Omri Finishes 3rd in H.O.R.S.E., Team Tyreke Misses Cut in Shooting Stars
by Tom Ziller on Feb 13, 2010 8:12 PM PST
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PrintNow that the Dunk Contest has sucked all life from the universe, check out some, err, highlights of Omri Casspi's H.O.R.S.E. performance on KingsFlix. Casspi was the first competitor eliminated. He tried some creative stuff, and looked like he was having a good time. He certainly had a loud cheering section, a group of fans chanting his name repeatedly.
Tyreke Evans and Team Sacramento did well in the Shooting Stars contest ... until it came time for Chris Webber to hit a straight-away three, and for any of them to hit a half-court shot. Nicole Powell eventually hit the halfcourt shot in time to eliminate Team Atlanta and keep Sac alive ... but Team Texas finished quickly enough to push Reke's team into the bottom two.
Then Nate Robinson, Gerald Wallace, DeMar DeRozan and Shannon Brown sucked all life from the universe.
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all life from the universe?
That means me and you are the only ones left? I’m not sure how we repopulate Ziller… you by chance ever did stem cell research?
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by iashwash on Feb 13, 2010 8:24 PM PST reply actions 3 recs
What? I don't even know anymore.
Feel free to delete this. I’m off to bed.
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sometimes it's okay to just hit cancel
What I meant to say: If bad dunking can suck life from the universe, does that mean good dunking can create life? If that’s the case, then the universe didn’t really start till Bob Kurland fatefully slammed the ball into the rim. Though I’m not too sure about Bob being our Adam, I am extremely concerned with Vinsanity being the basketball Jesus (take that, Ray Allen!), seeing as Vince has only sacrificed his own effort. But I guess it’s fitting, since his dunk artistry promises euphoria but his game never allows us to reach enlightenment. Though, Maybe Grant Hill would be a better metaphor, considering his injury woes. Actually, it has to be Jordan, simply for the sheer number of false prophets that followed him. Dunk artists such as Air Up There follow their own cults.
Also, Lisa Leslie ushers in a new age of feminism, though Candace Parker must be from outer space (ahhhhh…. now we know why she married Shelden). Dwight Howard is the Sun, and Lebron a Black Hole.
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In the spirit of the Olympics:
Omri received a broze medal. Sure, there were only three participants, but a bronze is good. :)
"Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive." Proverbs 17:28
Glad I missed it
Hopefully the NBA does something about the contest, I have no idea how they ever thought that the lineup would generate any interest.
I will say it is nice to see the Kings getting love on ASW again.
Wallace didn't even look like he wanted to be there.
It was sad. And Nate is out of dunk ideas.
by Cool Hand Roy on Feb 14, 2010 9:45 AM PST up reply actions
Terrible All Star Saturday
HORSE has potential to be awesome. But, they need to do a few things. Having the TNT announcers on the court talking smack, including Kenny Smith running his mouth during Omri’s shots, needs to go. Put them in the booth and let them commentate. Also, pick charismatic players and mic them up. Let them talk trash to each other. All the trash talk was done by Kenny, C-Webb, and Barkley. It was stupid. Also, maybe they shouldn’t run it live. Maybe they should delay it a bit so they can edit some stuff out to make it fit in the hour slot they give it, rather than having it decided by a 3 point shootout.
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they couldn't even play
like it was a real game of HORSE. They’d pick captains, then commercial …. then trick shot … then commercial …
then you got Kenny talkin and talkin ….. not good.
I think the delay is a great idea.
This was the first year
I actually sat down to watch All Star Weekend (mainly cause of dental surgery), and I must say …. it sucked out loud. The best part of it, not even joking, was the “Best of Inside the NBA.”
The HORSE competition was painful
didnt watch the 3 PT contest
Dunk contest was boring
Rookie game was OK
Shooting team one was meh ….
Just not good at all.
Which was better
All-Star Weekend, or the dental surgery?
