Shannon Sharpe reacts to Stephen A. Smith blaming LeBron for Slam Dunk Contest decline | Nightcap
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- Shannon Sharpe and Gilbert Arenas react to Stephen A. Smith blaming Los Angeles Laker star LeBron James for kickstarting the NBA Slam Dunk Contest's decline by refusing to compete like former superstars like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Vince Carter. Unc and Gil go on to discuss the increasingly uncompetitive NBA All-Star Game and debate how the league can fix it.
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“One guy dunked over a K-I-A. Another guy dunked over a K-A-I!” 🤣
That was good....
Could you imagine Bron throwing down a regular ass tomahawk dunk & the judges hold up 50 just because mfs wanted Bron in the contest
Exactly
Yes...we watched Jordan dunk from IN FRONT the free throw line 3 Times after dr J did it and they gave him 50 everytime lol
@@dereckallen1856 comparing a tomahawk to dunking from the FREE THROW LINE is nasty work
as a huge lebron advocate i 100%.. he might have great setups.. but all the dunks will be either a tomahawk or a 2 hand hard dunk.. but the floor setups would be great
@@devbiggieyoung72both lame and basic
Lebron raised gas prices.
To be fair he was screaming at everyone to vote for Biden.
@@vaporrising4899Better than voting for Trump. 🤷🏾♂️ Personally, I would’ve preferred Bernie but everyone said he was too old despite the fact that all 3 of them are damn near the same age. 😂
@@adh2298trump 2024 hes the best we got bro
@@adh2298Trump 2024
@@TetraGO it’s basically Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich 2024… no point in arguing either side
To me, once Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine did their thing, and the judges didn't grant Gordon at least 1 title, to me, that's when I lost interest. What VC did, individually was amazing, but what Gordon-Lavine did, was our generation's MJ-Dominique.
Blaming Lebron for the Slam Dunk contest failure is the worst take Stephen A. has ever made. He said he didn't want to do it, so move on.
He should have at least been in one of them
@@claudebrown9834for what? He’s not a creative dunker smh
Slow day in sports that day. Lol
Man i hear you but blaming Jordan is even more ridiculous
@claudebrown9834 the man said he didn't want to. There are plenty others who want to do the competition.
LeBron not doing the dunk contest didn’t help, but it was doomed to become irrelevant anyways. When Jordan and others in the 80s and 90s were competing there was little to no internet. So, if you wanted to watch them dunk over and over again you had to watch the dunk contest. Now with CZcams and highlight reels super accessible the contest has lost some relevance.
And the best dunkers aren’t even in the nba. So when we see these nba players in the dunk contest they don’t shit that’s creative or shit we haven’t seen already on TikTok. It’s a waste of time for the players and waste of time for us to watch the dunk contest
If your best player doesn’t care about it why should the public? I do blame him for killing it and I blame Curry for pulling the plug on defense when he laid down on the court
Real point is. Dunks were exciting in 1984. It's 2024. Some things play out yall.
@@Mattyice2611 they need to do away with it. Only thing worth while is 3 point shootout. I don’t think anyone would be disappointed if they did away with the whole weekend
@@Mattyice2611 So true, the only way you can do better is if you start doing Jordan Kilganon dunks
Gilbert arenas lost me Jordan and Dominique mess up the dunk contest 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
The msg wasn't delivered clearly.
He meant that they spoiled us and we've been waiting to see guys at the top of the nba do the dunk contest. Because of them we expect LBJ to do it because MJ did it.
I get why you’re lost but I also like his explanation on it
Yea he doesn’t know what he’s talking about 🤦🏾♂️
You know Gilbert says some crazy ass $hit sometimes. Not as bad as Kendrick Perkins but close.
Well then nobody has context clues. He clearly said that MJ and Dominique were such huge stars that they ruined the dunk contest because of expectations essentially. They couldn't top that.
Doesn't even make any sense to blame LeBron since plenty of stars have never participated in the dunk contest.
Shutup
Hold up. Where were all these people saying Lebron ruined the dunk contest back in 2016 when we were witnessing probably the greatest dunk contest of all time?
