Lebron never entered the dunk contest because he was afraid to lose. See Lebron entering the Dunk contest would put the spot light on him. If he loses, he has nobody to blame but himself. Lebron playing on a team and losing, he can blame someone else.
I remember 1 year where Lebron promised he's going to be in the dunk contest. But then Shannon Brown also decided to join. You know the player who actually beat him in a dunk contest when they were in High School.
@@jaredamiker7321then American players have to care and not try to be super divas rather than competitors - stop the AAU entitlement and learn the game and learn to compete.
LeBron was the first superstar to protect his brand by skipping the dunk contest. Remember he said he had nothing to prove. When the stars of the past did it for the fans. Now the new stars don't want to get scrutinized for coming up short. Remember how Jalen Green performed? That's all of their fears.
I knew Lenny Cooke caught a raw deal for cooking LeBron in high school. Instead of looking forward to the matchup and trying to embarrass him on the court , LeBron cries to management to sit Lenny down. Really can’t stand this 🤡
Not only all stars did dunk contest but also some low name starters or bench like Desmond Mason Rick Barry James White Chris Carr Tom Chambers Jason Richardson etc.
Opening the dunk contest to pro dunkers is something folks have been calling for, for years. Anyone who has seen a pro-dunk contest knows those guys are entertaining AF. You don't care that they aren't NBA players. I bet a few NBA players will join in after a few years.
Lebron scared to lose and have no one to blame… he’s cookies. Imagine they call this guy a goat lol of what ? Not basketball. 🏀 That’s why we hear , he’s a great father, He talks about world issues, activist , longevity everything but his game .
Do you remember Break Dancing??? You would see guys andyou just go WOW!!! But, the Akron Fool with his Barging, Charging, Faking, Flopping, & Travelling lhe looks like an Alaskan Bear trying to break dance.
I disagree with Stephen A thinking LeBron has some influence on the dunk contest. He has absolutely none because he can’t be competitive. Why would he enter something that he knows he can’t win? That’s that. 💯
Easy on the WNBA disrespect Dominique. Aside from the dunking, WNBA is far more physical and most closely resembles the NBA of years past. That’s why women’s BB is gaining interest.
Facts. I think Dominique's point was the game is so soft now that it's almost like WNBA. But I do agree, the WNBA is more physical then the NBA and the ratings proves it.
-"WNBA is far more physical and most closely resembles the NBA of years past. That’s why women’s BB is gaining interest" .. THERE IS NO INTEREST EXCEPT FROM BRAIN DEAD DONKEYS.. WHAT PHYSICALITY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT -PLAYING 40 GAMES WITH NO DUNKING ABILITIES , NO EMPHATIC BLOCKS, NOBODY DIVING 6 ROWS INTO THE STANDS TO SAVE A BALL, NO BURSTS OF SPEED, NO ALLEY OOPS, NOTHING! #LowImpact -THE WNBA IS A HARD WATCH THAT BECAME AN EVEN HARDER WATCH WITH THE INSERT OFD CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST #Yikes -STOP TRYING TO RAISE UP THE WOMEN WHEN THEY STILL BE FUNDED BY THE MEN -LIKE ALL WOMEN SHE GOES OFF WHAT SHE'D LIKE IT TO BE AND NOT WHAT IT IS #SorryNotSorry #JustFacts
Adam Silver and the NBA stuck with Bron to long they should've went with another superstar after them 9 years in Cleveland he had 9 years and he didn't win ... he went to Miami that's when they should've went in another direction
When SAS says "brother" I cringe!!! When he says "I love you" I feel like the Devil is about to hug me!!! When he calls someone "Great" it feels like a Guillotine is about to drop on their neck!!!
All those old school dunk contest participants wanted to win more than anything, BUT they were NOT afraid to lose. MJ, Kobe and those guys said it many time, that they had to lose to win..the losing makes the fire burn higher and hotter and you become more determined than ever..its the killer instinct...the mamba mentality.. Lebron is afraid to lose because he's worried about his image/brand...