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions
This was the first year
I actually sat down to watch All Star Weekend (no dental surgery required). I just wanted to see our rookies play.
*The HORSE competition was painful, except I actually liked the 3-point shooting portion at the end. I agree with vfettke that the TNT announcers were a distraction, especially their trash talk to the participants.
- The 3-point competition was fine
- The skills competition was fine, it moved quickly
- The Dunk contest was disappointing from previous years’ competitions
- I thought the Rookie / Sophomore game was very good
- The shooting teams was okay
All in all, I would give it a B. It was entertaining, but not great.
To be the best, you have to do your best. Otherwise, you are only second-rate.
Every event this day was terrible.
I am a big booster for these events usually and they stunk tonight.
Best quote about the Dunk contest from Twitter
David Stern is using footage from this dunk contest against the players union.
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by Aykis16 on Feb 14, 2010 11:06 AM PST reply actions 3 recs
I liked this quote
Kings fans just watched a broken down and disinterested C-Webb clank bad threes and thought it was suddenly 2005 again.
Bill Simmons on Twitter (sportsguy33)
Sad, but so true…
The way they set up the shooting stars team was stupid. Webber was the worst possible choice to take one of the three-pointers. I’d have given him the easy beginning shot and let Tyreke and Nicole Powell shoot the rest. Powell is a better shooter than Webber by quite a bit.
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
They have to alternate and there are 5 stations
so if Webber shot one of the 1st two “easy” shots, he would have also had to shoot one of the last two “hard” shots. Having him shoot 3rd, allowed him to only shoot one.
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by Kfan in Korea on Feb 14, 2010 2:32 PM PST up reply actions
Yup
Kfan is right, that was the smart move. To be fair, I thought the same exact thing as PTBNL, not realizing there was five shots (it’s just they usually hit those so quickly you don’t notice it).
Also, I must reiterate: Dirk has the most beautiful jumper I’ve ever seen in my life. I never really payed attention to it before, but too watch him shoot those half court shots was basketball porn. He hit rim on all but two shots, it’s insane he can aim that well. It makes me wish for the return of perimeter-Dirk, just to see him jack up 20 three pointers every night.
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I don't see why he couldn't have just shot them like long jumpers
The one-legged heave was decent, but he seems like he could do a jump stop and fire a half-court jumper.
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
I guess there were three threes
Guess it worked. Webber was an awful choice for that anyway. Isn’t Jon Barry a TNT analyst?
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 3:28 PM PST up reply actions
you have goit to be kidding
Webber was an awful choice for that anyway. Isn’t Jon Barry a TNT analyst?
by betweentheeyes on Feb 14, 2010 4:03 PM PST up reply actions
Oh he's an ESPN analyst, never mind
I don’t watch NBA on TNT. Is that what you meant, that I should know who their analysts were?
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 4:20 PM PST up reply actions
this is an exhibition not a competition, no wagering please
Chris Webber, he of the 1,00 watt smile with the heavy charisma advantage over Jon Barry. This isn’t about winning, it is about representation.
The “you have got (or goit) to be kidding” is that the explanation is implied, and yet ineffective.
by betweentheeyes on Feb 14, 2010 8:12 PM PST up reply actions
The Shooting Stars competition had nothing to do with charisma
Brent Barry was on the Los Angeles team. This was about people that were good at shooting. Webber was shooting three-pointers from the top of the key, not smiling at people and handing lollipops to small children.
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 9:49 PM PST up reply actions
And the slam dunk contest
had little to do with people that could slam dunk. What’s your point?
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This is true
I’m still trying to figure out what they were thinking with that dunking field.
When life gives you lemons, just say "f--- the lemons" and bail
by CaliforniaJag on Feb 14, 2010 11:30 PM PST up reply actions
I think we all know that the dunk contest was over before it began...
when Corey Brewer teabagged Derek Fisher….
In my book, that dunk ranks up there with the
Mayor dunking on Hakeem…
by getPGwithbounce on Feb 15, 2010 2:26 AM PST reply actions
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