Derrick Jones Jr. will never forget Feb. 15, 2000. That’s the day Jones turned 23 years old.
It’s also the day he won the NBA Slam Dunk contest – less than a month before the NBA shut down due to the coronavirus.
With millions watching worldwide, when it came down to the final two participants in the Slam Dunk contest, Jones won the championship over Aaron Gordon in what turned out to be one of the best dunk contests in NBA history.
In part of his dunking arsenal that night, Jones jumped over two men and went through his legs with a dunk.