The New York Knicks guard Nate Robinson has beaten defending champion Dwight Howard at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2009.
The Associated Press Reported,”Nate Robinson tugged on Superman’s cape — and won. The diminutive New York Knicks guard beat defending champion Dwight Howard of Orlando in an electrifying slam dunk contest on Saturday night, winning 52 percent of fans’ votes.
Clad in an all-green Knicks uniform with green shoes, Robinson used Howard as a prop in the final round, springboarding over the 6-foot-11 center to jam.
“Dwight was a great sport letting me dunk over him,” said Robinson, who also won in 2006.”
Nate Robinson won the Slam Dunk for the second time this year as he has won it in 2006 the last time. Interestingly Robinson is NBA’s one of the shortest players standing only at 5′8″ inches(173cm). Read the rest of this entry »



