by Micah Hart
I don’t know what set off this phenomenon of NBA players (amongst others) doing their best trick shots and capturing them on film, but I am just happy to be alive during this era. Our latest entrants come from L.A., with a little guerrilla-style footage shot by Clippers big men Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. Roll it!
A few thoughts:
– I can’t believe how much Griffin and I look alike in tank tops.
– Their reaction after shot #3 is insane priceless.
– Players have so much fun doing these things, it dawns on me — we’ve got to figure out a way to get a trick-shot competition in All-Star Weekend.
We’ve seen H-O-R-S-E the last two years, and that is a start, but the biggest issue with a trick shot competition is the amount of attempts it might take to get the shot right. As we’ve seen in dunk contests the last few years (cough, Nate Robinson, cough), a bunch of misses sucks too much of the air out of the competition.
How could we work around this? Here’s my suggestion:
1. Each participant is given a video camera and 24 hours (say from the start of the Rookie-Sophomore game to the start of All-Star Saturday night) to execute their best trick shot, using the entire host city as their playground to get it done. We’ve seen from guys like Dude Perfect and The Legendary Shots that incorporating various buildings and obstacles can really raise the stakes.
2. The participants submit their entries at the start of All-Star Saturday night, which will be shown either throughout the night during breaks in the regular competitions, or all in one block. Entries will be judged on creativity, difficulty, and perhaps even production value (almost like a short film competition).
3. Fans vote on a winner.
Pretty simple, right?
What do you think? Any suggestions on how to make a trick-shot competition happen? Let us know in the comments.
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I want my 4 minutes of life back. Those shots really sucked as “trick”
they ahould add a one on one compettition all star weekend
Thats a great idea then we could see people like lebron v. kobe and CP3 v. Dwill
I agree. If “one-on-one” competitions were to be established amongst players of like caliber and ability . . . then that would be GREAT entertainment. As stated, D-Will -vs- CP3 and Kobe -vs- Lebron. . . . maybe Garnett -vs- Duncan?
Three-on-three tournament? One big man, one guard, and one WNBA player . . . players randomly matched up from a pool of “worthy” nominees.
I also think there should be legitimate dunk contest contenders. Nominees must not only be athletic, but also creative. Unfortunately, many competitors just simply “dunk”.
MAKE IT HAPPEN!!! or give me the email address of David Stern and ill make it happen!!! ;P
I really like the idea
That looked like fun. Cool shots, but I don’t think it would work well for the All Star Weekend.
I think your idea sounds great, i hope you can make it happen.. and i agree after trick shot nr 3 it is priceless…
i think that they should incorporate a big bump game in the allstar weekend
I agree with khaalid bel, a one on one competition would be great for the All-Star weekend. Or better yet a tournament. 16 or 32 players from around the league in a intense tournament for the bragging rights of best one on one player in the league. Also I like the idea for the 24hrs with a video camera. The all-star weekend really needs to be re-vamped I think those two things, plus maybe what the NHL is doing with their All-Star game would really help it. The all-star game last year was dead. Some real fans need to fill the stadium, not just the people rich enough to go, I have heard louder regular season stadiums.
I like the idea of trick shots being added to All-Star weekend, but where do you draw the line in regards to players not doing something dangerous? Obviously, they’re not silly kids, but they do have millions of dollars in salaries with their health and safety being a major concern to their teams and fans.
what a buncha douchebags.
If these are “trick” shots, we might as well have a free throw shooting contest. i really dont care what nobodies like deandre jordan and blake griffin do while they are high. its sad the lakers have to share a stadium with these idiots.
Trick shot competition is a great idea and the format suggested is a winner, lets make it happen!!!
You want trick shots? Put Rondo, Biedrins, and D Howard in the 3 point shootout.
LOL… totally agree with you!
