its back! (originally posted 2.20.08)

that’s right ladies and gents the dunk contest is back, and i witnessed its return first hand. i say that its back because the dunk contest has gotten a hard time and some criticism from many sports writers and fans for the last couple of years, and i can be honest some, some of it was deserved. but for me personally, the dunk contest is one of the main reasons i get excited for all-star weekend so i never gave up on it or was one of the many that wanted to get rid of it all together. it was accused of not being creative or exciting anymore, but that was definitely not the case this year. you had dunks that included, but were not limited to: rudy gay doing a reverse cradle dunk and switching hands, dwight howard dunking from behind the rim altogether, and gerald green dunking with no shoes on! (do you know how hard that is!). but some of the more memorable and creative of the night was dwight howards superman themed dunk/throw down and gerald greens' candle blow out dunk (which is possibly my favorite). matter fact let me take a quick sec to harp on that. so GG had his teammate place a cupcake on the back of the rim and light it, he then proceeds to jump up, blow out the candle, and then dunk! cut it out! i mean your lips have to be above the rim to do that! dude can simply jump. D. howard ended up taking home the championship honors that night and it was deserved i just don’t want GG efforts or others to go unnoticed because the event as a whole was one of the best in years and like i said half way through the contest, i cant wait to see what they come up with next year.............................dude blew out a candle!!!