Dunk contest was meh - I'm not a fan of letting the fans vote (or maybe they should be able to be like a 6th judge?) - it becomes a popularity contest, especially when fan voting begins BEFORE the dunks have even occured in the final round - that said the phoenix judges were weak, giving Howard a 50 for a few ok dunks, cheapened the whole contest - I think with the next CBA, there should be a mandate that if the league wants you to go, you have to do it - imagine Kobe, Lebron, TMAC, Howard, etc. Its a star filled league, having Rudy Fernandez and JR Smith, though both good, makes it feel less special. Same thing with the 3 pt shootout, like the announcers were saying, Dirk and Ray Allen need to be in it.