Its not about the possibility of him losing but the fact that he doesnt want to compete if he doesnt feel he can win...shows a lot about him stacking the deck etc. No challenge to be better smh
This is why he never entered the dunk contest. Its the same reason why he passed up so many game winning shots and its the reason he says 1 on 1 isnt real basketball. Bron is afraid to fail. When his team loses its never his fault. He always makes the right play according to himself so that he can blame teammates for missing shots that he should've took. He cant do that in the dunk contest. Its just him out there with no one to blame for failing or coming up short. He wants to be that dude without proving he that dude. Then when folks ask him why he never entered, his reply is, "im a in the game dunker". No a Bum that lacks confidence. The most confident we saw LeBron was on super teams with stacked decks. Not Goat worthy.
@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 If LeBron was afraid to fail, he wouldn't have gone to 10 finals appearances... He wouldn't have entered the draft at 18 , He wouldn't have left Cleveland, and he wouldn't have returned to Cleveland.. And he for damn sure wouldn't have gone to LA even at the age of 34.
@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 Kobe competed in the dunk contest once as a rookie... I guess going forward he had no confidence because he never competed in the contest ever again.
@lewismoultrie5548 it wasn't 10 straight Finals and he left Cleveland to create super teams. If he was so confident then why didn't he say not 1...not 2...not 3 ect while he was in Cleveland? And once he got to L.A, the first thing he did was trade all the young players, for vets. AD, D.Howard Rondo, ect. Having an advantage will make anyone seem confident. But does it really mean your confident? IF he's so confident tell him to take those game winning shot and stop putting on teammates. Or get his clunky self in the dunk contest. You dudes easy work.
Everything that has happened to the NBA is the LeBron effect from high pay scale ,but have the games off ,not being in the dunk content,and road games off .the face of the league demands wants hsppans during his prime yrs
LeBron pretended competing was beneath him because he knew he couldn’t win - he did that with the dunk contest and super teams and the league followed him right off a cliff. Today it’s seen as cool to sit on the bench and act as tho you are so good you don’t have to play - you are a model on the bench. An influencer - that’s what LeBron is really. More a media influencer and super entitled narcissist brand manager - managing his brand with propaganda rather than achievement.
I can't remember ever seeing a player Lebron's size in the Dunk Contest. I think people keep looking at Lebron to be a finesse dunker. He's not that type of dunker. There really aren't too many dunks today that I personally would find jaw dropping. All the best dunkers I've seen don't even play in the NBA.
LeBron Is A Freak Athlete But He Is A Stream Line Athlete.. Meaning, His Body Isnt Easily Contorted. He Is More Like A Line Backer in Football, He Runs Faster than most his size in A str8 line. When He Jumps Its Only One Motion, He Robotic. All Of His poster Dunks are Str8 Lined. He Jumps High for His Size, Be He isnt able to do Much In The Air Because He has No Finesse Game, His Body Is Strong but He Don’t know How To Use It Other Than barreling Down Hill for layups or Dunks, Different Angles throw him Off… Jordan To Me Is MORE Of A Freakish Athlete Than LeBron Because MJ can Do More the Air and Bend and Contort His Body Before He Jumps And In The Air, Vince Carter Comes To Mind Of that Kinda Jordan Athleticism where He Can Contort His Body Before Lift off and afterwards while in the air… Ja And Ant have that too but they have no interest in the Dunk Contest Tho
Lebron has nothing to do with the decline of the dunk contest, he's not a creative dunker he's a in game dunker who jumps high and dunks the ball hard like Russell Westbrook, i don't see nobody begging Westbrook to join the dunk contest they're both the same to me when it comes to dunking or creativity
Mel, I think I've got it...people now say get rid of the 3pt line to being interest back to the NBA...i say let's go full over-correct and make DUNKS WORTH 3 POINTS! That would make things much more interesting..I know id tune into every game I could!