I agree with this idea. Let it happen. I would love to see a trick contest no matter how it is done. The video idea is the simplest and sounds like it would end up with some pretty insane shots. Fans HAVE to vote the winner for something like this, it’s only fair. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
2011 All Star Weekend, TRICK CONTEST!!!!!!
=D
You should definitely do a HORSE competition like with Pistol Pete and George Gervin did back in the day!
Deandre Jordan should focus on trying to make regular shots looking at the basket, and shooting at the basket b4 he moves to trick shots lol. And as for the idea, i think its a great idea. show the videos throughout allstar saturday night and voting could begin as soon as its over. Results could be given sunday during halftime , or whenever during the allstar game. there needs to be something to spark allstar weekend again. Cus its getting WEAK!
hmmmm…. sounds like bs personally and there is no way the NBA will allow that! lame lame and lamer! the videos would not even be that great
those shots in the video were not impressive, sorry…if you try like 100 times, you get it..
I think this idea is great, but perhaps suggest/propose to have selected players to attempt trick shots during breaks – say 5 attempts per shot (they can show in a short video, or explain before attempt – how should it look like). Whoever gets it done, or gets more tricks done – wins! Its like Dunk-competition, not all attempts work, some fail.
Sounds really sweet. The way you have it formatted sounds like it would work as well. Count me in.
Maybe get someone who knows how to edit so we can see the shot instead of that huge number. Who’s in charge of this stuff?
i agree on the one on one game everyone always is wondering who would win won on won against players and that would draw a big crowd who wouldnt want to go watch big men yao ming vs dwight howard or greats Kobe Bryant vs Lebron James/ Dwayne Wade
i think they should have a one on one competition. that would be worth watching
It would work, they need to show it on allstar weekend on TV.
No wonder the clippers are in last place, guys practicing shots like that instead of normal game shots. No surprise.
And thats why they are 1-10
I think I would rather watch an all star game of a 1 on 1 with great players like Kobe vs. Lebron instead of a video of trickshots I can see on youtube everyday. But take my idea into consideration. People have always wondered who would win in 1 on 1 Kobe vs Lebron.
Yeah, It would work, I’d like to see it. A One-on-One would also be very damn nice.
Blake Girffin = “The Thing” from Fantastic Four lmao
Definitely do…I’ve been a Clipper fan for years so this was a fun video for me but I agree with the idea of bringing it to the all-star weekend
Just a thought….these guys are rich enough to afford awesome video editing software, and rich enough to hire someone who knows what they’re doing. Again just something to think about….
How bout these two stop messing around and win some games. That would be impressive
They should stop showing off and help tha Clippers win games!
lol Blake in #1 said, …blah blah bla, we’ll see who gan go the longest.
and then Deandre said “Pause” hahahahahahahahaahah
Why is everyone ripping on them for doing this? It’s not like it’s cutting into their practice time. NBA players don’t spend every waking moment in the dream and to think otherwise would be stupid. Also, saying these trick shots aren’t impressive is equally stupid. Yes, if you tried many, many times you’d probably pull it off, but it doesn’t make it less impressive to see it. When you finally DID get one in you’d go crazy. I mean is it cool that LeBron takes underhanded half-court shots before games, but stupid that these two have fun in their down-time? Double-standard.
Anyway, that aside, I’d rather see the one-on-one competition than glorified H-O-R-S-E. 16 or 32 is clearly too many, but 4 or 8 is doable if they make it first to 11 or something. Hopefully the big names won’t shy away from it like LeBron’s refusal to do the dunk contest. Everyone wants to see him try, Jordan entered more than once, is he too good for it?
Yup i remembered Lebron officially announcing it to the public that he’s gonna do the slamdunk contest did he not just say it aloud then made the people forget… What the hell is that guy thinking???
maybe there is some people behind each shot..
The Lamest Video Of ALLLLLL TIMES!!!!
@Chris: I agree with you!! Let’s have a 3-point shootout for Rondo, Howard, Biedrins and even add Shaq!! lol