Good morning readers! I'll have a preview up later this morning. Sorry I couldn't get it ready in time for our normal publishing schedule but it's coming for sure!!
#FOURTEEN for reasons already cited several times. But it is a bittersweet memory. I was a huge CWeb fan when he came into the league, and I was fired up that we got him. The rest is misery/history. But that dunk still resonates. I will say the Wiggs dunk over Gobert that Night Night linked to destroys either of these. Now THAT was an mf'ing DUNK, and over the French "Dejection" (based on the look on his face).
Since no one's mentioned it yet, I really like the fact that Webber blocked the shot, then got the ball back after that and came up with the spectacular dunk.
I don't like anything much else about that era of Dubs ball, but this dunk is pretty special.
I hate that you sucked me in to voting on these. I have a rule (I'm not sure if I've followed the rule in other votes, but I do have it) that I don't vote for dunks if that player left the team by choice and I'm still bitter.
Another way to look at it. If both dunks were by the same anonymous player which one would you vote for. No. scratch that. that leads to the wrong answer.
Ok. then I also like to add to the ranking how fired up the player was afterwards. yeah, that works.
Webber's is more iconic, I think. But honestly, looking back at it now... it's really not a very exciting dunk to me, for a guy of Webber's height and athleticism. Yeah there's the around the back before and the foul. But it's just... boring?
Steph's is more electrifying for me, and perhaps elevated due to its rarity. #THREE for me.
They made a commercial about it! And I actually remember it. It's weird to vote against Steph but if there's something he's not great at, it's iconic dunks (I guess?).
Mercer defeats Duke. #Fourteen over 3
Good morning readers! I'll have a preview up later this morning. Sorry I couldn't get it ready in time for our normal publishing schedule but it's coming for sure!!
I was just thinking this morning that tomorrow will be the first time that Klay and Wiseman share a court together for an actual NBA game.
Kawakami: How the Warriors could fit a new Jordan Poole deal and still avoid killer tax penalties
Link ($): https://theathletic.com/3622921/2022/09/29/warriors-jordan-poole-contract-kawakami/
538: check out our Warriors odds!
Kevin Pelton: hold my beer.
Link ($): https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/34684272/nba-preview-2022-23-stats-based-win-projections-all-30-teams-why-contenders-slipping
been thinking about where there will be competition for minutes in the Dubs rotation:
•Moody vs DiVicenzo for backcourt minutes (with Quin lurking)
•Moody vs Kuminga for wing minutes (with Andre as the baseline level they have to clear)
•Kuminga vs JMG vs Wiseman for frontcourt minutes (can any of them catch up to Loon's level?)
think it's good for all those guys to have that competition, the the chance to earn more minutes & the need to deliver on the ones they get
#THREE
#FOURTEEN (I was there.)
#THREE
#FOURTEEN for reasons already cited several times. But it is a bittersweet memory. I was a huge CWeb fan when he came into the league, and I was fired up that we got him. The rest is misery/history. But that dunk still resonates. I will say the Wiggs dunk over Gobert that Night Night linked to destroys either of these. Now THAT was an mf'ing DUNK, and over the French "Dejection" (based on the look on his face).
#FOURTEEN
Since no one's mentioned it yet, I really like the fact that Webber blocked the shot, then got the ball back after that and came up with the spectacular dunk.
I don't like anything much else about that era of Dubs ball, but this dunk is pretty special.
Warriors have landed in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6tFPjAevpI
Hey Eric, is there an index of all the dunk polls so far? Not asking for the entire bracket, just the links to the ones we've done up to this point
I hate that you sucked me in to voting on these. I have a rule (I'm not sure if I've followed the rule in other votes, but I do have it) that I don't vote for dunks if that player left the team by choice and I'm still bitter.
Another way to look at it. If both dunks were by the same anonymous player which one would you vote for. No. scratch that. that leads to the wrong answer.
Ok. then I also like to add to the ranking how fired up the player was afterwards. yeah, that works.
#THREE
Webber's is more iconic, I think. But honestly, looking back at it now... it's really not a very exciting dunk to me, for a guy of Webber's height and athleticism. Yeah there's the around the back before and the foul. But it's just... boring?
Steph's is more electrifying for me, and perhaps elevated due to its rarity. #THREE for me.
#FOURTEEN
They made a commercial about it! And I actually remember it. It's weird to vote against Steph but if there's something he's not great at, it's iconic dunks (I guess?).