Franchise408

Magic gotta get real good real quick to even think about meeting Miami in the playoffs.

It's less about DJJ and more about the franchises. Miami is a darling franchise of the league, and Orlando isn't. There's no way in hell the NBA can let Orlando shine, even for a night. You saw how angry the NBA media was when Orlando beat LeBron's Cavs in 09 to ruin the dream Kobe / LeBron matchup. The NBA and the media want no part in Orlando getting over. Make sure the darling franchise gets the rub, while the bastard step child franchise stays locked in the basement. It's literally exactly what happened with Lavine too. A darling boy of the NBA was always going to win over someone from Orlando.

Honestly, I hope other players follow suit. I hope Zion, Gordon, everyone boycotts it from here on out.

Yea, if this is what the dunk contest is gonna be, I can't watch this garbage.

Doubtful that you can. And the problem isn't spending money. Ownership is spending plenty of it. The problem is how it's being spent. The last front office gave vastly over priced contracts to woefully mediocre players. The current front office is trying to dig out of that, while at the same time having made some questionable moves as well. Ownership is spending money. The front office is navigating how that money is being spent.

I'm like legit heated. I'm a 49ers fan as well and I'm more pissed off about this than I was the Super Bowl loss. The NBA clearly wanted Miami to shine and to bury Orlando. Miami is their darling franchise. Can't have a player from Orlando in the NBA spotlight, even for a day. Like, it might "just" be the dunk contest, but if they can't even get this little thing right, how can they have integrity for the big games?

Of course not. They got what they wanted. A member of their darling franchise got the rub, and Orlando got buried. Again.

Carter-Williams is the only one from that list I want back. Everyone else can bye Felecia.

Because of obvious bias.

I'm surprised they didn't start booing.

Kenny Smith knew it. Did you see the look he gave Wade when he came for the post-contest interview? Wade trying to justify his *****ery but eff Wade.

This the thread where we are talking about this blatant ass screwjob? F Dwyane Wade. I can't keep watching the dunk contest if they are just gonna continue screwing the dudes who should be winning. They so obviously just want whoever they want to win to win it, and since Miami is a more darling franchise, eff Aaron Gordon I guess. There's no way in hell Jones' last dunk was better than Gordon's last dunk. It's questionable if Jones shoulda even been there in the first place, cuz Connaughton had a better first dunk than Jones. The dunk contest might not even matter but I'm legit ass pissed right now.

What I mean is that they are both playmakers who need the ball in their hand to facilitate. Neither of them are really off ball threats. And since there's only one ball to go around...

Let him go. Idc. Take the cap space that will open up. Probably far more valuable than anything we can actually get for him anyways.

Yea, basically. Bamba played some decent defense. He was the only one that did, and then Clifford pulled him out. Fultz and Isaac are our future. I still like Gordon and Bamba too. Everyone else needs to go. I'm sick of this Fournier & Vuc core of our team. T-Ross seems to have been fool's gold last year. He plays Kobe-ball without an ounce of Kobe's talent. Anyone NOT part of the BIG+Fultz crew needs to go away, and fast. We've made Vuc and Fournier the centerpiece of this team for far longer than they deserve. They should have been post-Dwight transitional players that got us from one roster to the next, but instead have become the roster. But as far as D'Lo goes, he's basically another Fultz. Probably better, but they are basically the same player. We don't need D'Lo here.