Robinson returns to Slam Dunk contest
Because he thought defending slam dunk titles is under NBA rules.
Either that or Nate Robinson is just trying to get everybody’s attention and hype up the All-Star slam dunk contest because the annual event right smack in the middle of the 2010 NBA basketball season has already lost LeBron James
Yup, we won’t be seeing LeBron James after just almost a year ago, he referred to himself in the first, second and third person all at the same time, saying, ”Right now I’m preliminary putting my name in the 2010 contest Saturday night. LeBron James is saying in 2010, in Dallas Stadium, he will compete.”
As far as reigning champion Nate Robinson is concerned, WILL BE because, according to him, ”the champion has to go back.”
Nate Robinson said, ”The NBA, they asked me, ‘Do you want to do it?’ And at first I wasn’t sure. This is my fourth time doing it, so I know people probably get sick of seeing me dunk, but like I said, the champion’s got to go back.”
”And I guess, hopefully, I mean if I don’t win it, it’ll be good because I don’t want to go back no more. But if I do [win], and they want me to go back again, I guess so. Keep going until I lose.”
However, while Robinson believes the NBA is requiring him to defend his title, NBA spokesman Mark Broussard says otherwise. Broussard says the league is NOT requiring Robsinon to participate in the slam dunk contest for the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend. In other words, they want LeBron and they’re sick and tired of Nate.
”He was asked to come back and defend his title, and he agreed to do so. There is not a rule saying he has to,” Broussard said.
The NBA’s collective bargaining agreement requires players to compete in All-Star Saturday events only if they have been selected as All-Stars, or chosen to compete in the Rookie-Sophomore Game.
Players voted in as All-Stars by the fans, or selected by the coaches or the commissioner, can decline to participate in the dunk contest. But they are compelled to participate in any of the other Saturday events, including the 3-point shootout and the skills competition, that the NBA asks them to be a part of.
That rule, from Article XXI of the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement, is the reason why the NBA cannot force James to be in the dunk contest.
Too bad we’re stuck with this fucking troll again huh?
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