CHICAGO — To spend a Saturday night whining about celebrities judging dunks in a for-show competition of little consequence seems, in all honesty, a bit silly. A bit extra, as the kids say. Aaron Gordon was robbed, yes. There are no long-term ramifications. No lasting harm.
But there were hundreds of thousands who watched, and elite athletes who genuinely cared. So here we are, quarreling over 47s and 48s and 50s. Try telling Gordon to let it go. Even with a smile on his face, he couldn’t in the immediate aftermath.
“I feel like I should have two trophies, you know what I mean?