People are having fun with this. Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on LeBron in a scrimmage in Akron. Then the most stupid thing happened. Nike confiscated all tapes of the event. What? Yeah, that is right; they took them all and claim they always do that. What? Yeah, that is right, they claimed they always do that and always have. What? No way! What about this exclusive from YouTube?

By the way, LeBron just went back on defense as if it was no big deal. Maybe someone should tell that to Nike. Hey, and isn’t the guy’s name being Jordan just perfect?

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If you are in Portland honk your horn!

Wait, what are you doing reading a basketball blog while driving? Oh, no matter.

Greg Oden worked out lightly with the Portland Trailblazers.

Oden, the 7-foot center taken with the first pick in last year’s draft, participated in offensive drills and even dunked during 45 minutes of work Wednesday. The Blazers were in Sacramento for Thursday night’s game against the Kings.

“It was fun,” Oden told The Oregonian newspaper. “It felt good to get out there … and I wasn’t hurting at all.”

Coach Nate McMillan surprised the team when he called players to participate in a drill—and included Oden.

“There was somewhat of an uproar by the team,” McMillan said. “Some of them said `Greg?’ and I was like, `Yeah, Greg.’

“I think everyone was just excited to see him on the floor.” source

Here is a look at Greg in the Summer League.

Oden has the size and skills to turn Portland into a playoff team.

NBA Basketball Fan Question Have you seen Greg play yet?

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Check out these all time worst dunks in the dunk contest narrated by Kenny Smith.

What a far cry from Dwight Howard and the Superman Dunk.

NBA Basketball Fan Question Can you imagine any worse dunks?

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Oh my, you have to watch this. Dwight Howard is unreal!

Dwight Howard Superman 2008 Dunk

Two things.

1. The Superman Dunk is thrown in, not dunked. It is unreal.

2. The dunk after the Superman dunk by Dwight Howard is even more creative and amazing!

NBA Basketball Fan Question Is Dwight Howard truly the Superman of Dunks?

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Thanks goes to Blue Workhorse.com for sending this YouTube on Dwight Howard putting together his Dunk routine for the All Star game.

Dwight talks about being disappointed from not winning it last year.

There is also a bit of Vitamin Water ad going on, but not much.

He wants to win it for the Big Men in Basketball!

As you can see, Dwight can really throw it down!

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Chauncey prefers to shoot not dunk

The Detroit Pistons won their ninth game in a row and did it in impressive fashion destroying the Milwaukee Bucks 114 to 69.

The Pistons suddenly aren’t content with simply beating teams; they are humiliating them. Here what was reported in the papers.

They made the Milwaukee Bucks look like a D-League team Monday, ending 2007 with a 114-69 romp before the 200th straight sellout crowd at The Palace.

“You get into a certain part of the season where things are getting comfortable for you and you just want to continue to ride that wave,” Tayshaun Prince said. “That’s what’s going on right now.” source

The Pistons ended up December 15 – 2. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Detroit!

As stated before, it is the young guys that are helping Detroit seem like a rejuvenated team.

Also reminiscent of that championship run is the way the Pistons’ bench is contributing. Jarvis Hayes contributed 14 points off the bench. He, Jason Maxiell, Rodney Stuckey and Arron Afflalo helped the Pistons spread the lead in the second quarter and led the Pistons to a 28-12 advantage in the fourth.

“These are young guys and when they get into the game they are really taking advantage of their minutes,” Billups said. “They are so aggressive and so hungry when they get their chance. I’ve been calling them the Zoo Crew because they are like some caged animals when they get out there. I love watching them play.”

Chauncey dunks

In a wild move in the game, Chauncey Billups took a long pass from McDyess and dunked the ball. Chauncey rarely ever dunks. It seems Afflalo had been bragging about his vertical leap and Chauncey had to show him he could dunk. So far Afflalo has no dunks in the NBA.

Rip Hamilton could not resist commenting on the dunk.

“That dunk was so old-school,” said a non-impressed Hamilton. “He should have gotten a technical foul for hanging on the rim. But he said to me, ‘I had to let all the cameras get their snapshots in so everybody can see I can still dunk.’ “

The Pistons are winning and having fun. What could be better!

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