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GIF Tournament II: The Final Four

We’ve settled on the four greatest animated GIFs of the summer. Today, Dan Majerle, David Robinson, the Astros, and Buck Showalter fight to the finish. Vote, and help us determine a champion.

After four agonizing days, we’ve managed to narrow down a field of 32 GIFs to only four. Two of these GIFs involve retired basketball players tooling around in the stands. What does that mean? I have no idea, but they will go head-to-head today.

Once again, I’ll be arguing the cases of these four remaining GIFs by presenting reviews from yesterday’s comments. Voting will close at 11 p.m. Eastern tonight, and the two winners will meet in the championship Wednesday.

Speaking only for myself ... I could not be too disappointed if any of these four GIFs won. I think we’ve voted well, and we’ve ended up with four classic GIFs that will be treasured for years to come. Please, keep the debates going in the comments. They only help us to better understand the art and science of the animated GIF.

Have fun, y’all:

(1) WONDER DAN vs.
(7) DAVID ROBINSON GIFBOMB
Voting is live!

(8) DAMN IT, ASTROS vs.
(2) REBUFFED BUCK SHOWALTER
Voting is live!

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