Was it also Lebron’s fault that the judges suck? Or Lebron’s fault that Aaron Gordon got snubbed and vowed to never participate again? What are we doing here?
Maybe you've been living under a rock, but " When in doubt, blame Lebron " has been the slogan of basketball for a least the last 16 years 😂
Hahahah😂😂😂😂
@@J972Munfortunately
Two nobodies going at it your proving the point … Bron ruined it
Fr. People are acting like lebron could even bring back MySpace. Sometimes people don’t feel like doing stuff.
Bro Bron is not a spectacular dunker tho....he might be able to dunk on anybody...but you can't find footage of him doing a 360 eastbay.....AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT!!! that's the difference....just like Shay is saying....there are in game dunkers....and dunk contest dunkers 🤷🏽♂️
Facts lebron does the same tomahawk dunk lol
Everyone saw Aaron Gordon get robbed, and gained nothing from it.
I don't watch specifically for that reason.
👍 that's 1 reason
I don't think anyone messed up the dunk contest, it's just diminishing returns on the dunks we've already seen and finite number of dunks that are physically possible.
youre wrong. if dwight howard, blake griffin or aaron gordon were still in it today they would bring creativity because they CARED.
Not true .. plenty of guys ON CZcams doing crazy dunks
@@XxXixixiXxXsame dunks with props. Everything has been done.
It's not 1985. We've seen enough dunks. It's boring now
LeBron ruining the dunk contest is like saying a coach ruined a team by not taking the job.
Boom.
Nah. It’d be like a player choosing a different league and everyone following so it waters down the other league. That is what lebron has done. Water. Down.
@@limitedbom2206 That doesn't make sense.
Lebron has NO bearing on what other grown ass men choose to do. I don't see how he'd be responsible for that. Hell, that's like blaming "Jordan for not influencing Iverson". Iverson was going to be who he was, regardless. Just like these younger players are going to do what they're going to do, regardless.
That's ridiculous.
Yep, it's dumb
@@limitedbom2206😂you've tried your best to make your comment make sense. You're the type that wrote gibberish on a essay exam hoping for a A+ but got an F than claimed the teacher was racist 😂.
The NBA literally canceled the dunk contest in 1998
they always forget this.
Not really, after 2000
WTF Gilbert talking about. Jordan enter in his first year and his last time entering was 88 his 4th year. Stop the bs man and just say these dudes are ducking the challenge and shame of losing. Jordan lost and won. He was not undefeated and it did not hurt his image. Shannon if Lebron is not creative why is he putting on a dunk contest show in the layup line before the games?? Man you will make up any excuse for not holding someone accountable for being just a competitor.
Well people are saying it’s because Lebron is an in game power dunker and not a creative power dunker
LeBron gonna come out with Michael Jordan-esque "Maybe it's my fault" commercial now 😂😂
That's actually not bad and hilarious 🤣
😂😂😂 Nah that’s crazy but i need it to happen now
Why not he copied Space Jam. 🤷🏽♂️
@@ramsesstafford4640they brought the idea to him get off nuts
@ef3602 Ngl, Lebron should do that. 10/10 right there.
It's not about the name at this point it'd about the actual dunks these guys are doing. They don't wow us anymore.
Exactly, it’s the same thing every year. Can find better dunks on CZcams
Nah it’s the names especially since had Kobe and MJ did it, the world
Would have thought lebron would also…all the great dunkers joined the contest in history
@@lrac_1 the best players ain’t gonna be doing crazy dunks cause they focus on other stuff generally. Also the age of the internet and there’s people on CZcams that only focus on doing insane dunks and will do something no one in the league can do
@@kurtschaaf2165 while you are correct there are no pros doing better dunks, we want to see the all stars perform at the NBA all star game, it’s so bad they got a D league player being the back to back champ…if I want to see the other guys I’d just open instragram or twitter
@@lrac_1 Names don’t mean anything if they’re not dunk contest type of guys.. Bron is a power dunker, he’s not a creative dunker like a Vince Carter
the novelty wore off ages ago. Jordan in the dunk contest in the mid 80s when most people didn't even have cable, you couldn't watch him that often etc is way different than being able to watch any game you want and pull up any highlight you want in 2 seconds on your phone.