LeBron is scared of competition. In the past, the most athletic players in the league participated in the dunk contest including the stars. " I got boosters and I can do dunks you can't." All these new players have followed LeBron. Don't want to compete.
He didn't enter becuz, he didn't think he could win it, he is the wimpiest Super Star I've ever Witnessed ,he can't handle criticism, the Hell with LeBron, he is a big Ass baby , no guts , no glory !
People don't get it Queen James has small hands an doesn't have the Slam dunk wow factor! It's the same with his game he only plays on the offensive side of the ball! Stephen A whack Job!!! Sharps as bad or worse!!!
Irrelevant.... If guys cared about the dunk contest they would compete in it more... If Players looked up to these guys so much they should follow suit no matter what LeBron does. When the NBA ask players to compete in the dunk contest i guess their responses were is LeBron competing in it? If LeBron had competed in the dunk contest once nothing changes... Then it's but LeBron only competed in the dunk contest once.l it's his fault.
No lebron ass scared too lose. Don't play one on one scared too lose. Wear a tupay he scared people going talk about hair. If lemedia stay in cleveland and lost 10yrs dude will have retired. Competition went down with lebron anybody could did what lebron did go join hof and allstars
They should postpone the NBA cup tournament leading up to All Star weekend and have the final 4 on Allstar weekend. What yall think? Any changes are welcome.
Let's be HONEST, the only reason LBJ has never participated in the dunk contest is because is NOT, let me repeat he's NOT a creative dunker, and never has been. He jumped high(very high) in his prime, but never was creative dunker to save his life. Just saying! 🫡
Lebron never entered the dunk contest because he was afraid to lose.
See Lebron entering the Dunk contest would put the spot light on him. If he loses, he has nobody to blame but himself. Lebron playing on a team and losing, he can blame someone else.
This exactly the reason 👌
I remember 1 year where Lebron promised he's going to be in the dunk contest. But then Shannon Brown also decided to join. You know the player who actually beat him in a dunk contest when they were in High School.
We got Melo, Cade, Ja and much more. Please LeBron go away, we are tired.
@@SocialLifeAvl I agree 100%
They just don't want the foreign players to take over like Luka and Jokic
@@MandownsportsI agree - you had 22 years to pass MJ and make your resume - it’s over
@@jaredamiker7321then American players have to care and not try to be super divas rather than competitors - stop the AAU entitlement and learn the game and learn to compete.
@@LouSeph I definitely agree
You want to be the man you have to get the dunk contest Trophy! Mj & Kobe ! No Lebron thank you
The dunk contest is also for the fans, and we know LeBron doesn’t care about the fans.
LeBron was the first superstar to protect his brand by skipping the dunk contest. Remember he said he had nothing to prove. When the stars of the past did it for the fans. Now the new stars don't want to get scrutinized for coming up short. Remember how Jalen Green performed? That's all of their fears.
Jaylen Brown?
He has no finesse…
One of these days, Shay Shay will get called out for his big mouth. And he will look like an ice block at mid day in the Mojave Desert.
They removed fist fighting in the NBA and it ain’t been the same since. I remember fights in almost every game
I knew Lenny Cooke caught a raw deal for cooking LeBron in high school. Instead of looking forward to the matchup and trying to embarrass him on the court , LeBron cries to management to sit Lenny down. Really can’t stand this 🤡
Insane man
Don't forget when he lied by saying that he WOULD enter and never did
Not only all stars did dunk contest but also some low name starters or bench like Desmond Mason Rick Barry James White Chris Carr Tom Chambers Jason Richardson etc.
Opening the dunk contest to pro dunkers is something folks have been calling for, for years. Anyone who has seen a pro-dunk contest knows those guys are entertaining AF. You don't care that they aren't NBA players. I bet a few NBA players will join in after a few years.
