The Staples Center in Los Angeles will host four first-time contestants for the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest. The Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin, the Milwaukee Bucks' Brandon Jennings, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Serge Ibaka and the Washington Wizards' JaVale McGee. This is the first Slam Dunk Contest in recent memory that only one guard is a contestant and a point guard who’s hardly known for dunks at that. Although, Ibaka and McGee are power dunkers I can’t see them matching the power or explosiveness of the obvious favorite Blake Griffin. The real question I have when it comes to the dunk contest is why hasn’t Lebron James entered yet? Is he really too high profile to do the dunk contest. I think it is a slap in the face to all the fans, the league and all the legends that have won the contest for Lebron to have not entered in his 8 year tenure. Because of the lack of superstars entering this year as well as prior years the NBA has had to resort to different media hoopla to increase fans interest. This year Griffin will match up with TNT analyst and two-time Slam Dunk participant (1990, 1991) Kenny Smith; Jennings will practice with NBA Legend Darryl Dawkins; McGee will work with NBA TV/TNT analyst and five-time NBA All-Star Chris Webber; and Ibaka will prepare with Thunder teammate and 2009-10 NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant. Fans will be able to keep up with the latest development in the series by viewing the latest weekly episodes of possible dunks that will be used at the contest at NBA.com/Dunk. Blake Griffin, is my choice as well as probably 99% of the country. For those of you who don’t know who Blake Griffin is or what he can do, watch the video below, sit back and get your popcorn cause you will want to watch it again! TRUST!
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