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Chapter 187 The Ordinary Slam Dunk Contest

Before the 1984 All-Star Game began, the McNichols Sports Arena was boiling with another event.

The first slam dunk contest in NBA history is also the one with the largest number of participants.

Although it took Stern a few weeks to convince O'Brien to hold the dunk contest, they did a lot of homework on the contestants.

There is Dr. J who wrote the final afterglow of the ABA with a legendary free throw line dunk in 1976. There is Larry Nance, who has recently become famous and famous for his explosive body. Two Lakers players, Dominic Wilkins and Michael Cooper. Yes, Ralph Sampson.

"Is there a mistake? Why does Ralph participate in the dunk contest?" Louis asked the people around him.

He knew Sampson could jump, but it paled in comparison to Nance, Dr. J, Drexler and others.

Letting Sampson participate in the slam dunk contest is like letting Yao Huang, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian participate in the CBA slam dunk contest (ironically, they all participated).

No matter how good the physical fitness of the big man is, participating in the slam dunk contest is inherently affected by his body, which is not conducive to creating the aesthetic feeling of dunking and challenging difficult movements.

Under the basket in the backcourt, a bunch of famous players sat in uniforms.

Like Jerry West, Elgin Baylor, Tom Heinsohn... don't think they dress up like this to tell fans "don't forget about me", this is another trick of the All-Star weekend: the legend game.

It is to invite some retired NBA stars to play a game of "Your uncle is still your uncle" for everyone.

As far as the roster is concerned, the rosters of the Eastern and Western Legends, when they were playing, were all tremors in the league.

The East has Oscar Robertson, Pete Maravich, Sam Jones, John Havlicek, Dave DeBusschere, Nate Thurmond, Zelmo Beaty C, Wes Unseld, Bill Sharman, Tom Heinsohn.

In the west, there are Rick Barry, Lou Hudson (Lou Hudson SG/SF), Earl Monroe, Harry Havlicek, the victim of the first steal of the century Greer, Bob Pettit, Jerry West, the first generation of violent power forward Connie Hawkins (Connie Hawkins PF), the creator of the 76ers' first championship in history Dolph Schayes (Dolph Schayes C/PF), Dave Bean.

The schedule reflects the league's inexperience.

Or you could still blame O'Brien for never paying attention to these things.

According to Louis, the Champions Cup really shouldn't be called the O'Brien Cup, because this person did not contribute as much to the NBA as he sounds.

Moreover, at several dangerous nodes in NBA history, he has made wrong choices without exception.

Fortunately, at the league meeting not long ago, all the bosses attended, and Stern was elected president of the league with more votes.

"Little Lu, come to us!" Heinsohn yelled.

Louie wanted to go, but couldn't. He was an assistant coach for the Eastern Legends.

If you want to ask who the head coach of the Eastern Legends is, if you look at these names, you will know that no one is qualified except Reid Auerbach.

Yes, Auerbach is here too.

He directly asked the Eastern Conference head coach Louis to help him.

"That bastard has no shape, don't go." Auerbach scolded.

Then, the on-site DJ called out the list of participants in the dunk contest.

There are nine people in total.

Speaking of Larry Nance, Auerbach remembered the deal Louie had negotiated with Phoenix last year.

"What is it about him that attracts you?" Auerbach asked.

"Young, can jump, don't occupy the ball, can play three frontcourt positions, and is perfectly compatible with Larry, Ralph, and Bill." Louis asked, "Isn't that enough?"

Auerbach laughed and said, "How can you be sure that he will act as a substitute honestly after he comes?"

"At least we already know that Cedric will not play the bench honestly." Louie said.

Auerbach asked strangely: "Haven't you already settled the matter?"

"It's solved for now."

Next year is Maxwell's contract year, and he can be renewed early this summer. At that time, for a big contract, can he be willing to play as a substitute?
No matter how much you sacrifice for the team, you should have a head.

Speaking of Wilkins, the Denver people screamed, whistled, and applauded.

"This kid is a quintessential 'Laker,'" Auerbach said dismissively. "It's flashy."

