Rich Eisen of “The Rich Eisen Show” sat down with Chris Brockman and TJ Jefferson to debate what measures the NBA could take to fix the contest. Eisen compared the contest to the NFL’s Pro Bowl, which is essentially American Football’s version of the NBA’s All-Star game.
TJ Jefferson raised the point that participants weren’t really known by casual fans and suggested adding an incentive to the dunk contest. Bringing in players like Ja Morant into the dunk contest could really elevate the excitement around it, but Eisen felt otherwise,
Eisen then went on to elaborate, saying that as fans, we’ve basically seen it all when it comes to the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest.
The contest had four participants, including Obi Toppin of the New York Knicks, Juan Toscano-Anderson of the Golden State Warriors, Jalen Green of the Houston Rockets and Anthony Cole of the Orlando Magic.
Although some of the dunks were hard to perform, they ultimately did not push the envelope in terms of what we’ve seen. Eisen came up with a suggestion for the NBA regarding the deteriorating Dunk contest.
Is the three-point contest more exciting than the dunk contest?
With Steph Curry already having changed the game, making teams and even centers focus more on their three-pointers, that argument by Rich Eisen isn’t way off. In the 2022 edition, Karl Anthony-Towns became the first center in NBA History to win a three-point contest – which was very impressive, and Eisen certainly thought so too.
Another possibility could be to bring in athletes who are not part of the NBA, but have special dunking abilities – and let them battle it out. That keeps the excitement of the dunk contest alive, and the creativity they could bring would be astounding, as that’s what their speciality is.
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