The 2019 NBA Dunk Contest had its moments, most notably Hamidou Diallo‘s sky-high elbow dunk over NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, but for the most part it was quite lackluster. Utah Jazz fans were graced by the announcing presence of Donovan Mitchell, who joined the TNT crew for the event, but it would have obviously been preferable that he’d participated to defend his crown.
Fortunately, there’s already starting to be a lot of buzz about next year’s Dunk Contest potentially being a thriller. And a lot of that speculation started with a certain superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.