2017 Slam Dunk Contest
Shortly before the All-Star Weekend, there's a lot of expectation for the Slam Dunk Contest
Sports
February 16th, 2017
February 16th, 2017
Now it’s almost time, the NBA 2017 All-Star Game it’s almost here and tomorrow - Saturday night in Italy - it will al start with the Rising-Star Challenge, with rookies and sophomores facing each other in a USA-Rest of the World game. And even if the main course will be the All-Star game, scheduled on Sunday night, many are also waiting anxiously the NBA All-Star Saturday.
Saturday night is dedicated to skill, and the climax is at the end, once passed over the Skill Challenge - testing dribbling, passing and shooting - and the Three-point Contest, which in the past years saw Marco Belinelli as protagonist. What everyone’s waiting, though, is the Slam Dunk Contest, which after some years of shade with quite boring challenges, has come back on top with the amazing performances mostly by Zach LaVine - who won the last two years - and Aaron Gordon.
This year, T-Wolves guard won’t attend the challenge, which seems to clear the road for last year’s second classify. Magic’s double zero, though, will face three top contenders like DeAndre Jordan, Glenan Robinson III and Derrick Jones Jr. Who will make the fans at the Smoothie King Center stand up? We’ll have the answer on Saturday night.
