Fflb wrote:
Don Tiny wrote:
Fflb wrote:
All the greats did the dunk contest, if he wants to be a great I think he should do it, right?
He - and the other stars -
should do the contest, but it has no bearing on him being a basketball "great".
Obviously Lebron is going down as one of the greatest, but why wouldn't you want to join the list of people like Julius Erving, Clyde drexler, Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins and Kobe Bryant as one who participated in it, idk I feel like if I was him that would be a cool thing to do
I don't know for sure .... the only "logical" explanation I can think of is they don't want to take a chance on hurting their brand ... perhaps better said they must figure (and I don't necessarily disagree) that the potential gain to their brand is considerably outweighed by the potential hit it might take for not being received well. I can't imagine it being about anything else, and that reasoning is easily applied universally (not just for him, but Durant, Griffin, etc.).
To that point, did Paul George get anything out of being in the contest? I don't believe so. Doesn't help that the format was a compelte abortion devoid of entertainment or intelligent structure, so I guess that's another reason to avoid it like the plague. Also, when talking about greatest players, Mt. Rushmores, or whatever, nobody ever talks about this or that guy in a dunk contest, so again another point to not pay the contest any mind.