Powerade Jamfest Preview

Tonight the best part of the McDonald's All American Game occurs. The game in itself is nice but is just like any other all star game. Hardly anyone remembers who won the all star game but everyone remembers the dunk and three point contests. Like James White (still don't know why he wasn't in the NBA version this year) or B-Easy last year someone new will give us a taste of overathleticism we aren't used too.

The Three Point Contest contestants are:
Luke Babbit
Willie Warren
Samardo Samuels
Ed Davis
Tyreke Evans
Sylven Landesberg
Mike Rosario
Larry Drew

Of this group my favorite to win it is Mike Rosario. I think the championship will be Rosario vs. Luke Babbit and Rosario will win in the end. On a sidenote it is very interesting that Sylven is out in Milwaukee this week because his season is still happening with Holy Cross HS. His team will play this weekend and NYS bended the rules for him because it was such a acheivement to make the McDonald's game. Also about this competition Samardo will surprise me mightily if he doesn't finish in last. Samardo will be a top 5 center in college basketball next year at Louisville.

The Dunk Contest (the more exciting competition) contestants are:
the rest
Scotty Hopson
Brandon Jennings
Elliot Williams
Iman Shumpert
and the real contestants
Demar DeRozan (right)
Al-Farouq Aminu (left)

this competition will come down to just DeRozan v Aminu. These two athletes are two of the most electrifying players to come out of high school in a while. This is a dunk contest I am really looking forward to. Also it may be looked at as a copout for someone athletic like Tyreke Evans to not participate in the dunk contest.