2024 NBA All-Star Weekend

[megapoxy]

The Slam Dunk contestants, no idea if Jacob Toppin can jump as high as his brother, I think Monk could have been selected, probably McClung will win this again but I certainly won't be watching.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1755008465607553060

 

[kingsboi]

The Slam Dunk contestants, no idea if Jacob Toppin can jump as high as his brother, I think Monk could have been selected, probably McClung will win this again but I certainly won't be watching.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1755008465607553060

yikes that is awful....like seeing a big name like Brown in there, want to see Edwards in there.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Jaime in the dunk contest? Keegan was slamming blocks on his head

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The Slam Dunk contestants, no idea if Jacob Toppin can jump as high as his brother, I think Monk could have been selected, probably McClung will win this again but I certainly won't be watching.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1755008465607553060

Interesting that McClung, with a grand total of 65 minutes in the NBA (and none this season), would be chosen for the dunk contest. And yes, I know about his dunking.

 

[hrdboild]

Jaime in the dunk contest? Keegan was slamming blocks on his head

You may have inadvertently stumbled onto a brilliant idea. What could the NBA do to make fans care about the dunk contest again? Put defenders in front of the basket!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Here Are the Full NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Rosters (msn.com)

Team Shannon
Micah Parsons
Quincy Isaiah
Conor Daly
Jewell Loyd
Kai Cenat
Dylan Wang
Lilly Singh
SiR
Walker Hayes
Anuel AA


Team Stephen A
Jennifer Hudson
Tristan Jass
Metta World Peace
AJ McLean
Kwame Onwuachi
Natasha Cloud
Adam Blackstone
CJ Stroud
Gianmarco Tamberi


I recognize the names of four of those people. And one of them played in the NBA, and two of them play in the WNBA.

 

[mrlaze]

I recognize 2. One being Mr. World Peace

 

[megapoxy]

The 3 point contestants and the Skill Teams were announced a while ago, the slam dunk participants were also made official with no other addition to the 4 that everyone wrote about 2 days ago.

https://twitter.com/statuses/1755654462675341766

https://twitter.com/statuses/1755654040111677917

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not a single one of those names in a single one of those events moves the needle for me (aside from Nattie Cloud in the Celebrity game), but I'll be god damned if I won't be watching all of it, anyway.

 

[kingsboi]

I usually like the dunk contest, depending on the contestants but I'm going to just skip that too, not enough enticement. Need to get Edwards in it next year

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I wish I could find a website that where an actual box score for this celebrity game was being updated, because I'm having trouble distinguishing between anybody not named Cloud and Loyd.

 

[Tetsujin]

I wish I could find a website that where an actual box score for this celebrity game was being updated, because I'm having trouble distinguishing between anybody not named Cloud and Loyd.

Not even Metta?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Not even Metta?

It's easier at some times than others.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I can sort of see Stephen A. leaving Cloud out of this, since she's not a scorer, but Shannon leaving Jewell Loyd out of the On Fire challenge is objectively stupid. She's the best shooter they've got, by a lot.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

This LED court is doing too god damned much.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Tell me I didn't hear that correctly: Did Ryan Ruocco just say that the three-point line was going to start... moving?

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

I'll be damned. The line is moving!

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Looks like Murray made it to Indiana after all: in the starting lineup for Team Tamika.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Little surprise that the greatest defensive player in WNBA history has her team off to a good start on that end of the floor. Keegan with an early 3 and an assist to go along with his usual stout defense.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Murray appears to have been subbed out and they appear to have stopped playing defense already, so it's supper time for Mister Slim.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Team Jalen comes back from an 0-9 start to beat Team Tamika, and advance to the Finals. Keegan's All-Star Weekend is over.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

The fix was in.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

The fix was in.

The deception with tact, just what are you trying to say?
You've got a blank face, which irritates
Communicate, pull out your party piece
You see dimensions in two
State your case with black or white
But when one little cross leads to shots, grit your teeth
You run for cover so discreet, why don't they
Do what they say, say what you mean, and baby
One thing leads to another

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Reggie and Kenny over here talmbout, "I would just take all sixes!" What's the point of having a "skills" competition where you can game the system by just making the most valuable pass, to the exclusion of all others? That's not skill, that's just math.

 

[Showtime]

TH is the best PG in the league. Good for him.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Kenny may sound like a hater, but he's right: the only reason why the three-point contest seems like a bigger deal than the dunk contest right now is because the stars stopped competing in the dunk contest, and started competing in the three-point contest and, even then, the fans don't get charged up for a three-point contest the same way that they do for the dunks. A bunch of nobodies doing incredible dunks will still get a bigger pop from the crowd that the biggest stars jacking up a bunch of threes.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

My level of cognitive dissonance in this event is overwhelming. On the one hand, I can't bring myself to root for Big Sawfty. On the other hand, I've had enough of Haliburton for the evening, and one of them had to advance.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

That was significantly more entertaining than the three-point contest.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Nice job by the production crew, not even showing Jaylen Brown's dunk in real time.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Legends out here hating.