Wait for Wilkins to dunk in front of Bird in a much more violent way than Dr. J, maybe Auerbach will change.

Dr. J was the last to be called, and he got the applause and cheers he deserved.

"Julius~~~Owen!"

When he was called out, the gymnasium was boiling.

It can be said that last year's champion made Owen clear his name. He no longer bears the shackles of the past. He and Moses Malone are number one and number two in the world.

No one dared to believe that they would no longer have a championship, and the stage had quietly come to the hands of the black and white duo.

The first player to play was Jones of the Spurs, and he had an unremarkable double-handed kickback.

No difficulty, no strength, let Louis score, the most is 7 points.

Nance came up second, wearing trousers, as if to create a dazzling contrast with Jones, grabbing the ball with one hand and making a swinging backhand dunk along the baseline.

It's all kickbacks, and Nance is like Kato Taka's golden finger at the same time stirring up the sniper spot of 17000 spectators at the scene.

After that, there were almost no bright spots. Wilkins' conservative 360-degree double-hand dunk, Griffith's vigorous backhand dunk, and the Bulls' Ulrich came up with a double-folding backhand dunk that made Gordon lose the duel with LaVine Century.That's why Gordon lost the final dunk, because it had already been done in 1984.

Drexler also chose a conservative bottom line one-handed tomahawk kickback, and Michael Cooper brought Dr. J's famous regular season windmill to the All-Star Game.

Sampson embarrasses Louie. This guy has something Louie doesn't know how to describe. He dribbles the ball to the paint and jumps up to level the basket with his head.

Fortunately, Dr. J, who was the last to appear on the scene, eased Sampson's embarrassment with a more mediocre dunk.

Louie had no idea what this meant.

The first dunk, except for Nance, has no amazing moves.

But the fans still had a good time watching it.

The second dunk, Edgar Jones came again, he was seriously stimulated by Nance, the second dunk was real.He jumped in two steps from the free throw line, switched his left hand to his right hand in the air and swung a semi-circular windmill, followed by his "hoo!", which made the fans shout out loud.

Sampson gave the Celtics some face back. At seven feet four, he actually made a gliding dunk with a small step inside the free throw line.

Drexler followed up with a two-handed windmill dunk with a big step inside the free throw line.

Dr. J restores his amazing work in 1976.

This triggered the free throw line dunk effect, and Edgar Jones' final dunk was also a free throw line dunk by stepping on the line.

Not to be outdone, Nance scored a one-handed swinging windmill dunk with one step inside the free throw line.

All kinds of boring free throw line dunks made Louie feel very boring, and Wilkins came to an iconic windmill dunk to end the rhythm of taking turns dunking the free throw line.After that, Ulrich finally staged a dunk that made Louie feel fresh.

Before take-off, circle the ball around the waist, and after take-off, change hands under the crotch for a backhand buckle.

Sampson knew he was going through the motions, so on the third dunk, he easily made a 360-degree turn and dunked down.

The last dunk of the preliminaries, the doctor's third dunk, to be honest, he didn't impress Louis very much. In terms of creativity, Ulrich's crotch change, in terms of fancy, it can't compare with Nance's fancy swing, and in terms of strength, it's not as good as Wilkins. It can only be said that the NBA can't let him not enter the final because of his reputation.

For the third dunk, he thought about it for more than ten seconds outside the three-point line, and then came a folded back dunk around the ball around his waist. The extra point must be that his head hit the backboard.

After the finals, there were few bright spots.

The situation was evident from the preliminaries, Nance vs. Dr. J.

However, the doctor obviously lacked energy and energy. Although there were judges to save the field, the few high scores were still unexpected.

For Louis, the slam dunk contest is not that interesting, because from the future, he has seen too many slam dunks. If Chen Dengxing is allowed to enter this era, he can become a myth just by dunking.

After all, technology is moving forward. Louis is not happy, but contemporary fans are very happy. The slam dunk contest has a beautiful shot and successfully retains the fans in front of the TV.

The signature of the All-Star Weekend has thus begun.

(End of this chapter)