Orlando Magic’s Aaron Gordon, last year’s runner-up, and DeAndre Jordan of the L.A. Clippers will compete the 2017 Verizon Slam Dunk on Saturday, February 18, 2017 (2/18/17) at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.
Also competing are Derrick Jones Jr. of the Phoenix Suns and Glenn Robinson III of the Indiana Pacers.
We’ll have updates on the competition below.
The Slam Dunk Contest is part of three events on Saturday night at the NBA All-Star Game. Here’s a look at who’s competing in those events.
SKILLS CHALLENGE
Participant, Team, Pos, Ht, Wt
Devin Booker, Phoenix, G, 6-6, 206
DeMarcus Cousins, Sacramento, F-C, 6-11, 270
Anthony Davis, New Orleans, F-C, 6-11, 253
i-Joel Embiid, Philadelphia, C, 7-0, 250
r-Nikola Jokic, Denver, C, 6-10, 250
Gordon Hayward, Utah, F, 6-8, 226
Kristaps Porzingis, New York, F, 7-3, 240
Isaiah Thomas, Boston, G, 5-9, 185
John Wall, Washington, G, 6-4, 210
THREE-POINT CONTEST
Participant, Team, Pos, Ht, Wt
Eric Gordon, Houston, G, 6-4, 215
Kyrie Irving, Cleveland, G, 6-3, 193
Kyle Lowry, Toronto, G, 6-0, 205
Wesley Matthews, Dallas, G-F, 6-5, 220
CJ McCollum, Portland, G, 6-3, 190
Klay Thompson, Golden State, G, 6-7, 215
Kemba Walker, Charlotte, G, 6-1, 184
Nick Young, LA Lakers, G-F, 6-7, 210
SLAM DUNK
Participant, Team, Pos, Ht, Wt
Aaron Gordon, Orlando, F, 6-9, 220
DeAndre Jordan, LA Clippers, C, 6-11, 279
Derrick Jones Jr., Phoenix, F, 6-7, 190
Glenn Robinson III, Indiana, G-F, 6-6, 222
The Slam Dunk rules, according to NBA.com:
Slam Dunk is a two-round event in which the four participants can perform any dunk they choose without time limits. The players have a maximum of three attempts to complete each dunk in both the first round and the final round. Five judges score every dunk on a scale of 6 to 10, resulting in a high score of 50 and a low score of 30.
All four competitors get two dunks in the first round. The two players with the highest combined score for their two dunks advance to the head-to-head final round. The player with the highest combined score for his two dunks in the final round is crowned the champion.
Skills Competition updates:
#GordonHayward advances past round 1!#TacoBellSkills pic.twitter.com/TG5MaloQgv
— NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2017
#IsaiahThomas advances in the #TacoBellSkills Challenge!
— NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2017
#IsaiahThomas is locked in!
Moves on to 2nd round of #TacoBellSkills along with #GordonHayward pic.twitter.com/ASj2Lbw1y8
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 19, 2017
Kristaps advances to round 2!#TacoBellSkills pic.twitter.com/w3mnYmhPpU
— NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2017
Jokic with the come-from-behind victory to advance in the #TacoBellSkills Challenge! pic.twitter.com/aYBORWr6Oi
— NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2017
Three-Point Shooting Contest updates:
Contest hasn’t started.
Slam Dunk Contest updates:
Contest hasn’t started.
The #VerizonDUNK participants! #NBAAllStar
Who ya got? pic.twitter.com/xZHT5MrTHf
— NBA (@NBA) February 19, 2017
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