The NBA today will showcase some of the best dunkers and three point shooters in the league during the festivities involved in All-Star Saturday, but according to Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution not everyone will be joining in the celebration.

Jack Givens scored 41 points for Kentucky in the 1978 NCAA Final, the majority of which were scored by the mid-range jumpshot.  Givens, who now works as a broadcaster for the Orlando Magic, believes that the dunk and three point shot could be killing the game.

"You look at all the highlights, and all you see are dunks and 3-point shots," said Givens.

Another person on Givens' side is Hall of Famer John Wooden, whose anti-dunk philosophy is well documented.  

"I know you won't like to hear this," Wooden told his audience, "but I think the dunk should be outlawed."

"The dunk has put a premium on showmanship, which has hurt team play," Wooden said. "It's the same with the 3-point goal. Youngsters either shoot it or try to dunk. It's made actors of basketball players. . . .

"A few years ago, I was at a UCLA game and one of the players stole the ball and drove in all alone, and all he had to do was lay the ball off the board. Instead he turned in the air and did a 360 dunk, and the crowd stomped and roared. Somebody asked me what I thought of that. I said, 'I'd have had him out of there before his feet hit the floor.' "