All Star 2007
Writing by shinda on Thursday, 15 of February , 2007
Its hard to believe it’s already that time of year, it seems like just yesterday when I was protesting Nate Robinson winning the dunk competition. None the less tomorrow marks the start of All Star weekend, so I thought maybe I would set my predictions now, giving those of you interested enough to post your own sometime to chime in.
Rookie Challenge: I got the Rookies. I’mma put my faith in this years batch or rook’s. The sophomores have been ruling things for the last 5 years now, and I’m sure Vegas is behind the sophomores, but I’m counting on Bargnani, Gay, and Garbo to hold it down and deliver the win.
Dunk Competition: If only the judges were the ones doing the dunking then maybe I’d be excited about this years competition, but they’re no so we’re left to pick from the scraps we got. Nate Robinson is easily the greatest dunker in this years competition, but if he has to take 30 attempts to accomplish a single dunk then by no means does he deserve to win. Howard is a ferocious dunker, but he just doesn’t get high enough to perform the air time acrobatics that make a great dunk. Thomas I just don’t see him having the creativity to wow the masses. Leaving Green as the only real hope, and personally out of spite for Nate I’m going to go with him to take it this year. This kid enjoys dunking, and he does it well, and if we are to believe all those inspirational quotes that we hear growing up, then my money’s on this kid to take it, in other words, Green is my pick for Dunk King 2007.
Skills Competition: I’m divided on who to pick, Lebron or Wade. It’s not that I don’t think Kobe can win, I just don’t think Kobe wants to win. Come all star weekend he’s all about seeming like one of the guys and I think he does what he can to come across as being a nice and humble guy who isn’t possessed by the demon that pushes him to be the greatest basketball player in the history of the game. As for Lebron, he is the King for a reason, but Wade is Wade, and that laid back swagger he carries himself with may just lead him to reigning supreme once again. As far as Paul, he could possibly pull it off also, but seeing as how I’m not all that familiar with his game nor have I really watched him, I just dont feel comfortable enough putting any hope into him, although everyone’s favourite candidate thinks otherwise.
Shooting Stars: Does anyone really care about this? Get rid of this and get more people in the dunk comp.
3 Point Shoot-out: Due to the dunk comp’s downfall the 3 point shootout is usually the main thing I look forward to watching all star weekend and this year my money is on Jason Terry. This is the year Nortwitzki retires his crown and passes the the thrown to his boy. Gilbert scored 9 points in a game that he called out and said he’s scoring 50; the equivalent of The Babe pointing to the heavens but getting struck out. Damon Jones, yea he’s a non factor.
The Race: Bavetta. Charles it fat, and out of shape, too bad the local sarpanch disagrees.
So there you have it. Now go wild and cut up my predictions or post your own or even check how my picks compare against Sarpanch Gagan’s whatever makes you happy.
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Deep Singh from 
Made Friday, 16 of February , 2007 at 1:00 am
You dont give D-How enough credit, hes a freak of nature, God was experimenting one day and he’s like alright lets just see what happens if I unleash this beast on the NBA. I still have Green, although i dont like his attitude. (I’d probably like it if he was dunking on people for the raptors)
For the Skills, I got D-Wade to repeat. Hes too smooth and LeBron is acting like a diva these days.
What is the shooting stars? I’ll take the little dipper.
I’ll take Dirk for the 3 point crown … whats all this handing the crown to his boy? Who hands a trophy to someone else , other then Shaq and his super ego when he took the MVP trophy from Stern to pass on to Wade himself.
As for the main event, Charles is fat but he wont embarass himself. Knowing him, he has a couple million on himself against the spread.
Dwight
Dwade
Damon Jones
Sir Charles
sir charles from
Made Friday, 16 of February , 2007 at 11:47 am
“Had a brief fling with Madonna during the early 1990s. Madonna later commented on Late Night with David Letterman that “it hurt.”
Im sure he has a bit of that stamina left.
Harman from
Made Friday, 16 of February , 2007 at 12:19 pm
Thomas
Wade
Arenas
Charles
Deep Singh from
Made Friday, 16 of February , 2007 at 3:32 pm
“Howard is a ferocious dunker, but he just doesn’t get high enough to perform the air time acrobatics that make a great dunk.” - Shinda Singh
From ESPN.com:
Two nights before the actual contest — and assuming you can still have an actual controversy in what sadly ranks as the faded jewel of All-Star Weekend — I’m told that Dwight Howard is rather steamed.
Reason being: Howard’s request to have the basket raised on a couple dunks he had planned for Saturday evening has been denied by the league.
Orlando sources report that Howard has been practicing a couple wicked maneuvers that might inject this dying competition with the ingenuity/originality it desperately needs. One is a 360 throwdown with the rim hiked to 12 feet, two feet higher than regulation. The other sets the rim at 11 1/2 feet and has Howard purportedly going between his legs with the ball in mid-air before flushing.
Gurkirpal from 
Made Saturday, 17 of February , 2007 at 12:43 pm
Gerald GREEN WILL WIN BIR JI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KOBE WILL WIN THE SKILLS
The shootout was the best part, as usual. Swoosh.
