type of dunks you have seen year after year after year. Then the camera is going to pan over to a guy like Magic Johnson who is going to have a reaction like this is the second coming of Christ. It is a staged fiasco.[u]
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Bceltfan, hysterical comment because it is so ridiculously true.
It’s hard to blame Green for his defensive prowess when it’s Priority Z to his head “coach”.

Hope he enjoys the moment and gets a real NBA coach to help him tap his enormous potential.