Derrick Rose represented Chicago well on the Saturday night All-Star weekend festivities. Rose faced Devon Harris, Mo Williams, and Tony Parker in the Skills Competition and came out on top, defeating Harris in the final round. It definitely made me proud to be a Bulls fan, even for just a few minutes, and to see our number one draft pick actually becoming a solidified star for once is very comforting.
As far as the rest of the Saturday night All-Star stuff, I thought it was overall an entertaining night. Obviously the main event of the night is always the dunk contest, which although wasn't as good as some in the past, it surpassed my expectations. Every year it gets more difficult for guys to come up with new dunks to do. For a little while, the competition became boring in my opinion, but Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson have managed to make it somewhat exciting again in the past few years. Who doesn't like to see 2 freaks of nature on both sides of the spectrum battling for the dunk contest title?
I agreed that Robinson should have won. Robinson's final dunk of jumping over Dwight was quite the site to see. Howard's final free-throw-line dunk was weak and out-dated as well. But who else is excited to see LeBron James in next year's contest? For those who missed it, James preliminarily threw his name into the list for next year's dunk contest. I have a feeling it will be one to remember.
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Rudy Fernandez got screwed in the dunk contest. I think he had the best dunk of the night.
ReplyDeleteYea, he definitely has an argument that he should have at least moved past the first round. Also, Howard's first dunk did not even come close to deserving a 50, yet what did he get...
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