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Girl beats boys in McDonald's All America dunk contest

Saw this on the local news last night (the deal was here in town) and thought it was pretty funny.

Of course many of those guys will go on to become millionaire BB players, while at best, she can be in the WNBA.....so the last laugh is still to be had.
 
Agree, Sluggo, and to be honest, the guy she beat missed all his remaining dunks trying to be fancy....if he had just thrown a couple down he'd have won.
Great that she's good enough to dunk, but realistically she could never play with the top HS boys.
 
A lot of people didn't know that Bobby Riggs was a 54 year old male tennis player while Billie Jean King was a 26(?) year old female champ.
 
Originally posted by: GreasyBurger
A lot of people didn't know that Bobby Riggs was a 54 year old male tennis player while Billie Jean King was a 26(?) year old female champ.
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It's widely believed that Riggs laid off huge bets against himself and tanked the match. Before playing King Riggs played Margaret Court who at the time was #1 in the world while King was #2. He destroyed Court and King was a heavy underdog. A big bet on her would have won a fortune. After so easily beating Court Riggs had nothing to gain by playing an inferior player like King unless it was for the cash.
 
Another thing about the King/Riggs match....the rules were rigged in favor of King.....Riggs had to defend a doubles-width court, while King had to defend only a singles size.
I think that Riggs only got one service, while King got the standard two.
 
here we go...the good old ATOT crew, ever the closed-minded ones...

Sluggo was kind enough to point out that many of the boys in the All-Star game will go on to make millions in the NBA...while true, as many as 10-12 players are rumored to be considering the jump from HS to the NBA this year, what exactly does that have to do with her accomplishment? Did you show she blew her knee out in 2003? What this girl has accomplished is really quite amazing, but I'll hand it to you Sluggo, you let us know exactly where you stand on this, I'm sure your wife/female friends would be proud to hear your reaction.

The BDB points out that her dunks weren't that great - this is interesting because A) - I'm guessing BDB has never dunked a basketball on a 10-ft hoop, and B) - one of her dunks was much like Dee Brown's dunk, which scored a perfect 50 and won the NBA Dunk contest a few years back. I'll be the first to admit that her dunks aren't going to make LeBron or Jason Richardson lose any sleep about being the best dunker on the planet, but jesus christ, how about giving the girl some credit - she's clearly the best female dunker on the planet, and on that day was good enough to win a Slam Dunk championship against the top HS boys players in the country.

Finally, PacFanWeb chips in with "she could never play with the top HS boys". If you are calling the players present at the McDonald's HS all star game the top players, then yes, I'll agree that she would be the worst player on the court if she played with that group - however, she could play, and start, and do very well, for 99.9% of all boys HS basketball teams in the country. Oak Hill? Probably not. Just about anywhere else? For sure.

Why can't the people on this board ever say good things about people, or give credit where credit is due? I suppose Michelle Wie got lucky in beating 40 PRO golf players at the tournament she was in, and hey, the laugh is on her since she won't make the money that Tiger Woods makes - sucks to be her...Tiger could whoop her anyway.....right guys?

I don't know that I've ever seen a thread with more pathetic responses - and Moonbeam wasn't even a part of it.

Sad to see where some of you stand on things like this.

Congrats to C.Parker on a fantastic performance. Note that one of her college teammates will be Shauna Zolmann, a guard who 2 years ago beat a field of boys High School All-Stars, including Duke's JJ. Redick, widely considered to be the best shooter in all of college hoops, in a 3-pt contest conducted the same way that the NBA does theirs, with 5 racks of balls. - and it wasn't close.
 
Women professional sport teams are openly discrimate men, but yet, men pro teams can't discriminate women (PGA and LPGA for example). So much for equality hey?
 
Nicely said Greasy......no one is saying the women are as good as the men in any sport....so if you follow that logic, if a woman is good enough to get invited to or earn a spot in a men's golf event, then good for her....a man going down to the LPGA is a step down in competition level - so why bother?
 
