Alright Blazer fans, day 3 of the Rippy Awards brings us to our first player category. So many great dunks to choose from but you came up with some great ones! Listed in no particular order... [video=youtube;n7U6b2T9tAM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7U6b2T9tAM[/video] [video=youtube;WSHZW-gVI6Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSHZW-gVI6Y[/video] [video=youtube;T6_sSuNGD_c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_sSuNGD_c[/video] [video=youtube;RSVRrZvR1Ds]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSVRrZvR1Ds[/video] [video=youtube;PQINCOJpgIk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQINCOJpgIk[/video] [video=youtube;Bfu8boYliag]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bfu8boYliag[/video] [video=youtube;M4EKoWY9_Uo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4EKoWY9_Uo[/video] [video=youtube;VGSVCSvaTK0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGSVCSvaTK0[/video]
You forgot this one, posted by danpalm: http://www.nba.com/blazers/video/2014/05/12/Bartonalleyoop2mp4-3268577/
I looked for it on youtube so it could be posted in the thread with the others but couldn't find it. My apologizes to Will and danpalm for not including it.
For me it was between this one, for teamwork and poetry of motion, and Lillard dunking over the Lakers front line. Lillard over Lakers for the win!! Fropez facializing Asik was good too.
It was discussed in the nomination thread so I went with the wishes of the group. http://sportstwo.com/threads/270983-Rippy-Award-Nominations-Dunk-of-the-Year
I'm going with T-Rob in the playoffs. Close out game. 4th Quarter 2 point game. Not the prettiest dunk, I thought the Dame dunk on GS was better but in terms of actual momentum shifting dunk, I'd go with this one. T-rob had those burst of just awesomness in the playoffs.
I went with the Lillard dunk vs. Lakers. Why you ask? Because in my head, Kaman had a little thought bubble pop up after Lillard dunked it that said "Fuck this, I'm going to Portland!"
What about this? Block of the year AND dunk of the year in one play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhdYpW2ocso
That's exactly why I voted for it. It was meaningful, as meaningful as a big ole dunk could possibly be. And for my money, that was when I actually felt we could do it... we could win the series.
Thii was really hard for me to vote for. The T-Rob dunk was my favorite because I remember how hyped I was when it happened, but the best dunk.... I voted for the Rolo dunk over asik. Biggest stage, best dunk, robin lopez.