So, as
Deadspin wonders if Howard will receive fair judgement, I say the legendary judges were like Fox News talking about Bush with their praise of Howard. Let's return to what happened on the "Superman" "dunk." First, the theatrics as Howard took off the Magic jersey, revealing a Superman shirt, and donned a cape provided by Jameer Nelson. The crowd gets completely caught up in it, and then Howard catches an underhand toss from Nelson and throws it into the hoop. He DID NOT dunk the ball. It was NOT a dunk, and Kenny Smith and Sir Charles began to wax poetical about how Howard revolutionized the dunk contest. Gerald Green had 3 great dunks, while Howard's first was enough to convince the judges that Howard was a god. Each judge endorsed Howard and his love of Soulja Boy, but Julius Erving sounded like Alan Colmes, wasting 1:30 seconds of the last five minutes of voting talking about how Gerald Green was very impressive, but in the end Howard was just better for no reason, drawing boos from the crowd for his long-winded pedagogy. The judges should have been able to see a replay of Green blowing out the candle on his dunk, which probably would have made them give him a perfect 50.
The skills challenge was kind of exciting as Deron Williams set a record on the obstacle course. Dwyane Wade was extremely disappointing, losing the ball on a dribbling slalom and just mailing it in the rest of the way. Is that the type of reputation Miami wants right now, because they're also mailing it in to the tune of 24 losses in 25 games coming into the All-Star break. I don't think it was such a great idea to put that type of effort into an event for the All-Star weekend; it just makes terrible publicity for this franchise that no one is trying at anything. Hopefully they manage to get the lottery pick...
One more thing: nickname idea: Kristof Ongaenat: "The Gent from Ghent." etymology: Rafterian.
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