Trend wins Sheboygan Macker Dunk Contest

[shafted20]

Here's a video link to this past weekends Gus Macker Dunk Contest in Sheboygan. Trend won the Gold

http://www.sheboyganpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080802/VIDEO0701/80802061/1082/SHE02

[TallTitan34]

Whenever this guy dunked it ended up on Sportscenter. 

I will give Crean one thing.  He did say that Trend had the most amazing collegiate dunk he had ever seen in Juco and he certainly didn't disappoint when he got to Marquette.

[Blackhat]

sounds like the crowd wasn't too excited about the decision. 

[Markusquette]

trend is a pretty athletic guy but I was never really that impressed with his dunks.  given that nobody else on the team could really dunk that well besides Dominic he didn't have much competition.  pretty much the only thing he did was dunk and foul.  congrats on the gold regardless.

[Avenue Commons]

Unless most of those guys are around 7 feet tall, that rim is much lower than 10". I could have been in that dunk contest, and I'm my 30's and haven't dunked in years.

[Markusquette]

Unless most of those guys are around 7 feet tall, that rim is much lower than 10". I could have been in that dunk contest, and I'm my 30's and haven't dunked in years.

yeah.  i find guys the size of dominic dunking to be much more impressive. 

[oshkoshbgosh]

Too bad there's more to the game than dunking. What ever happened to the mid-range jump shot? Maybe they should have a mid-range jump shot contest.

[TallTitan34]

Not that Trend's dunks weren't impressive as always but I think I would have picked the guy in the light blue shirt.

[BuzzSucksSucks]

Too bad there's more to the game than dunking. What ever happened to the mid-range jump shot? Maybe they should have a mid-range jump shot contest.

touche'

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Too bad there's more to the game than dunking. What ever happened to the mid-range jump shot? Maybe they should have a mid-range jump shot contest.

I think you call that a pick-up game with all white guys.

[Henry Sugar]

Too bad there's more to the game than dunking. What ever happened to the mid-range jump shot? Maybe they should have a mid-range jump shot contest.

The mid-range jump shot has gone the way of short-shorts.  I've been firmly convinced that players should almost never take them.  Feel free to lament the death of the mid-range jump shot, but it doesn't change the fact that it's a matter of poor shot selection (especially early in the shot clock)

http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=191

Read the article.  Learn it.  Live it.  Love it.  Yell at the TV when McNeal shoots a 16-footer.

[77ncaachamps]

I heard the BOOs too at the end of the Finals competition.

Trend winning it was kind of like Dwight Howard winning the Dunk Comp: big guys are SUPPOSED to be able to dunk.

The cat in the light blue should have won it.

Sorry, Trend.

[pbiflyer]

I think you call that a pick-up game with all white guys.

[Mayor McCheese]

The mid-range jump shot has gone the way of short-shorts.  I've been firmly convinced that players should almost never take them.  Feel free to lament the death of the mid-range jump shot, but it doesn't change the fact that it's a matter of poor shot selection (especially early in the shot clock)

http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=191

Read the article.  Learn it.  Live it.  Love it.  Yell at the TV when McNeal shoots a 16-footer.

I'll take the 16 footers that McNeal fights for over the Dominic James 30' at the end of shot clocks.  Honestly, there is nothing more frustrating watching Marquette basketball then a Dominic James thrown up 3.

[77fan88warrior]

The 360 by the guy in the light blue was sweeeeet.

[muhoosier260]

The mid-range jump shot has gone the way of short-shorts.  I've been firmly convinced that players should almost never take them.  Feel free to lament the death of the mid-range jump shot, but it doesn't change the fact that it's a matter of poor shot selection (especially early in the shot clock)

http://basketballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=191

Read the article.  Learn it.  Live it.  Love it.  Yell at the TV when McNeal shoots a 16-footer.

It's not that simple. When playing and watching, I'd rather have an open shot from 10 feet than a contested 20 footer, and I'd rather have an open three pointer than a contested 10 footer. It would be difficult to measure and graph exactly how open a player is when attempting the shots that this study graphs, but that type of variable is kind of important when talking about whether a shot is a good shot or not.
Also, its just a fact that there are more open looks from the perimeter due to spacing issues, especially as players get bigger= less spacing in the 10-15 feet range as opposed to a three. Something to remember when talking about shooting percentages.
Something else important to consider is the game situation. If I'm the Marquette coach, and we haven't scored the last three trips down the floor (all open 3's) and we take another three, said player is getting pulled.