NBA All-Star Dunk Contest: Odds Favor Iman Shumpert To Win Then Paul George

by Tom Lewis on Feb 16, 2012 5:18 PM EST in Indiana Pacers News

Indiana Pacers guard Paul George faces long odds of winning the NBA All-Star Sprite Slam Dunk Competition thanks to the new rules utilizing fan voting to determine the winner. Considering Iman Shumpert is representing the New York Knicks and also legally required to include Jeremy Lin the contest isn't exactly working with a level playing field.

Shumpert could execute a few fundamental jump-stop layups and win running away, but that doesn't mean Paul George can't capture the attention of NBA fans world wide by executing an impressive array of dunks regardless of the final voting tally.

According to the oddsmakers at Bovada, PG is listed at 2 to 1 odds to win the dunk contest with Shumpert just ahead at 3 to 2. Not bad considering the circumstances. As for the Foot Locker Three Point Contest, New Jersey Nets guard Anthony Morrow is the early favorite to torch the nets for the title at 5 to 2 odds.

Here are the odds for both events:

Odds to win the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Competition
Iman Shumpert (NYK) 3/2
Paul George (IND) 2/1
Derrick Williams (MIN) 3/1
Chase Budinger (HOU) 5/1

Odds to win the 2012 Foot Locker Three Point Contest
Anthony Morrow (NYJ) 5/2
James Jones (MIA) 3/1
Ryan Anderson (ORL) 3/1
Joe Johnson (ATL) 6/1
Kevin Love (MIN) 6/1
Mario Chalmers (MIA) 6/1

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How Paul George can win the dunk contest.

I wrote an open letter to Paul George on how to win the dunk contest by performing dunks never before seen in the NBA. With examples given visually by Team Flight Brothers, I wrote a lot of advice/coaching to help Paul become the new King of the Dunk.

As I state in my letter, Vince Carter went into the 2000 dunk contest with prepared dunks that nobody had seen before. The dunks he ended up performing were none of those which he planned, and he still killed because nobody had seen them before.

Paul needs to do this same thing. Plan an entire portfolio of never-before-seen slam dunks, out of which he can draw ideas when the time comes. A video with some of these never-before-seen dunks is available, as well as the top 10 (in no particular order) that I feel would bring the house down, no matter what.

Feel free to check out the letter (click here), and/or feature it here or anywhere else, if you feel it necessary. I’m trying to get it circulated enough so that Paul eventually reads it and takes it to heart (however unlikely that may be). Thanks a lot.

by btylermargison on Feb 16, 2012 5:29 PM EST reply actions