NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2016: Full Participant List, Comments, Reaction

February 4th, 2016 by Scott Polacek Leave a reply »

Nostalgic NBA supporters may long for the days when the brightest stars, such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Vince Carter, stole headlines at All-Star Weekend in the Slam Dunk Contest, but fans will be in for a treat in this year’s event for one reason.  

Zach LaVine is back.

Minnesota’s LaVine, Detroit’s Andre Drummond, Denver’s Will Barton and Orlando’s Aaron Gordon will make up the 2016 Slam Dunk Contest field, announced the league.

The dunk contest takes place Feb. 13 in Toronto as the final event of All-Star Saturday Night.

There may not be a megastar like LeBron James or Kevin Durant in the field, but LaVine turned in one of the most incredible performances in contest history when he won it last year in Brooklyn. If he gives fans an encore, nobody will give the lack of superstars a second thought.

LaVine was only 19 years old during last year’s contest at the Barclays Center, and he had the fans and his fellow players leaping out of their seats from his opening dunk. He tallied a perfect 50 by tossing the ball up and putting it through his legs for ...

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