PHOENIX — He conducted his slamming show after the Heat's practice session was opened to the media.
So LeBron James had to know that he was opening himself up to a new round of questions and criticisms regarding his decade-long refusal to participate in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest.
On the evening after, James didn't seem particularly troubled by the somewhat comical controversy he recreated.
Calling himself "not easy to persuade these days," James laughed when asked why he was against it.
"I'm not against it," he said. "I just don't want to do it. Do I have to be against something because I don't want to do it."
So why not?
"I don't know," James said. "I don't know."
Chris Andersen chimed in: "'Cause he don't want to, man."
"Tell 'em again, Bird," James said.
"He don't want to," Andersen repeated.
When asked if he realized that dunking in front of the cameras would reignite this issue, James replied, "Yeah, I was doing it before the cameras got there, and they just, so...It doesn't matter to me, though."
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LeBron James Says He’s Still ‘Not a Dunk Contest Guy’
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