Nate Robinson, a Playboy Bunny, and a Blackjack Table

So the dunk contest wasn't incredible. The first round was exciting - Gerald Green burned his best dunk to open the competition - but once Nate Robinson started missing more dunks than he converted, we kind of lost interest. At any rate, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, little Nate had something special planned for the contest, and it involved a Playboy bunny and a blackjack table. It would have, without question, been the the finest moment in dunk contest history. The Knicks put the kibosh on it, though.

Vegas Confidential has learned the 5-foot-7 New York Knicks star was at Western High School's gym Friday practicing a routine in which he leaped over a Playboy Bunny dealer who was seated at a blackjack table. Robinson won the title last year by leaping over Spud Webb, who stood near the freethrow line. But the Bunny stunt won't happen: The Knicks nixed it for safety reasons. A group of baseball players from Western who watched the practice came away with the story of a lifetime.

Safety reasons? Listen - Steve Francis is back, and the Knicks aren't even playing Robinson anymore. This dunk should definitely have been attempted. Perhaps we can get Monta Ellis to re-create it?