People won't let Fred Jones forget. Three or four times a week, someone walks into The Luxury Sneaker Exchange, the store he owns on Mass Avenue, and reminds him.
"Most of the time when I'm in there, customers come in and say, 'You're the guy who won the Slam Dunk Contest!' That's the first thing out of their mouth," Jones said.
Jones played seven seasons in the NBA, four of them for the Pacers, but the Slam Dunk Contest he won over All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles in 2004 is what resonates in the memory of most fans.