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Easy vote for #1, that dunk basically turned me from a casual fan who liked the dubs bc they were the local team to someone who watches every game. Plus it was the postseason which makes it more dramatic plus the shirt lift, just *chef's kiss*

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Feb 18, 2023·edited Feb 18, 2023

Well these are my favorite two dunks in Warriors history, so tough choice. But I have to go with Baron's because it was not only incredible, it was the high point of the entire "We Believe" run.

#ONE

I have a poster-sized print of the full frame BD dunk, an incredible photo from the hardwood to the glass. It was cropped to torso up for the Chronicle, but they made it available for purchase. So I bought an 8x10 and scanned it to blow up bigger. Phenomenal.

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Gotta go with #EIGHT. A defining moment of a shining era, never mind the KDrama. Plus, what Mr. Teal said.

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Honestly this Rising Stars game isn't much, but it's still way better than the Dunk competition and the Skills competition. They should move Rising Stars to Saturday night.

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Too bad JK isn’t there. He could fly over most of these guys.

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Lofton looks like he could lose about a 1/10 of a Looney's worth of weight.

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McClung in the Rising Stars game. OK.

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one current player you’d like to see steph play with? not including any of our guys/fantasy mode in full effect.

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Is there another place for rising stars discussion?

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#ONE.

This isn't close for me. If we wanted the best alley for the oop, yeah, Steph's feed to KD was awesome. But for pure dunking viciousness, Baron killed it.

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Feb 18, 2023·edited Feb 18, 2023

#EIGHT.

The other one is cute and all...and supplied some hope during some otherwise bleak times...but #EIGHT simply reeks of the Warriors exemplifying their superiority and arrogance...the super villainous team that crushed an entire league for more than 2 years.

#EIGHT.

#EIGHT.

#EIGHT.

(I included a few more on the off chance that EA is bad at count management)

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Explain one name has reached a perfect 420 comments.

My teenagers would be really happy to know that I noticed this.

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Happy 60th Birthday MJ from NBA.com

https://www.nba.com/watch/video/michael-jordans-top-60-career-plays?plsrc=nba&collection=nba-history-michael-jordans-career

People always talk about his hang time but what stands out to me that gave him an extra dimension was his hand time being able to palm the ball 🖐🏿 Has anyone done it better?

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#ONE

Though, I will point out that in today's game, that's a F1 on Baron for the forearm to the face. Of course, Kirilenko is a boss and doesn't flop to sell contact... today's game is so dumb sometimes.

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#One

The reason: I did not see either live and was not a warriors fan when #1 went down. But having seen it many time since on TV/Youtube etc. the way the crowd seemed to burst alive from a stupor suggested that something really special happened.

The Dray->Steph->KD->dunk was beautiful basketball though!

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There can be only #ONE

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