Sometimes I catch myself thinking “Why would I watch the dunk contest? There’s no one in it. It’s not what it was.”
And I wonder, why is that?
It’s true, the most famous young high flyers in the NBA, like Ja Morant, or the ever injured Zion Williamson won’t be competing this year. It was hard to know who was scheduled for the event this year, so far had it fallen. GLeaguer, and YouTube sensation Seth McClung. NBA2k generated player Jericho Sims. The Rockets own high flyer, and for my money, the most prolific in-game dunker in the NBA (non-big-division), Kenyon Martin Jr.