Lebron scared to lose and have no one to blame… he’s cookies. Imagine they call this guy a goat lol of what ? Not basketball. 🏀
That’s why we hear , he’s a great father, He talks about world issues, activist , longevity everything but his game .
Do you remember Break Dancing??? You would see guys andyou just go WOW!!! But, the Akron Fool with his Barging, Charging, Faking, Flopping, & Travelling lhe looks like an Alaskan Bear trying to break dance.
A broke clock is right twice a day! 😂
How the hell this overrated dude in the goat not even his era it's Steph era anybody think LeBron winning a chip wit Andrew Wiggins 🤔I think not💪
I disagree with Stephen A thinking LeBron has some influence on the dunk contest. He has absolutely none because he can’t be competitive. Why would he enter something that he knows he can’t win? That’s that. 💯
Big facts.
Dennis Rodman would shut LeBron down
He said he could shut him down EASY😅.
🤣
Rodman is too small and slow , Scottie is too small and not smart enough...
@@lewismoultrie5548 If JJ Barea and Jason Terry could shut him down, Rodman and Scottie would eat his lunch. Easy work.
@@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 🚶🏾♂️
What’s up Man Down this guy has been protected his whole career and still got more Finals losses than wins.
Facts
Easy on the WNBA disrespect Dominique. Aside from the dunking, WNBA is far more physical and most closely resembles the NBA of years past. That’s why women’s BB is gaining interest.
Yeah, I think she knows that. I believe she was just speaking about the no dunking aspect of it
Facts. I think Dominique's point was the game is so soft now that it's almost like WNBA. But I do agree, the WNBA is more physical then the NBA and the ratings proves it.
-"WNBA is far more physical and most closely resembles the NBA of years past. That’s why women’s BB is gaining interest" .. THERE IS NO INTEREST EXCEPT FROM BRAIN DEAD DONKEYS.. WHAT PHYSICALITY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT
-PLAYING 40 GAMES WITH NO DUNKING ABILITIES , NO EMPHATIC BLOCKS, NOBODY DIVING 6 ROWS INTO THE STANDS TO SAVE A BALL, NO BURSTS OF SPEED, NO ALLEY OOPS, NOTHING! #LowImpact
-THE WNBA IS A HARD WATCH THAT BECAME AN EVEN HARDER WATCH WITH THE INSERT OFD CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST #Yikes
-STOP TRYING TO RAISE UP THE WOMEN WHEN THEY STILL BE FUNDED BY THE MEN
-LIKE ALL WOMEN SHE GOES OFF WHAT SHE'D LIKE IT TO BE AND NOT WHAT IT IS #SorryNotSorry #JustFacts
Adam Silver and the NBA stuck with Bron to long they should've went with another superstar after them 9 years in Cleveland he had 9 years and he didn't win ... he went to Miami that's when they should've went in another direction
Bron has no bag all bullyball and athleticism
Yeah, Steve Francis went against Vince Carter
Spud Webb did get into maybe 2 dunk contest and I think he won 1
Lebron was Scared to be in the dunk contest
When SAS says "brother" I cringe!!! When he says "I love you" I feel like the Devil is about to hug me!!! When he calls someone "Great" it feels like a Guillotine is about to drop on their neck!!!
@@davidangeron3365 great comparison
Lebron has one dunk. Steam roll to the hoop and dunk. No creativity whatsoever not even in games. The guys is horrible.
Said it before I could...he's got one dunk, and it's a 6 or 7 out of 10 at that.
Exactly this is why he keeps declining but fans don't care they just want to see him in there regardless if he's creative
All those old school dunk contest participants wanted to win more than anything, BUT they were NOT afraid to lose. MJ, Kobe and those guys said it many time, that they had to lose to win..the losing makes the fire burn higher and hotter and you become more determined than ever..its the killer instinct...the mamba mentality.. Lebron is afraid to lose because he's worried about his image/brand...