And the dunk contest was still new back then
I think Jordan was in the '85 contest and lost.....he wasn't his Airness yet
Shannon did not call Kai vertically challenged😂😂😂
"Vertically Challenged"
Goddamn.
No he didn’t mess it up. He a grown ass man who made the decision not to do it. He’s not obligated to a dunk contest. It’s not in contract.
No one said he was obligated tf 😂 the argument is him ducking it set the precedent for stars following him to not do it
He ducked it because he didn’t want to lose on national tv. Stop defending that diva
The term "ducking" in relation to a dunk contest is another delusional form of criticism for fans to hold LeBron to some unreachable standard. If he had won a dunk contest with just simply the dunks he does in games, the ppl would bitch and complain, even when we all know he's not a creative dunker. Fans petty.
@@kangZ_94 Bruh do you know what you’re writing??? You and other people who think like you expect him to do the dunk contest because why he’s a star??? He said no move tf on with your life. Stop having expectations for other people. He’s a grown ass man who said no. People don’t have to follow him.
@@_Gwuapothe guy said no, and it made you upset. That is crazy.
So lets put Joker, Inbiid And Giannis in the contest. Since we want the best players in the dunk contest.
We are obviously talking about players athletic enough do to it. Come on! Also Giannis did it.
joker definitely would win that mf
@@Rambo20244 I would love to see Joker's non-vertical in the contest and officially cancel it😂
Why isn’t curry bashed for changing the game? We have randoms will limitless range pulling up from the parking lot but lebron is being blamed for this?😂
Lebron ruined the league by flopping
@@Mr.SpreadyourYEEKSbruh Lebron didn’t ruin the league by flopping. Flopping is a problem with the way fouls are being called. Flopping generates points and points generate $$$. If you got paid millions to flop I think you’d do it to
He is tho, matter fact curry jokes about it all the time and says “I did not ruin the game, please don’t pull up from the parking lot”😂
I don’t blame Bron, i just think the dunk contest should’ve ended in 2016. Curry just raised the skill so those randoms are better than most of the guys from previous gens.
@@edwardsl0524 Now this I strongly agree with. There’s only so many dunks you can do, Aaron Gordon and Lavine set the bar too high they should’ve ended it after Aaron got robbed honestly. That was the greatest dunk contest I ever seen he jumped over Shaq then bol bol😂
Is Arenas arguing that MJ ruined the basketball contest because he was a mega star when he participated? Am I missing something?
He's saying he set the bar extremely high
@@blacklitstl These people are slow bro.
@@CharlieXFBAright all u have to do is listen 😂😂😂
Honestly the dunk contest is just limited by human capabilities. Mfs have done every 360/alley oop/ between the legs/ variation you can think of. Until a mf can backflip and dunk we gon say it’s dead. There is very little room for innovation because either it’s already been done or damn near impossible to do and these players not gonna spend hours practicing near impossible dunks for a once a year competition and risk injury. The contest has just reached 97% of its 100% limit and until some generation with even more athleticism comes through this is what we gon see
Damn so we go just forget about Kobe dunk contest 💪🏿⚡
Yea and it got canceled the very next year
How can u mess up something you never took part of???
Blake Griffin , Dwight Howard superman dunk , Zack Levine vs Aaron Gordon all happened after 2003
He took 23 because he could. He did the powder toss because he could. He DIDNT do the dunk contest because he didn’t think he could win. Simple.
It's literally that simple. Lol don't know why it's being made so complicated.
Homie 1: "Shout yo shot fam"
Homie 2: "Nah"
1: "Why?"
