The 2000 Dunk Contest

They weren't stars yet. The dunk contest made them stars, which is the purpose of the contest

I watched it last night. Simply incredible...it is embarrasing what the dunk contest has become. Charles Barkley had a good rant at the end of last nights.

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They weren't stars yet. The dunk contest made them stars

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pretty much

carter had this dunk contest and then i think he droped 40-50 the next sunday. boom...instant superstar

people forget that they did cancel the dunk contest before this one.

The dunk contest, and the entire weekend for that matter, will never be what it once was.

Exactly having 20+ dunk contests there comes a time where every dunk humanly possible has been done

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will never be what it once was.

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what timeframe are you discussing in particular?

after that 2000 contest there were some epic ones. j-rich put on some fricking shows

francis and carter were pretty much stars from the outset.

mcgrady at that point, no

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I'm of the opinion that the 2000 contest and VC essentially broke the game. There's no where you can really go just using yourself and a ball.

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go re-watch the next era's contests with j-rich

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I'm of the opinion that the 2000 contest and VC essentially broke the game. There's no where you can really go just using yourself and a ball.

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The J-Rich/Des Mason ones were awesome. And Iguodala put on a show one year and was absolutely robbed.

I'm gonna say Nate Robinson ruined the dunk contest.

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Mainly because of the five missed attempts before the successful one.

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yeah they change up how they do the contest. they used to let you have a certain # of attempts, but the favorites would sometimes frick up so they went with the time-based rounds to help them out