Yesterday I wrote about how I love passes and defense, but nothing beats a good dunk. The Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade is one of the best in the league, and was voted as the best out of the selected Jordan Brand Athletes by YOU the readers at SBNation. Check it out, in all of his glory, over here!

It should come as no surprise that the SB Nation blogs are doing a promotion for these Air Jordan kicks. I don't necessary love shoes beyond the fact that it's easier to do things in them outside of my house wearing 'em than going barefoot. I'm clearly the minority here, as a basketball junkie who isn't crazy about 'em. I know some of you guys are. There was an on-going 'tournament' between examples of Jordan Brand athletes flying around, flying through, or flying over their opponents. It's now down to three Highlights -- and you get to pick who is the winner.

It's an off-day for our Utah Jazz, so I should I would step up to the plate and show you guys what an All-NBA type of player is capable of doing in a highlight. Do we have any guy capable of doing big things like this? The only guy I can think of right now would be Alec Burks in 4 years. I could be wrong though. Maybe Big Al Jefferson or Paul Millsap will be an All-NBA Player one day. Today's not that day though. Today is the day where you get to vote on the winner.

Vote here!

I grew up watching 1980s basketball. Sure, back then we had teams like the Showtime Los Angeles Lakers -- but not every team was built up of fast-breaking gazelles. A lot of the time we had fundamental problems of dynamics, particularly where Force = Mass x Acceleration. I love physical basketball, if I didn't I don't think I could be a Utah Jazz fan. Take some time to visit this link and vote on which of the following highlights is the best. I love it when guys use speed and power to finish a play with force.

Check out these players Flying Through guys! (Hey, it's better than worrying about Luke Ridnour for a few minutes in our day)

Also, after the jump ... some Karl Malone dunks because Karl Malone is awesome.

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Alec Burks is a rookie, so that means in the feudal system / hard forced labor camp that is the Utah Jazz -- we're not going to get to see a lot of him this year. Only a few guys in recent memory have broken through to get significant playing time as a Rookie under our "Vets Yes, Youth No!" regime: Wesley Matthews in 2009-2010; Paul Millsap in 2006-2005; Deron Williams in 2005-2006; and Andrei Kirilenko in 2001-2002. That's a pretty good group of people right there, it would not be absurd to put Alec Burks up in that echelon after a few seasons though. Why? Because from what little we've seen of him he's a GameChanger.

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If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new way to play fantasy basketball that turns the season long grind into quick hitting one night leagues. And the best part is that you can win cash every single day. You draft a team for one night and get paid out as soon as the games end that night. DraftStreet.com is at the forefront of this new trend in the fantasy world and is giving us a great promotion: a FREE one-day fantasy league with $200 in prizes exclusively for SLC Dunk fans.

This free contest will be salary-cap style drafting where everyone tries to assemble the best team out of the available players. You will have a $100,000 budget to build a team of 2 forwards, 2 guards, 2 centers, and 2 utility players. Each NBA player has been assigned a price based on their expected fantasy performance.

You can adjust your roster up until the contest starts on Friday February 10th at 7:00pm ET at which time your rosters will lock and the Live Scoreboard will be available.

CLICK HERE to sign up for free and register for the SLC Dunk $200 Freeroll on DraftStreet.com.

If you haven’t heard yet, there’s a new way to play fantasy basketball that turns the season long grind into quick hitting one night leagues. And the best part is that you can win cash every single day. You draft a team for one night and get paid out as soon as the games end that night. DraftStreet.com is at the forefront of this new trend in the fantasy world and is giving us a great promotion: a FREE one-day fantasy league with $200 in prizes exclusively for SLC Dunk fans.

This free contest will be salary-cap style drafting where everyone tries to assemble the best team out of the available players. You will have a $100,000 budget to build a team of 2 forwards, 2 guards, 2 centers, and 2 utility players. Each NBA player has been assigned a price based on their expected fantasy performance.

You can adjust your roster up until the contest starts on Friday February 10th at 7:00pm ET at which time your rosters will lock and the Live Scoreboard will be available.

CLICK HERE to sign up for free and register for the SLC Dunk $200 Freeroll on DraftStreet.com.

It was only a matter of time, but with the amazing advancements the internet allows us to make on a daily basis -- that time is now! What time am I talking about? The time to team up with the Sports Blog Nation (SBN), Comcast, and this contest for a chance to get your dream job in sports social media. This is, obviously, a chance of a lifetime for a lucky applicant. Sound interesting? Read the rest of the details after the jump ...

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