Originally posted by: NeoV
Nicely said Greasy......no one is saying the women are as good as the men in any sport....so if you follow that logic, if a woman is good enough to get invited to or earn a spot in a men's golf event, then good for her....a man going down to the LPGA is a step down in competition level - so why bother?
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What if a man can't quite make the cut for PGA? Why should he not allow to play in LPGA?


"so why bother?"
My answer for that question is this -->$$$$$$$$$$
 
This summer, before the injury, Parker could leap and do one-handed reverse dunks from under the rim and a lean-in dunk where she got above the rim and could quickly snap the ball into the basket.
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WOW!
 
The BDB points out that her dunks weren't that great - this is interesting because A) - I'm guessing BDB has never dunked a basketball on a 10-ft hoop, and B) - one of her dunks was much like Dee Brown's dunk, which scored a perfect 50 and won the NBA Dunk contest a few years back.
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I guess because I can't dunk that means I am unqualified to judge someone else.
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A lot of judges at events like this don't even play basketball, so I guess they are also unqualified.
 
Originally posted by: NeoV
here we go...the good old ATOT crew, ever the closed-minded ones...
Finally, PacFanWeb chips in with "she could never play with the top HS boys". If you are calling the players present at the McDonald's HS all star game the top players, then yes, I'll agree that she would be the worst player on the court if she played with that group - however, she could play, and start, and do very well, for 99.9% of all boys HS basketball teams in the country. Oak Hill? Probably not. Just about anywhere else? For sure.
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First of all, I said REALISTICALLY, she could not play with the top boys.
But could she start for 99.9% of all HS boy's teams? No way. Even if she is a freak, like Michelle Wie, she wouldn't be that good.
But could she play for a fair amount of boy's teams? Sure. IF she is a one-off player, like Ms. Wie, and not just a chick who can jump really well.
Remember, we're talking about a DUNK contest, not real basketball. I don't care how well she can jump, she would be abused if she actually was playing in a game, a real game, not the Mcd's game...that's just an all-star crap-fest.

I think it's great that she was able to hang with some of the boys in a unique situation....it'll be good for the women's game. But don't think that even the top women can EVER play with even decent men.
The WNBA champs couldn't beat a decent boy's HS team on a regular basis. I'm not talking about Oak Hill, I'm talking your local high school team.
Remember, the best of the best WNBA players went out balling at the playground when the league started, and they couldn't even beat playground scrubs all the time.
I doubt that the WNBA champs could even stay within 30 pts of most any of the boy's teams around here.

As far as Michelle Wie is concerned, she is a one of a kind freak. We should enjoy seeing her play, and I hope all this pressure at such a young age doesn't mess her up for life. She can most certainly play with the men, but again, she is a freak of nature, and is not the start of masses of girls joining the PGA tour.
 
Note that one of her college teammates will be Shauna Zolmann, a guard who 2 years ago beat a field of boys High School All-Stars, including Duke's JJ. Redick, widely considered to be the best shooter in all of college hoops, in a 3-pt contest conducted the same way that the NBA does theirs, with 5 racks of balls. - and it wasn't close.
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Big deal. I could beat plenty of college players in a 3 pt or free throw contest right now.....and I haven't played hoops in several years.
I'd have a bit more trouble if they decided to guard me, though, same as would Ms. Zolmann.

BTW, JJ Redick isn't even the best 3pt shooter in the ACC, he's 5th.
 
maybe everyone should just agree she's a dang fine player, who would be able to play HS B-ball or a guys team, and probably be in the top 20% of all boy's HS players. 🙂 Sure, she's not going to be making a career in the NBA, but dang, the woman's good.
 
I agree that she's a fine hoops player, but no way is she in the top 20% of boy's HS players. Especially not just because she can dunk.
 
from the ESPN article you linked, it sounded like she was pretty good, but hey, i've never seen her play, so really the 20% # was one of those "instastats"

BTW, anyone have a capture of her dunks?
 
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