2: "too risky... UMM ERRR I mean I don't feel like it"
1: "Whatever dude"
he’s won just off his name and everybody knows that
Something a lot of people are missing every year this discussion comes up since the mid 00s or so is the fact that after years of dunk contest fans have pretty much seen every possible dunk a human can do. Think about it the first time you seen a dude jump from the free throw line or a 360, under the legs behind the back ect… it was exciting because there wasnt 30 years of previous dunk contest highlights in the 80s 90s. Thats also why guy in recent years use so many props because they have to think of something new. Just learn to enjoy it for what it is.
Vertically challenged is sooooo funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I am interested in sports again because of how you, your guest, and co-hosting perspectives. When I was growing up, I remembered all the players from the Dunk Contests. Thanks for helping me understand what was going on in the contest. I was wondering why it didn't last. I am enjoying hearing the stories and laughing. Thanks. I'm becoming interested in the player's so I can eventually choose someone to follow their career. Old- Skool Out.
When Jordan and Dominique did it there weren't a whole lot of dunkers in the league or internet. So it was awesome to see them dunking in a competition. Then came Vince and placed the bar so high that what only came close to that was Aaron vs Lavine and it was because of the rivalry that formed right there that made us think of Jordan vs Dom. We need to field 4 dunkers so it is a 1v1 to advance for a second 1v1 and have like a baseline 1st round where the dunkers highlight vertical and hangtime distance they get the baseline 25 for that part and then work the other 25 in creativity in the next rounds. In the first 1v1 you do 1 dunk to pass but can challenge again one more time. On the second 1v1 which is the final each contestant does 2 dunks but scorecard is hidden cause judges the best of the 2 dunks for each player through crowd applause and show score for that 1 to select the winner.
a 1v1 or 2v2 tournament in the all star game would go crazy I would love to see who picks who in the dou
We need ja and Zion for sure
Lol gilbert arenas looking at shannon sharoe like "im not that old bro".
Gil’s got some great points on how to fix the dunk contest. Put the Thompson twins, Jalen Green and these young high vert athletic players instead of the no name players.
Gil’s one on one idea is 🔥🔥🔥
I say 1 on 1 or 3 on 3's for the All Star Game. You can have multiple games. First to 24
they need to have a 1 on 1 tournament rise and shine style. get like 8 players first person to 5 wins
Bron ruined the dunk contest and the all-star game in general. He got the torch from the old heads and let everyone get laxed and not participate or play hard in his era.
Nah You got to have Vince as a classic dunk contest.
😂😂UNC sick wit it. One guy sucked over a Kia the other dunked over a Kai 😂😂
I said this yesterday!! A two on two will be way better
3:46 SHANNON gets a BOOGER
I feel you on lavine and Gordon unc but nothing tops Jason Richardson dunk contest 😮💨
Vince had the best hands down
“Forget the dunk contest” 😂😂😂
Well 💩 I can’t do that 😂😂😂
I like the 1v1 idea but that might take too long.
Make the dunk contest set up like gymnastics. Gymnastics has a categories-floor routine, balance beam, high bars, and so on. The dunk contest could have different categories for dunks ( between the legs, distance away from the rim, alley-oop, creative your own, etc.) there could also be a formal award at the end of the year for best in-game dunk (if there isn't already)
They could also be a high jump so they would raise the goal at different heights to see who could dunk it.
I like night cap with Gilbert but it's more entertaining with Ochocinco to me
Facts
All star game should instead be 3v3, 2v2 and 1v1 as the final games. Guaranteed happiness and excitement for everybody
It's called competition and to see who was the best
One on One games against the Star players for big money in the All Star Weekend.. Now that would be Nasty.
The young guys that got drafted high with hops used to participate too. No one is blaming the NBA for that. All these youngins got hops, new ideas and followers that will watch them dunk.
What if they did a shoe brand dunk/3pt contest. So each major brand can send a player they have signed or it could push non signed players a chance to showcase and maybe deal with one of the less know shoe brands and represent them. NBA can use the shoe brands to incentivise their players
If the NBA gets rid of the dunk contest, they would be smart to do a One on One contest. That would be even better and would bring back All Star weekend & maybe even boost competitive spirit around the league.
Lebron coulda won with all 50s if he used John Lucas, Jusuf Nurkic and Jason Terry as props.
