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Nate Robinson has been all over the place since his 2009 Slam Dunk Contest win. Thursday he stopped by the set of the Late Show with David Letterman to show off some of what he did during the dunk contest. Here are the highlights:

PHOENIX -- In the final segment of my interview with Chris Bosh, we discussed the important stuff: how his current season is going with the Raptors. Bosh is very candid in admitting that this isn't exactly how he imagined the season would play out, but with the recent trade that sent Jermaine O'Neal out of town to Miami for Shawn Marion, there might be time to turn it around.

Bosh also told me when he's planning on coming back from his knee injury (hint: soon), and answered one of the hot topics this season: Kobe or LeBron? Our conversation, after the jump.

PHOENIX -- It wasn't "one of those" weekends for the NBA All-Star game. Nobody shot anybody (that we know of), there weren't any amazing plays in the All-Star game, and the biggest storyline was two players that we, as the media, have hyped up as hating each other reuniting for co-MVP awards. But the weekend did give us some highs and lows and, all in all, was a pretty good time in the desert.

PHOENIX -- Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were co-MVPs of this year's All-Star game, and the fact that they were back on the same team playing together had to have brought back some great memories. But you wouldn't know it by listening to the two speak about it afterwards.

While Shaq admitted that he did indeed miss those old times, Kobe would have none of the nostalgia talk; he said it simply wasn't his cup of tea. He went on to explain that while the two had fun out there on the court, that's as far as things would go, and that they wouldn't be sharing a good cry later that evening over a sappy movie. Video of these hilarious comments, after the jump.

PHOENIX -- At the beginning of All-Star weekend, our own Shane Bacon told you about the gift that LeBron James was handing out to his Eastern Conference teammates. He even got a nice photo of it, too: a beautiful glass trophy that listed all of the East players' names on it.

It was a thoughtful gesture on James' part, but when he tried to give the gift to Kevin Garnett, KG wasn't so sure. He had just been ambushed a few minutes before by Chauncey Billups, so you can understand why he might have needed some convincing. Video of all of this, after the jump.

PHOENIX -- This year's All-Star game was mostly lacking in outstanding highlights -- at least ones that didn't take place during the introductions. Matt Watson did a nice job of breaking down a big reason for this, which was the West's choice to play a zone defense. Not exactly the best way to see a lot of high-flying dunks at the rim.

The East was just as guilty, however, and there was one play late in the third quarter where Paul Pierce needlessly reached in and fouled Shaquille O'Neal to prevent him from converting an uncontested dunk. Why? This is the All-Star game; uncontested dunks are what we're here to see.

Shaq was asked what he would have done had he not been fouled, and his response was something that his co-MVP Kobe Bryant believed could only have happened in Shaq's dreams. Video of the exchange, after the jump.

PHOENIX -- Media availability for the All-Stars is kind of the NBA's version of the circus that goes on in the week leading up to the Super Bowl. There aren't quite as many people and the craziness factor is a little lower, but it's a media frenzy that's really unparalleled at any other time throughout the season.

Paul Pierce was named to his eighth All-Star team this season, and this time, he wanted to capture the experience on home video. He was walking around the media availability (and a lot of other places) with his Flip video camera, and since I was shooting video of him with a similar camera, well, we had something to talk about. Video of our exchange, after the jump.

PHOENIX -- A season ago, followers of the NBA were all abuzz about Chris Paul's Guinness World Record for half-court shots in a minute, set during Saturday morning's All-Star practice session. At the time, I thought that things seemed a little contrived -- and after seeing it go down in person this weekend, I can tell you it absolutely was.

The Guinness World Record reps have placards and certificates already made to give to the record-setters-in-waiting, and they choose things like "longest shot sitting down" and "blindfolded free-throw shooting" that aren't exactly special talents. But still, records were set, man. So head on past the jump, where you can see video of how Devin Harris and Chauncey Billups were able to etch their names in the record book.

It's safe to say that Shaquille O'Neal stole the show at the 2009 All-Star Game. Tom Herrera already showed us Shaq's Jabbawockeez collaboration, but Shaq definitely provided us with more than just pre-game choreography.

The highlight of Shaq's co-MVP performance came when Shaq was matched up against his air apparent, Dwight "Superman" Howard.

After the jump, see what Shaq did to Dwight as pay back for stealing his Superman schtick.

Saturday's Slam Dunk Contest was quite entertaining. Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson put on a great show with their Superman and Kyrpto-Nate act. However -- minus the comic book showmanship -- the dunks themselves might have been topped in another dunk contest earlier in the weekend.

In Friday's D-League Slam Dunk Contest, former first round pick James White put on a show that lived up to the folklore of his dunking ability. After the jump, take a look at some at the dunks White threw down during the D-League contest.