Iconic Warriors Dunk Tournament: #8 Dray to Steph to KD vs #9 J Rich Dunk Contest. & open thread
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Iconic Warriors Dunk Tournament: #8 Dray to Steph to KD vs #9 J Rich Dunk Contest. & open thread
this is not just an excuse to watch nasty dunks, this is for science
Most Iconic Warriors Dunk Tournament
The question is simple: What is the most iconic Warriors dunk?
To settle this extremely important matter, we will have a straight single elimination bracket tournament. You might say, wait isn’t this just an excuse to rewatch fantastic dunks? Of course not, this is purely for science.
DNHQ commenters nominated a number of dunks. I filtered out 16 based on whether I could find an official NBA or ESPN YouTube video about the play. The reasoning is simple: How iconic can a play be if it doesn’t have its own video?
I considered determining the seeding using the same strategy as NCAA March Madness Committees — “pulling it out of my butt” — but I opted to seed the plays based on the number of views the official video had. Of course, humans must use their judgment to make the final decision. Humans like you.
I suggest for this very scientific process that you carefully view each dunk and put the volume on loud.
We begin with our first matchup:
#8 Draymond long pass to Steph mid-air alley oop to KD
#9 Jason Richardson Dunk Contest, 2002 and 2003
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To vote, you can use the Substack poll here or write a comment including exactly one hashtag #8 or #9. Comment votes with explanation are worth 10 poll votes.
Iconic Warriors Dunk Tournament: #8 Dray to Steph to KD vs #9 J Rich Dunk Contest. & open thread
Reminder from the article:
To vote, you can use the Substack poll in the article or write a comment including exactly one hashtag #8 or #9. Comment votes with explanation are worth 10 poll votes.
Just rewatching Kerr's introductory press conference in 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxo3gqwn5Oc
Amazing signing of someone who had never coached before!
Myers: "When you strip it all away, what matters most is winning. And sitting to my left is someone who has won at every level. And I don't think that can be understated because when you are around people who have won, it rubs off on you." #BobGod
Phil Jackson: 13 titles (2 as player, 11 as head coach)
Bill Russell: 11 titles (9 as player and 2 as player-coach)
Tom Heinsohn: 10 titles (8 as player and 2 as head coach)
K.C. Jones: 10 titles (8 as player and 2 as head coach)
Steve Kerr: 9 titles (5 as player and 4 as head coach)
Pat Riley: 6 titles (1 as player, 5 as head coach)
Steve Kerr: "My view is not next year we gonna win 52 games, or we gonna get to the second round. My view is what we gonna do next decade.. "
🏆🥈🏆🏆🥈❌❌🏆 and counting...