LaVine was a deserving winner, by the slightest of margins. AP. On the contrary, he shared a clip of him completing the dunk during practice: I made it earlier https://t.co/tCBZTpTnYu. Featured Columnist April 1, 2016 Comments. View Gallery. https://t.co/VrbpDEPtn9. Devan Douglas, a senior guard on the University of Mary Marauders, can lay claim as the best dunker in college basketball after winning Thursday night's College Slam Dunk Championship inside the Berry Center in Cypress, Texas. TORONTO — The only grade that matters from Saturday night: A+. Without further ado, let’s hand out grades for all 16 dunks from Saturday night in Toronto. The 2006 Slam Dunk Contest was also the first Dunk Contest in history to have a "Dunk Off", the equivalent to a Dunk Contest overtime, between Knicks point guard Nate Robinson and shooting guard Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers . He brought innovation to go with his athleticism, pulling off dunks without NBA precedent using Magic mascot Stuff. Analysis: Virtually any other year in dunk contest history, Gordon would have been an obvious winner. @espn: "I hope they brought more than 1 battery for that documentary @umary is filming" @devolution23 @UMaryMensBball #CollegeSLAM. He caught an alley-oop a couple of steps inside the free-throw line and finished with a right-handed flourish, via ESPN College BBall: Nwamu and Eastern Tennessee State Buccaneers senior guard Deuce Bello tied for the lead in the first round after each earning a perfect 40 out of 40 from the judges. Read the latest posts about 2016 Slam Dunk Contest on SLAM. He failed with each try, which all but gifted the title to Douglas. It’s truly been a place where budding stars have taken the leap into superstar with just one dunk. Dunk-off scores: 50, 47. • WATCH: Relive LaVine’s classic performance | See Gordon’s absurd dunks. Slam Dunk contest 2016: ... State Warriors guard Klay Thompson pulled off a surprise win to beat team-mate and reigning league MVP Stephen Curry to win the three-point contest. Cory Jefferson, a former teammate of Bello's when they played together for the Baylor Bears, was rooting for the Buccaneers star: Craig Sword arguably provided the moment of the night. Zach LaVine won the slam dunk contest, ... 2016 10:40PM EST. Douglas plans on sharing his championship belt with his teammates in Bismarck, North Dakota, per Alex Conover of Northstar Hoops Report: "I'm taking this to UMARY" Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon wasn't going to let Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine win the 2016 Slam Dunk Contest that easily. Headlined by Trevor Bauer, DJ LeMahieu and J.T. That's why the trophy’s with him and not with me.”, Photos: NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest champions through the years. Meanwhile, Gordon finished with 291 points and had perhaps the best dunk by a non-winner in Slam Dunk Contest history when he took the ball from the Magic’s mascot, passed it underneath his butt from left to right, and finished in one smooth motion. In a slam dunk contest that needed two extra rounds, Minnesota's Zach LaVine outlasted Aaron Gordon to firmly establish his place as one of the greatest dunk contestants in NBA history. Give the man a perfect score! The first-ever NBA slam dunk contest was held at the 1984 All-Star Weekend in Denver, CO. With an assist from Michigan State Spartans guard Denzel Valentine, he attempted to grab the ball from Valentine's hands and throw down a reverse dunk as his momentum was taking him away from the basket. On Zach LaVine's birthday, a look back at his incredible 2016 Slam Dunk Contest win! In This Stream @ike_nwamu you cannot be serious! 2. NBA Slam Dunk Contest: ... there have been 27 slam dunk contest winners. He also wanted to make sure the University of Mary caught every single moment of his winning performance, per the school's Twitter account: . Some, including LaVine himself, may make the case that 2016’s competition, which was layered with creativity and complicated maneuvers, was even better than that. Technically, Aaron Gordon lost the 2016 Slam Dunk contest. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is the high-flying staple of NBA All-Star Weekend.Saturday night becomes a stage for the best dunkers in the game to showcase their slamming ability with some added panache. There have been 27 different dunkers to win the contest in the event's 34-year history. 20-year-old Aaron Gordon apparently came to the contest looking to make a name for himself in a big way while striving to swipe the … LaVine lifted the trophy, but it was clear both by watching the contest and by the reaction on Twitter, Gordon was the true champion of the 2016 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest. They both attempted variations on the between-the-legs dunk. In the final, it looked as if Nwamu's attempt was all but impossible to complete. The judges were a little bit too harsh, likely because this was the contest’s first slam and they wanted to leave a little wiggle room. The semifinals heated up after three of the four dunkers missed on their first attempts. 2016 NBA All-Star Game NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2016: Participants, Odds and Predictions Andrew Gould @. He will be remembered. The standout elements of this contest were its length and drama. #CollegeSLAM https://t.co/0KRVa1uU1f. LeBron James selected Giannis Antetokounmpo as his first pick for the NBA All-Star Game Draft, but the two players chosen last were perhaps more notable. © 2021 ABG-SI LLC. The very first slam dunk contest was won by Julius Erving of the Nets at the 1976 ABA All-Star Game. @umary @CoachJoeKND @UMaryMensBball https://t.co/dFvxH3QzDG. Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon put on such an incredible show that they are being compared to the slam dunk antics of Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins back in the 80s. AndrewGould4 All Rights Reserved. ESPN's Darren Rovell snapped a photo of Douglas holding his newly earned championship belt: Devan Douglas of University of Mary is the @CollegeSLAM dunk champion. In SI.com’s opinion, the five judges—George Gervin, Dikembe Mutombo, Shaquille O’Neal, Tracy McGrady and Magic Johnson—ultimately crowned the proper champion. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. I can't have anybody leave the plantation," following a loss. The sale shatters the previous record by nearly $500,000, which was set by a Patrick Mahomes card that sold for $861,000 last month. In the 2011 NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest, Serge Ibaka dunked from behind the free-throw line, getting a score of 45 for the dunk, and finishing 4th. College ... 2016 Slam Dunk Contest. LaVine returned to the 2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contest with the hope and overall objective of defending his 2015 championship title. TORONTO-- Zach LaVine and Aaron Gordon taught us that the solution to the NBA's slam dunk contest was ... the worthy winner.
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