It’s pretty crazy how one of the craziest physical specimens in league history who is built for dunking never participated in the dunk contest in his 20 year career.
Do you think it’s because Lebron is so PR sensitive that he doesn’t want to risk being seen as a lame dunker.
Sad that the best players don’t do the dunk contest and instead we get no name g leaguers

  • rake2204BEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve wondered if he had doubts about his contest repertoire. He won the McDonald’s High School Dunk Contest by jumping really high but doing somewhat “normal” dunks.

    That being said, he would have had a better chance of winning than he may have imagined, depending on the year. For instance, his creativity couldn’t really step to someone like Jason Richardson, but considering how the contest ended in '04 (with both J-Rich and Fred Jones missing their final dunks), James could have coasted right through to victory. I remember Jones scoring a 50 on a routine dunk in the first round that year too. If Magic liked that, he would have loved LBJ’s version.

    At the time, I thought 2006-ish would have been perfect for him. Young legs, either peaked or peaking athletically… I think he could have grabbed a dunk title no doubt.

  • BeavshakBEnglish
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    3 months ago

    He needs to compete. Also, he has an iconic dunk, but otherwise isn’t flashy

  • anhomilyBEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Father/Son dunk contest entry next year? Maybe Bronny flies off his shoulders as a metaphor for the nepotism that’s got him so far?