Accurate
Its not about the possibility of him losing but the fact that he doesnt want to compete if he doesnt feel he can win...shows a lot about him stacking the deck etc. No challenge to be better smh
Great point
Salute Mel 🫡
yO! steven a. snitch must be listening to Man Down Sports 😂
@@HitEm213 I think alot of them dudes listen
@@Mandownsports
Yes, sir! Absolutely! 💯
This is why he never entered the dunk contest. Its the same reason why he passed up so many game winning shots and its the reason he says 1 on 1 isnt real basketball. Bron is afraid to fail. When his team loses its never his fault. He always makes the right play according to himself so that he can blame teammates for missing shots that he should've took. He cant do that in the dunk contest. Its just him out there with no one to blame for failing or coming up short. He wants to be that dude without proving he that dude. Then when folks ask him why he never entered, his reply is, "im a in the game dunker". No a Bum that lacks confidence. The most confident we saw LeBron was on super teams with stacked decks. Not Goat worthy.
@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 If LeBron was afraid to fail, he wouldn't have gone to 10 finals appearances... He wouldn't have entered the draft at 18 , He wouldn't have left Cleveland, and he wouldn't have returned to Cleveland.. And he for damn sure wouldn't have gone to LA even at the age of 34.
@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 When LeBron loses it's never his fault.... Do you have the same energy for everyone not named LeBron?
@nachaamayahwalkingintruth2298 Kobe competed in the dunk contest once as a rookie... I guess going forward he had no confidence because he never competed in the contest ever again.
@lewismoultrie5548 it wasn't 10 straight Finals and he left Cleveland to create super teams. If he was so confident then why didn't he say not 1...not 2...not 3 ect while he was in Cleveland? And once he got to L.A, the first thing he did was trade all the young players, for vets. AD, D.Howard Rondo, ect. Having an advantage will make anyone seem confident. But does it really mean your confident? IF he's so confident tell him to take those game winning shot and stop putting on teammates. Or get his clunky self in the dunk contest. You dudes easy work.
@lewismoultrie5548 tell me what other player in the league blames his teammates for losing games? Don't rush, I got time today.
Everything that has happened to the NBA is the LeBron effect from high pay scale ,but have the games off ,not being in the dunk content,and road games off .the face of the league demands wants hsppans during his prime yrs
STEVEN A CLOWN BE LYING TO MUCH
KD Didn't do it either.
Cam Newton could do what lebron did on the court. A prime cam newton
LeBron pretended competing was beneath him because he knew he couldn’t win - he did that with the dunk contest and super teams and the league followed him right off a cliff. Today it’s seen as cool to sit on the bench and act as tho you are so good you don’t have to play - you are a model on the bench. An influencer - that’s what LeBron is really. More a media influencer and super entitled narcissist brand manager - managing his brand with propaganda rather than achievement.
You said a mouthful and I agree with everything you just said.
@ I used to be a huge LeBron fan too - but I love the game more than any one player - my favorite growing up was Iverson. No excuses just play.
Man! The truth in the words! 💯🎯🙌
I can't remember ever seeing a player Lebron's size in the Dunk Contest. I think people keep looking at Lebron to be a finesse dunker. He's not that type of dunker. There really aren't too many dunks today that I personally would find jaw dropping. All the best dunkers I've seen don't even play in the NBA.
Shawn Kemp, Amare Stadamire, Dwight Howard, Andre Drummond, Larry Nance, Blake Griffin, Aaron Gordon and many more. 😳
Not the Muffin Man😂
you can't listen to stephanie a snitch, he flips like a pancake
That shows how incompetent that fraud is.
