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  1. MonsterMash32

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    My picks for the winners. I missed Friday's but oh well.

    Booker for the Skills challenge.
    Klay, again, for the 3pt contest.
    Derrick Jones for Slam Dunk
    East wins the ASG MVP Kyrie.
     
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    John3:16 Moderator Staff Member

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    The Earth is too flat for the Kyrie to win MVP.


    I'll go West with Westbrook as MVP.
    Wall for skills challenge.
    Klay for 3 ball
    Gordon for Dunk
     
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    0-3 :/ Almost picked GR3.
     
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    The past few days have been so boring. Half the stadium is filled. TV coverage is awful, way too many commercials.

    Hopefully the game isn't one big layup line.
     
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    I haven't watched any of the All-Star weekend. Well I was at a bar and it was on in the background so I saw Porzingis beat Boogie and Davis in the Skills competition, but that's it.

    I've heard it's been bad.
     
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    Dunk contest was weak. #pt shootout was ok. Skill is what it is. Funny to see 7'2 KP win it. I don't watch the rookie or celeb games.
     
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    gcclaker Moderator Staff Member

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    Tuned in here and there... Gordon did not look to be in it. Flubbed his dunks, appeared uninspired at times. Maybe because Lavine wasn't there.
     
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    I had a hard time watching this when Kobe was around. No way im tuning in now :D
     
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    He's still not 100% from his foot. Believe me, he's on my fantasy team :/
     
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    The commentators were saying Gordon did not have the spring on his step. Maybe he did not want to participate but was pressured into it. Marketing... I've liked the duel Gordon has had with Lavine in the contests. Just pure athletic talent with no props.
     
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    Hopefully the ASG will be a good one. Off the top of my 01, with the very undersized East coming back to win, and the 03 last MJ, 2OT thriller.
     
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    I went back and watched the events from yesterday. Three point contest was crap except for the final/OT. The skills challenge was boring, but it's always going to be. The dunk contest was extremely weak. I wouldn't say the weakest, but definitely a huge let down after last year's.
     
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    The dunk contest has become a farce with all the props such as the stupid drone and continuing to line up props and people to jump over. IMHO.
     
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    You forgot the part where you have to miss the dunk a couple times first.
     
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    Ah...the Nate Robinson Rule.
     
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    I don't mind jumping over people. That's legitimate athleticism.

    I do mind the props being so completely and openly advertising. Some guy on the radio this morning said that the dunk contest jumped the shark when Blake Griffin jumped over a car for a commercial and won the contest. I agree with that, but it's not like it can't come back. The dunk contest last year was amazing. The drone dunk this year was stupid and I felt like I was watching a commercial when it happened. Marv Albert or whoever was doing the commentating was talking about the company that makes it and all this other crap. It was offensive to me.
     
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    To me, the best thing yesterday was the fund raiser shooting to raise money for Craig Sager. Could hear how much he meant to Ernie when the check was presented.
     
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    I missed that, John, because I don't give a f*** about the weekend, but I'm going to go watch that now.
     
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    Yep...Johnson was emotional talking about it. You could hear his voice cracking a bit.
     
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