For my money, Orlando’s Aaron Gordon should have won the 2016 All-Star Saturday Dunk Contest. Not that Zach LaVine wasn’t deserving, we’re splitting hairs here. That was one of the greatest dunk contests ever.
Gordon will be back this year to try to win the crown. He will go up against the Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan, the Pacers’ Glen Robinson III, and the Suns’ Derrick Jones Jr. The dunk contest is the highlight (usually) of All Star Saturday night, coming this year on Feb. 18 from New Orleans. It will be broadcast on TNT (so Charles Barkley can take some shots at LeBron).
Gordon will be the favorite, but watch out for Robinson. We know Jordan can dunk in game, but the exhibition dunk contest is a different animal (still, he has to have Chris Paul throw him a lob, right?).
Rather than words, let’s use videos to highlight the cases for each player.
I don’t know how Gordon is going to top this.
Jordan will bring the power dunks.
Glen Robinson III is a sneaky good choice for this contest.
Derrick Jones Jr. has played just 11 minutes total in the NBA across three games, spending more of the season with the D-League’s Northern Arizona Suns. He has taken one NBA shot. But the UNLV product can get up and dunk.