LeBron Is A Freak Athlete But He Is A Stream Line Athlete.. Meaning, His Body Isnt Easily Contorted. He Is More Like A Line Backer in Football, He Runs Faster than most his size in A str8 line. When He Jumps Its Only One Motion, He Robotic. All Of His poster Dunks are Str8 Lined. He Jumps High for His Size, Be He isnt able to do Much In The Air Because He has No Finesse Game, His Body Is Strong but He Don’t know How To Use It Other Than barreling Down Hill for layups or Dunks, Different Angles throw him Off… Jordan To Me Is MORE Of A Freakish Athlete Than LeBron Because MJ can Do More the Air and Bend and Contort His Body Before He Jumps And In The Air, Vince Carter Comes To Mind Of that Kinda Jordan Athleticism where He Can Contort His Body Before Lift off and afterwards while in the air… Ja And Ant have that too but they have no interest in the Dunk Contest Tho
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Spot on my guy. Spot on.
Players so more advanced🫣but can put on a half decent dunk contest 😂
Lebron has nothing to do with the decline of the dunk contest, he's not a creative dunker he's a in game dunker who jumps high and dunks the ball hard like Russell Westbrook, i don't see nobody begging Westbrook to join the dunk contest they're both the same to me when it comes to dunking or creativity
Miss the live
Why have LeBron in the dunk contest? His dunks are not that good to me, and he does the same dunks all the time.
Spud Webb beat his teammate Dominic Wilkins in the slam dunk competition at the All-Star weekend. I just don’t remember what year
Mel, I think I've got it...people now say get rid of the 3pt line to being interest back to the NBA...i say let's go full over-correct and make DUNKS WORTH 3 POINTS! That would make things much more interesting..I know id tune into every game I could!
I agree with Stephen A and the first caller. The NBA has been good for LeBron, but he has been bad for the NBA!!!
LeBron is scared of competition. In the past, the most athletic players in the league participated in the dunk contest including the stars. " I got boosters and I can do dunks you can't." All these new players have followed LeBron. Don't want to compete.
He didn't enter becuz, he didn't think he could win it, he is the wimpiest Super Star I've ever Witnessed ,he can't handle criticism, the Hell with LeBron, he is a big Ass baby , no guts , no glory !
muffin man😂
Lol
People don't get it Queen James has small hands an doesn't have the Slam dunk wow factor! It's the same with his game he only plays on the offensive side of the ball! Stephen A whack Job!!! Sharps as bad or worse!!!
F...the DUNK CONTEST!! LBJ is the King!! #LiveWithIt
Bron never a chance after losing x6. Scared to take another L🤫
Irrelevant.... If guys cared about the dunk contest they would compete in it more... If Players looked up to these guys so much they should follow suit no matter what LeBron does. When the NBA ask players to compete in the dunk contest i guess their responses were is LeBron competing in it? If LeBron had competed in the dunk contest once nothing changes... Then it's but LeBron only competed in the dunk contest once.l it's his fault.
So we blaming bron for the slam dunk contest being weak cause he never enter in one yea that's stupid i sorry u can't make this shit up
@@sonnyadamson3323 who is "we?"
The 40 year old is overrated
No lebron ass scared too lose. Don't play one on one scared too lose. Wear a tupay he scared people going talk about hair. If lemedia stay in cleveland and lost 10yrs dude will have retired. Competition went down with lebron anybody could did what lebron did go join hof and allstars
Yall want a 40 yr old in a slam dunk contest so bad 😂
These aren't the same comprehension skills that got you through school is it!?
@ I can comprehend that yall have an agenda and it’s lame asf
@@Jaiden.spruillwe know you have an agenda and it’s showing.
@@tylercanton3836 what is it please enlighten me
They should postpone the NBA cup tournament leading up to All Star weekend and have the final 4 on Allstar weekend. What yall think? Any changes are welcome.
Let's be HONEST, the only reason LBJ has never participated in the dunk contest is because is NOT, let me repeat he's NOT a creative dunker, and never has been. He jumped high(very high) in his prime, but never was creative dunker to save his life.
Just saying!
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