LeBron James is also embarassed by his mom; can dunk

LeBron James' mom didn't like her son being mugged while taking it to the hoop, so she stood up and almost got into the middle of the fray down at the baseline last night. The best part is where it appears that LeBron tells his mom, Gloria (in the white shirt), to "Sit your ass down!"



I guess it must have fired him up. I know this dunk got announcer Kevin Harlan fired up, as he drops the "With no regard for human life" line on us.



H/T: The Sporting Blog | FanIQ

LeBron James is athletic

LeBron James reached back about three feet and rammed home a stadium-shakin' alley-oop in yesterday's NBA contest versus the team from Washington.



The Cavaliers also won, by the way, in case you care about that sort of thing. Pffft.

Japanese guy dunks from 30 feet away

Fuck Dwight Howard. Okay, so this guy used a trampoline, but still... let's see DH do this...



H/T: Horny Oyster

The 22 Worst Dunks Ever*

(* At least of those that appear somewhere on the Internet.)

In honor of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest's revival thanks to Dwight Howard and Gerald Green, let's have a look at what the Bizarro Dunk Contest would look like. I proudly present the dunks that would have scored a perfect 0. (Magic, however, would have have still talked for 45 minutes about each one of them, with 98% of what he said being unintelligible, while Darryl Dawkins, despite no logical reason for doing so, would still have given them all 9's.)

13. Travis Outlaw with the airball dunk!


12. Tony Parker for the ... guh!


11. Qyntel Woods three-sixtyyyyy... no, not you.


10. Bonus points for almost being killed.


9. And even more bonus points.


8. Throw it down, big man!


7. Face off the glass!


6. Props are fun!


5. Dunk over... er, into... a pretty girl!


4. Kid dunks... his leg?


3. Head off the rim!?


2. Big air!


1. Dunk off a chair!


Honorable Mention: Julian Wright, LeBron James, Some white dude, Adonal Foyle, Brandon Griffin, In the snow, Some kid on a ramp, Yet another white dude, and finally, Ricky Davis.

And boom goes the dynamite.

The Dunk Contest was pretty good last night

I somehow managed to stay awake through the "Skills" Competition long enough to catch the Dunk Contest and it turned out to be worth watching for once. (As an aside, has the NBA not learned that Magic Johnson with a microphone is still a bad idea?) Dwight Howard ran away with the title as he pretty much hit a perfect 50 dunk every time out. However, of all the dunks last night, I thought Gerald Green's "birthday cake dunk" was the best, even though Darryl Dawkins inexplicably gave it an 8. He should not be allowed to judge anymore. The first three dunks in this clip were my faves of the night.

Throw it down, to, throw it down!

In case you missed the Celebrity Game at last night's NBA All-Star festivities (and we don't see how you could have... it's where boring happens!), to was named the games' MVP and threw down this nice little jam.



H/T: Awful Announcing

Suns forced to "Shaq-proof" their hoops

The Suns' signing of Shaquille O'Neal has brought about an unexpected change in the equipment the team is using for their practices. It seems that the players on the team are scared of being underneath one of their practice hoops and having this happen...



After watching a few of Shaq’s thunderous dunks during a personal workout Sunday and in practice Monday, some of his new teammates have strongly requested that the team reinforce the apparatus currently supporting the two baskets at the team’s practice court.

Can you really blame them?

I mean we all know the damage a basketball hoop can cause.



H/T: FanIQ Sports Blog

Tribune

A dunk contest preview with Dwight Howard & Jamario Moon

This year's contest is turning out to be one that people may actually watch as several of the contestants are talking some tremendous smack. From Rudy Gay wanting to go one-on-one with Dwight Howard on a 12-foot rim, to Gerald Green upping the ante to 13 feet, I am actually interested this year. Mix in newcomer Jamario Moon and this could turn out to be must-see-TV.

Howard's preview... (stick around for the last one)


Moon's preview...


It's not Jordan versus Dominique, but it still should be fun.