People love this “I hate Lebron” bandwagon and it’s tired at this point. But whoever is the next face of the NBA will get the same treatment so I guess it comes with the territory
Trust me, it's really tiresome. Because many of them don't appreciate greatness. All they do is take false narratives from the media and make it their talking points.
They did the same thing with Michael Jordan during his time. Many of these fake Jordan fanboys are hypocrites.
The D.brown 😂🤣🤣
Shannon called him Skip at around the 3 mins mark. Damn, Skip was his boy for real.
People acting like they didn’t see bron doing elite dunk contest dunks in the layup lines in Miami
Dunk contest needs to be at half time of the all star game, with all all stars
Wasn’t Darryl Dawkins Dr. Dunkinstien?🤔
Bron has one a dunk contest before. Plus his first years at Cleveland could have easily been a few wins in a dunk contest, it depends on props, he was athletic than most.
Real Shit
Jordan set the bar so high for the league. Anything bro touched no one can replicate or will be compared to it. Similar to the babe Ruth effect. Took decades for other players to come close to his greatness. The NBA still stuck in the 90s 30 years later.
Even though Vince was early on in his career- he put up superstar numbers when he was in the dunk contest...
MIKE CONLEY SR
IS THA ONLY ONE TO REALLY DUNK FROM THA FREE THROW LINE!!!
There's a interview with Tmac and Kobe with Rachel Nichols where Kobe and Tmac tells their reason why they didn't do the dunk contest, they knew they couldn't win against Vince Carter and they do things they have a chance of winning!
It’s amazing how ppl forgot how a lot of stars like PG participated in the early 2010s
Lebron was doing between the legs in high school.
He had to do dunk contest in early years.
When he didn’t have the muscle mass that he did later. Crazy lift still in those years
Why does nobody bring up Dwayne wade issue and the fact Aaron Gordon said he would never do it again after that
another thing about those old dunk contest is these trophies and awards were the only thing these players were winning. nique wasnt winning a championship or a mvp.
Lebron not doing the dunk contest was one of the biggest disappointments in NBA history even if he’s a game dunker or whatever you want to label him is not the point lebron doing a dunk contest is must see tv
Come on Unc you too
Nobody talk about how heavy those MJ shoes were those days and he had a 48 higher than everyone y’all imagine MJ with this shoes nowadays with no weight on OMG
Blaming Dominique and MJ is WILD
I think a 1v1 tournament for a cash prize is a fantastic idea
These days u can get super popular from the dunk contest if u actually good at it
Get those old judges out of there
Nobody messed it up .
The hype is just all used up there’s no dunk we haven’t seen already .
Why don’t they mention Blake griffin
The dunk contest shouldn't have just big names that are good in-game dunkers. It should have the most creative dunkers. I like McClung, at least he's trying to do new stuff. I wanna see "no name" guys like Lecque in the contest, at least they can put on a show.
They on to something!
Bruh it’s a dunk contest …. NBA fans stay crying over stupid ish 🤦♂️💀
Toppin should've been in the Finals against McClung The judges were awful and a 1 on 1 tournament where the players have to pay to enter would be awesome
After Vince, the bar was set, and hasn’t been the same since. It’s not on Lebron.
Stop it 2016 was great
I blame the League for not making it apart of the players contracts 😂
I enjoy seeing the other players get their chance. Don't always have to see the big name players 🤷🏽♀️
Instagram ruined the dunk contest. Being able to see these other guys do insane dunks that NBA players can’t do, kind of took away the allure imo
These two are in their feelings because Lefraud got called out for not competing in the dunk competition
Kobe not participating messed it up
Bron shoulda did the contest. Unc being an apologist! Because every year around the dunk contest Bron used to do a dunk contest for his teammates. Yeah he killed that shit
I can't pay attention with that background..
The problem with the dunk contest is that we then seen every got damn dunk
2:17 CAP!!!! VINCE CARTER WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED WHEN HE WAS IN THE DUNK CONTEST!!!
I don't think anybody ruined it.We seen everything so players not only have to dunk but be creative giving us something we haven't seen.