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We just saw something we'd never seen before and MJ, Dr J and 'Nique all gave it an 8. Unless someone does a front flip dunk or duplicates the 720, I don't think they'll get excited.

Does anyone know how high the top of the backboard is? Howard's sticker is WAAAAAY up there and he got fucked over by the "old guys".

These judges are ruining this for me.

Tyrus Thomas broke the dunk contest.

Jordan's being a dick, both Green and Robinson deserved 10s there.

If you cut through all of the superfluous crap, this has been a pretty exciting evening. I was surprised Kapono ended up winning even though I picked him, but Barkley beating Dick Vendetta easily was the biggest stunner of the night for me.

The simple fact that Gordon shot before Dupree should have gotten them DQed. It was just funny how Pippen would have been the hero, and the crowd completely shitted on Detroit's victory like they were the ones that did something wrong.

Chicago's a bunch of cheaters. LOL.

I wish I'd known this started at 8:40 instead of 8.

Oh no, I've "lost" an e-argument. As far as I can see, Mencia The Dastardly Joke Thief hasn't lost any fans in this thread since everyone here who disliked him already still does. Last I checked, he still has a show on CC and will still be doing stand up. So basically, nothing has changed and nothing will, which is essentially my point. This whole issue is meaningless in the real world.

Respecting him and finding him funny are not the same thing. There are a lot of people I don't respect who are very good at what they do. For instance, I respect Joe Rogan for taking a stance here but he's not a great stand up comic. If given the choice I'd watch Mencia do Joe's act verbatim and probably find it was done better by Ned, because he's better at what they do.

I'm not going to rehash the first couple of points you made, but many rappers have been sued for not crediting the people they sample, sometimes due to ignorance other times they did it knowing full well that they were ripping someone off and figured they'd get away with it. No one likes to give credit (and in that case pay royalties) for stuff if they don't have to. To your last point, Carlos/Ned is 50% Latino since his mom is from Honduras and he "looks" like he could pass for a Mexican naturally. As a Latino with brown skin people have assumed I'm pretty much every Latin nationality you can be, in addition to mulatto and Middle Eastern, so I don't see how that's an issue. You however would be a white guy pretending to be black BY GOING UP IN BLACKFACE. You'd get shot for being a racist and an idiot to boot, not because you tried to change your identity to tell some jokes. That's not even close to being the same thing.

If they played them better, who cares who wrote them? I'm not losing money on royalties.

I'd like to see Pippen in Miami for some reason, though I'm not really sure why since they already have the market cornered on aging stars.

His hand. I don't like J Dizzle.

Jamal is shot, I wouldn't like that move at all especially when we don't have a LT in place.

I was hoping that thetoddtime.com was real. Bastards.

I think part of the issue is that guys with more success/better delivery/dumb luck are getting away with this. Yes, Dane Cook stole those 3 bits from Louis CK's act, but that's not gonna stop people from going to see Dane Cook. Mencia stealing bits from George Lopez or anyone else isn't going to end his deal with Comedy Central as long as his show pulls in ratings. For every person who won't support Cook or Mencia there are many others who don't care where the material came from as long as it makes them laugh. Now you can argue whether Cook, Mencia or anyone else is funny, but the simple fact that you know who they are indicates enough people thought they were funny for them to become a "name" comic. For example, I don't think Dane Cook's was the best standup act I've ever seen on CC but a bunch of people voted him # 1 last month. Shit happens and going on a crusade to bring these guys down probably only gives them even more exposure. That guy who wouldn't admit Mencia or Cook is a thief (when it's obvious they are) had no problem naming Robin Williams as one, and I'm pretty sure almost everyone knows who Robin Williams is by sight. Stealing bits hasn't exactly hurt any of these guys and I think THAT pisses off guys like Rogan more than the fact they steal.

The last two cuts were ass backwards. They're really reaching this year since the truly talented people don't have the looks and the ones with the right look have no talent.

That was a waste of time.

Utah w/o Boozer isn't a big threat in my eyes, so I'd keep the same Top 5 in the West with Utah at a solid #6. If Carlos comes back healthy and rested, I think they could be a major threat for any of the teams out West in the playoffs.

Just checked, and it seems to be "Over It". I still haven't heard it though so I don't know if it's any good.

I went to a program to prepare kids for prep school (Prep for Prep) with Sheldon for a while. He was a pretty cool kid who was in my "unit" aka homeroom, until he left us to go into acting.

Was Sundance Head supposed to be any good? That guy was the drizzling shits TWICE in one night. What's with all of the girls singing through their noses?

The problem is that unless you like NASCAR you won't watch any program about it for an hour. Even if you don't like ATH or one of the PTI guys isn't around, you still have the chance to hear news/thoughts about at least one of the sports you do watch. I just think it's silly to alienate the non-NASCAR base even if it is during a down week in February.