{"id":33964,"date":"2011-02-15T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T23:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=33964"},"modified":"2011-02-15T22:22:10","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T06:22:10","slug":"2011-all-star-dunk-contest-gambling-odds-15211","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/2011-all-star-dunk-contest-gambling-odds-15211\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 NBA Dunk Contest Gambling Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"

2011 NBA All-Star Weekend – Slam Dunk Contest Preview & Pick – Dunk Contest Lines<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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It may never be what it once was, when the game\u2019s biggest stars regularly participated, but few can deny that the NBA Slam-Dunk contest is still fun every year. Nate Robinson, who won three of the last five contests, is out this year, opening the door for a new champ. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a look at each contender\u2019s odds and pick a winner.<\/p>\n

Blake Griffin Dunk Contest Lines<\/strong>
\nSlam Dunk Contest odds: -250<\/p>\n

While most of the challengers are relatively obscure names, Griffin is the exception. Not only has he taken the league by storm as a rookie with his dominant inside scoring and physicality, he\u2019s made a name for himself as the best in-game dunker we\u2019ve seen in years.<\/p>\n

Griffin posterizes guys left and right, flashing a massive vertical and throwing down angry jams. It feels like he\u2019ll jump over the backboard one day. As Dwight Howard showed a few years back, a big man can still win a dunk contest if he\u2019s creative enough. Griffin\u2019s a particularly special case because he has Howard\u2019s size and power but also possesses the athleticism and finesse of a smaller guy. He\u2019s the frontrunner.<\/p>\n

DeMar DeRozan Dunk Contest Lines<\/strong>
\nSlam Dunk Contest odds: +450<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t sleep on DeMar DeRozan. The Toronto Raptors sophomore has the ideal build for a dunk contest: wiry, not too tall, not too small, capable of making the athletic dunks and the big-man dunks. He can do it all. He also plays on a hopeless team so he doesn\u2019t really have to worry about getting hurt and jeopardizing playoff chances. He narrowly lost out to Nate Robinson for the crown last year. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

JaVale McGee Dunk Contest Lines<\/strong>
\nSlam Dunk Contest odds: +500<\/p>\n

The master of the put-back, Washington\u2019s McGee has impressed with some serious in-game throwdowns. But he is really, really big by dunk contest standards at 7\u20190\u201d and 250 pounds. I know Griffin is 6\u201910\u201d and Howard won it at 6\u201911\u201d but both of those guys had more athletic builds. McGee looks like more of the classic, awkward, lumbering type. I just don\u2019t think his body is suited to win the Slam Dunk Contest.<\/p>\n

Serge Ibaka Dunk Contest Lines<\/strong>
\nSlam Dunk Contest odds: +850<\/p>\n

Ibaka is an intriguing play. He\u2019s yet another big man competing this year but, while he\u2019s not as athletic as Griffin, he\u2019s flashed surprising jumping ability. He\u2019s less of a vertical leaper and more of a forward leaper. Most of his best dunks involve him taking off from around the foul line, so I\u2019d expect him to try similar stuff in the Slam Dunk contest.<\/p>\n

THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Judging purely on dunking merit, experience and body type, DeMar DeRozan absolutely makes sense as the top pick. But there\u2019s one big problem with choosing him: the new judging format. Introduced a few years ago, a crucial change lets fans vote in via text message to pick the winner in the final round.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s just no comparing DeRozan\u2019s popularity (or McGee\u2019s or Ibaka\u2019s) to Blake Griffin\u2019s. Aside from the Big Three in Miami, Griffin has been the NBA\u2019s biggest story this season. If he makes the final, he\u2019ll get more votes if his dunks are remotely close to the competition\u2019s in skill.<\/p>\n

DeRozan, who toils in obscurity in Toronto, lost the vote to the sentimental favorite Nate Robinson last year. I think the same will happen to him this year when he meets Griffin in the final.<\/p>\n

Slam Dunk Contest prediction: <\/strong>Blake Griffin -250<\/p>\n

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