DeRozan, Gordon to compete in All-Star Slam Dunk-In

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:NBA.com

NEW YORK -- Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan and Clippers guard Eric Gordon will compete in the All-Star Slam Dunk-In competition at halftime of the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge on Friday, Feb. 12. The winner will advance to the All-Star Saturday Night Sprite Slam Dunk event.

DeRozan and Gordon will each get two dunks in the one-round dunk-in, with the player receiving the highest percentage of fan votes via NBA.com and SMS text messaging advancing to the dunk contest on All-Star Saturday.

Taking the fourth and final spot in the event, the dunk-in winner will then compete against three other dunk contestants for the 2010 Sprite Slam Dunk title. The NBA has yet to announce the other dunkers. The Knicks' Nate Robinson won the contest in 2009.

DeRozan is a rookie forward from USC, averaging 7.8 ppg with Toronto. He was drafted ninth in the 2009 Draft. He created a Web site, LetDeMarDunk.com, to promote his candidacy.

Gordon is in his second NBA season out of Indiana, averaging 17.1 ppg with the Clippers this season after being selected seventh overall in 2008.

 

[The Young One]

Demar is gonna take this easily. Eric has never really been a dunk contest type of dude.

 

[snipezo]

Let's go Demar.

 

[playmaker7]

Biting LetShannonDunk.com SMFH

 

[Rios15]

Shannon sucks, go DeMar!

 

[MapleLeaf]

Dumb idea, dumb idea to put in Gordon.

This event has failure written all over it.

 

[Mexi]

cmon, EJ?
really NBA?

wack

whatever. DeMar DeRozan has this locked up

 

[Rios15]

Shannon vs DeMar would've been soo entertaining.

 

[The Young One]

<Censored> Shannon...Joe Alexander needs to be in the dunk contest over both these guys.

 

[Rios15]

<Censored> Shannon...Joe Alexander needs to be in the dunk contest over both these guys.

No.

 

[The Young One]

Joe's hops are serious don't be naive.

 

[Rios15]

 

[The Young One]

Actually if you saw the video footage of the second one...you would see that Demar was out dunked by a 15 year old Dwayne Polee Jr...who has sick hops as well.

 

[snipezo]

Demar is a great athlete. I don't see why he doesn't deserve to be in the dunk contest.

 

[The Young One]

He deserves to be in it...but Id prefer Joe A over those 2.

 

[snipezo]

I don't think this year's dunk contest is gonna be any special anyways.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Nike May Have Leaked Shannon Brown As Dunk Participant

From:Realgm.com

Nike may have leaked Lakers guard Shannon Brown as a participant in next month's Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star Weekend in Dallas.

A post came across from the Nike Basketball Blog on Friday morning touting the Shannon Brown iD Slam Dunk Design Contest, according to the Sporting News.

A picture of Brown gliding towards the basket accompanies the post on Nike's basketball site.

 

[elcheato]

Good thing he's in, should be able to showcase his only talent.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Good thing he's in, should be able to showcase his only talent.

Stop hating on the CANNON dan lol.

 

[snipezo]

[quote name='Big Bid'Ness' post='4214000' date='Jan 16 2010, 07:26 PM']Nike May Have Leaked Shannon Brown As Dunk Participant

From:Realgm.com[/quote]
It's not like it's surprising lol.