More Slam Dunk Contest Changes

[23]

- The 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk in Orlando will feature a series of firsts, including four first-time participants, a new single-round format in which the winner will be chosen solely by fan vote, and the introduction of fan voting via Twitter.
The four players who will vie for the Sprite Slam Dunk championship on Feb. 25, at Amway Center in Orlando (TNT, 8 p.m. ET) include the Houston Rockets' Chase Budinger, the Indiana Pacers' Paul George, the New York Knicks' Iman Shumpert, and the Minnesota Timberwolves' Derrick Williams.

A new format will be implemented for the 2012 competition. The contest will consist of only one round and each competitor will execute three dunks. Fan voting will open after all four players have completed their first dunk. Previously, the Sprite Slam Dunk contest consisted of two rounds, with the first round scored by a panel of judges which determined two finalists.
Beginning this year, only fan voting will be utilized in determining the winner and voting also will expand to social media. For the first time ever, fans will be able to cast votes on Twitter by posting a corresponding letter assigned to each dunker along with the hashtag #SpriteSlam. Since 2008, fans have determined the winner of the Sprite Slam Dunk through SMS TXT and voting on NBA.com as part of the "They Dunk. You Decide" campaign...


Participants

Iman Shumpert
Chase Budinger
Paul George
Derrick Williams

[slimm44]

Not to be a Debbie downer, but that doesn't sound very appealing. Fans should be able to vote in contestants. THAT would be good stuff.

[ProfessaPackMan]

Like I said in the All Star Thread, time to kill this thing.

Got alot of good, GREAT memories from this, but over the last few years it's either remained stale or gotten worse instead of the opposite.

[23]

Its because they keep changing it man

This is one thing they never should have started messing with so much

No stars in this one either... looking like a down year

[1Rose]

I don't know, I don't want to see it go.

Even though technically, it is meaningless, it has provided a lot of memorable moments throughout the years.

I think just axing it all together would be a bad idea.

[The 24th Letter]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

No stars in this one either... looking like a down year

This may actually make it a good year....

[st0rmb11]

I don't mind the new format (1 round, 3 dunks)

I just hate letting fans vote. Fans having a vote is why Blake Griffin won last year, when, in actuality, he was the 4th best dunker in the contest.

[SteelersFreak]

It'll be a disaster this year and it'll return to the old format next year.