Is Showboating Necessary?

Dwyane Wade's emphatic dunk in a tune-up game against the Canadian Olympic team was classless and will do little to earn respect for the American squad. The U.S. team was up by more than 40 points in the fourth quarter at the time. Whatever happened to the concept of respecting your opponent? And besides, at this point in the evolutionary chain of basketball, acrobatic dunks are a dime-a-dozen.