Stephen A.’s solution to fixing the NBA Slam Dunk Contest 🏀 | First Take
Stephen A. Smith explains why he wants the NBA Slam Dunk Contest to be fixed.
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icykid
January 25, 2023 at 11:25 pm
Great idea
RetiredUSArmy2020
January 25, 2023 at 11:37 pm
Wish they did this when I was 20 😅
Jahnn Lopez
January 25, 2023 at 11:41 pm
I don’t want to see random people at the dunk contest
47 til infinity
January 26, 2023 at 12:08 am
Another problem is the fans and media want every player who can jump high in the dunk contest, you have to be super creative to win not just jumping high.
Thanks Again
January 26, 2023 at 1:21 am
It’s called the nba slam dunk contest
TheEpicSalad
January 26, 2023 at 1:42 am
NaH this is a W idea
Rise Up Music Group
January 26, 2023 at 2:29 am
At this point do the social media dunk stars since the NBA stars no longer care for it. The ones we really want. We missed out on watching LeBron and Kobe go at it in Dunk Contest 😩
dee see
January 26, 2023 at 2:38 am
Molly get irritating with the I’m so broke etc comments
MrOOOZZZ
January 26, 2023 at 2:39 am
Steven A idea isn’t original, what he’s talking about was done several years ago with slam dunkers from all across the United States competing in their state to complete and qualify for the US slam dunking championships.
There was also a international slam dunking contest that included slam dunkers from different countries around the world who competed for the title of world’s best dunker with a huge financial prize.
It’s a great idea and those street ballers can really dunk.
XHIEF DUKE
January 26, 2023 at 3:16 am
Bad idea…… you wanna get them paid. Come
With another idea besides piggy backing on the all star game. U wanna fix the game get better nudges. And make it worth them boys wild so the good dunkers participate. Besides the judges the ‘em system is good, the players need to make dunks
Ryan Malone
January 26, 2023 at 3:34 am
This is a really good idea!
fcc
January 26, 2023 at 4:12 am
No props
kk
January 26, 2023 at 4:24 am
Take it to the streets get the top dunkers
Isaiah 23
January 26, 2023 at 5:00 am
I’m not tuning in for nobodies dunking In my opinion I don’t think most other people would either
Scyon13
January 26, 2023 at 5:22 am
Maybe have this before the dunk comp? I think if influencers get involved it will drum up more attention and the young stars will be keener to be involved, also grab some bad af instathots to cheerlead lmao
InPeSHaBLe
January 26, 2023 at 6:21 am
Ain’t really nothing new being said here. He got the blow horn to make people give it more consideration tho, so…..salud’
JEBEDIAH8D
January 26, 2023 at 7:57 am
Street dunkers don’t need to be coached by NBA players on how to dunk. Most Street dunkers are doing stuff NBA players haven’t done
Ryan Hutton
January 26, 2023 at 11:07 am
Great idea
Karlos
January 26, 2023 at 12:24 pm
This has always been the fix. Get dunkers from outside the NBA. A $1,000,000 prize ain’t much to a NBA star. But to a normal human, its life changing. The wrinkle of aligning a NBA player to a dunker is great
D Rex
January 26, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Just pay the NBA stars enough to do it and they will. That’s a much better idea than replacing part of all star weekend with players who aren’t actually pro’s.
They just need an incentive to get the players to do it, think out of the box. For example, what if the winner was guaranteed a shoe deal? Cut a deal with Nike, make a Slam Dunk line of shoes. The winner gets to be the new spokesperson, they get the yearly shoe named after them and they get whatever cut that comes from that particular shoes. This can also make it more likely previous champs will defend their title.
Mindful Attraction 2.0
January 26, 2023 at 1:45 pm
I don’t mind players not going to the dunk contest, but when LeBron teased the whole NBA saying he was going to join and then back out, it made me hate this whole charade
AG
January 26, 2023 at 2:06 pm
The All-Star skills competition is there to show off the various skillsets of star players IN THE NBA to promote the NBA. Bringing in one-dimensional dunkers off the street makes the players and the league look worse. The NBA needs to incentivize the players to do it by 1) ONLY having past NBA dunkers as judges 2) fixing the scoring system and going to a 100 or 10.0 scoring system because most good dunks are between 9 and 10 and 3) jacking up the winnings to at least a million. Nobody cares if Joe Schmo wins the dunk contest because if they did they would have their own show.
Jeffrey Morales
January 26, 2023 at 5:37 pm
The reason of “avoiding” injury is a lame excuse. If that’s the case, Jordan, Kobe, Vince shouldn’t join the contest back then.
And the Skills Challenge, they’re no longer running fast they jog. Participants during DWade’s time runs and moves fast over the obstacles.
Maybe it’s time to bring back Real Cash Prizes. There’s no other way to motivate NBA players today to compete at such events but to give cash prize as incentives.
What’s the last cash prize back in the day? 25k to 50k?
Richard Song
January 26, 2023 at 6:33 pm
It’s a great idea. But sure, give another reason for these NBA players not to play or participate in their own league.
Kai
January 26, 2023 at 11:09 pm
🔥 idea!