It probably won’t happen, but Shaq is trying to convince LeBron and other All-Stars to enter the dunk contest as a charity benefit in support of the disaster in Haiti.
Shaq is a funny dude…Acting as LeBron’s manager, he actually has a pretty good idea.
“As his manager, I will only allow ‘Bron to do the dunk contest if Vince Carter comes back out,” O’Neal said. “If Kobe comes back out and if another big name comes back out. If we could get a big prize and have half of the money go to the people of Haiti and the other half to the winner.
LeBron already said that he will not be joining in on the slam dunk festivities even though during last year’s contest he all but committed, which was obviously a heat of the moment decision. Shaq thinks that more stars other than LeBron need to join the contest as well.
“The guys that are in it, no disrespect to them, but there won’t really be any competition for 
LeBron. I want to see Kobe. I want to see Vince and I will allow my client to enter.”
“I’m saying it now,” O’Neal said. “So tweet it. Facebook it. E-mail it and hopefully it gets out. Vince, we’re calling you out. Kobe, we’re calling you out. We’re calling everybody out. If those guys step up in the dunk contest, then I will allow my client to step up.”
Not only would this be a great thing for NBA fans, but helping out Haiti, which just had it’s second earthquake in as many weeks, would be an awesome idea.
The All-Star game itself has already turned into a joke with Iverson and McGrady supposedly being in the starting line-ups, but this would at least make the weekend activities worth watching.
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