I'm sure everyone remembers the dunk contest last year with the main thing being Griffin jumping over a car, but I remember lots of people talking about how the NBA rigged the competition.
Most notably with the statement being released(I think it was on nba.com) which listed Griffin as the contest winner BEFORE the contest even began.
Based on what happened in the finals(dunk wise) Griffin did deserve to win.
Ibaka: Ibaka jumped from the free throw line! And he only got a 45!(Should have been a 50!). His other dunk(grabbing the toy with his mouth and dunking the ball at the same time) did deserve a 45, so he should have finished with 95!
McGee: He first dunked on two nets, that took multiple tries and he still finished with a 50. Then he dunked 3 balls at once, and it took multiple tries, and he finished with a 49!
DeRozan: His first time WAS a 50(I think it was Kenny who said so) but it took him multiple tries to get it and he lost 1-2 points with the judges and that 50 dunk finished with a 44. He should have gotten 100 if they didn't care about his mess ups like they didn't care about everyone elses mess ups.
Griffin: That 360 dunk did deserve a 50(though it only got a 49), but that 46 dunk he messed up so many times(I think he ended up changing what he was doing too) and that dunk not only took more tries, but it was worse than the dunk that gave DeRozan a 44. One judge gave DeRozan a 8 instead of a 9 like everyone else did, and one judge gave Griffin a 10 instead of a 9 like everyone else did.
So how was the dunk contest NOT rigged. DeRozan penalized for taking a few attempts to hit a 50 dunk, but nobody else was penalized for the rest of the night. And Ibaka DIDN'T get a 50 on a dunk that had him jump from the free throw line.
So if things were done fairly and nobody got penalized for missing dunk attempts, DeRozan(finish with 100) and McGee(finish with 99) would have been the two finalists and Griffin(finish with 96) and Ibaka(finish with 95) would be eliminated.
Most notably with the statement being released(I think it was on nba.com) which listed Griffin as the contest winner BEFORE the contest even began.
Based on what happened in the finals(dunk wise) Griffin did deserve to win.
Ibaka: Ibaka jumped from the free throw line! And he only got a 45!(Should have been a 50!). His other dunk(grabbing the toy with his mouth and dunking the ball at the same time) did deserve a 45, so he should have finished with 95!
McGee: He first dunked on two nets, that took multiple tries and he still finished with a 50. Then he dunked 3 balls at once, and it took multiple tries, and he finished with a 49!
DeRozan: His first time WAS a 50(I think it was Kenny who said so) but it took him multiple tries to get it and he lost 1-2 points with the judges and that 50 dunk finished with a 44. He should have gotten 100 if they didn't care about his mess ups like they didn't care about everyone elses mess ups.
Griffin: That 360 dunk did deserve a 50(though it only got a 49), but that 46 dunk he messed up so many times(I think he ended up changing what he was doing too) and that dunk not only took more tries, but it was worse than the dunk that gave DeRozan a 44. One judge gave DeRozan a 8 instead of a 9 like everyone else did, and one judge gave Griffin a 10 instead of a 9 like everyone else did.
So how was the dunk contest NOT rigged. DeRozan penalized for taking a few attempts to hit a 50 dunk, but nobody else was penalized for the rest of the night. And Ibaka DIDN'T get a 50 on a dunk that had him jump from the free throw line.
So if things were done fairly and nobody got penalized for missing dunk attempts, DeRozan(finish with 100) and McGee(finish with 99) would have been the two finalists and Griffin(finish with 96) and Ibaka(finish with 95) would be eliminated.
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