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16 Player One-On-One Tournament

Written by

Chris Liss

Published on February 15, 2006

Zegers and Meyer wrote a good Give and Go this week where they raise the idea of having a 16-player 1-on-1 tournament instead of the boring-as-hell slam dunk contest.

This struck me as a great idea, and I have a feeling that it would get a bigger audience than the NBA playoffs. You could seed the players:

Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Dwyane Wade
Tracy McGrady
Vince Carter
Kevin Garnett
Carmelo Anthony
Allen Iverson
Stephon Marbury
Paul Pierce
Ray Allen
Baron Davis
Shawn Marion
Ricky Davis
Manu Ginobili
Tony Parker

I'm sure I'm leaving out some guys (and it's hard to see how the big guys like Duncan or Shaq would be able to get it in from the top of the key, but who knows?). (1) Seeds would be Kobe, LeBron, Wade and McGrady. Would be pretty exciting in my book.