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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

Eric Apricot
Sep 8, 2022
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Iconic Warriors Dunk Tournament: #8 Dray to Steph to KD vs #9 J Rich Dunk Contest. & open thread

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chasing Rings...
Sep 10, 2022·edited Sep 10, 2022

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...

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