Superman finds his Kryptonite

So the All-Star festivities have come and gone and all that's left is the actual game. But who really cares about that? I personally have some beef with the dunk contest. The same beef I had back in 2006 actually. I am tired of seeing Nate Robinson get bonus points for being small. Dwight Howard said it himself, he makes it look easy while it looks hard for Robinson. Robinson stole the title from Iggy in '06 and he did it again this year. Dwight Howard is the ultimate entertainer. Dunking on a 12 foot rim is incredible in itself. But before the dunk he changed into his superman outfit in a phonebooth, and even adjusted to a bad pass from teammate, Jameer Nelson (cut him some slack, he has a bad shoulder) and made it look easy. Then he throws the ball off the side of the backboard and throws it down with some serious authority. Robinson on the other hand jumped off someone's back in one of his dunks! How is that even allowed?! Then jumps over Dwight Howard (although he appeared to push off and jump slightly to the side). Lost in all of this is the fact that Dwight Howard agreed to participate. He showed that it wasn't about winning, but giving the fans a great show. I will congratulate Nate Robinson (grudgingly) and thank them both for a great show.

And on a side note, LeBron James announced that he put is name in the preliminary running for next year's Dunk Contest in Dallas. Now we just need Vince Carter and Jason Richardson to come back...and maybe somehow convince Nate Robinson not to come back to defend his title.

Bobcats beat Celtics?

Last night the Charlotte Bobcats stunned the Boston Celtics, and pretty much everybody else in the sports world with a twelve point, that's right TWELVE point victory on the road. The Celtics have been virtually unstoppable this year (29-4), especially at home (16-1 going into the game), and lets just say that the Bobcats don't like room service too much (1-11 on the road going into the game). This shouldn't be too much of a surprise considering the rise of perennial bottom feeders. The Atlanta Hawks (16-16) and the Greg Oden-less Portland Trailblazers (22-13) are staring the playoffs in the face, although it may be too early to tell considering we haven't yet reached the All-Star break, but congratulations to them for not being the laughing stock of the NBA which, by the way, the New York Knicks have effortlessly become. Time will tell whether or not the Hawks and/or Trailblazers will resort to their losing ways, but for now, it has been fun watching.