![]() Donovan Mitchell, who won last year’s dunk contest, will not return. Devin Booker, who won the three-point contest, will compete again. ![]() There will definitely be a new skills competition winner this year, as Spencer Dinwiddie will sit due to thumb surgery. This should be fun! And it definitely won’t cause Hawks or Mavericks fans to overreact about who their team drafted.Īnd the dunk contest has a quartet of young players with potential, headlined by new Knicks guard Dennis Smith Jr. There are only four players this year, but some of them have already proven they’re really good dunkers, including one who’s coming back after a solid performance in last year’s contest: 1 Obi. In the skills competition, rookies Luka Doncic and Trae Young (who were traded for each other on draft night) will also participate. The inaugural competition was held in Denver, Colorado, featuring notable players of the time like Julius Erving, David Thompson, George Gervin, Artis Gilmore. Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki will also be a part of the festivities in what will likely be his final NBA season. (I guess their father, Dell, couldn’t make it.). The entire list of Saturday event participants was released Tuesday, and we now know for sure that brothers Steph and Seth Curry will compete in the three-point shootout. The 2019 NBA All-Star weekend is approaching, and if there’s one theme developing so far, it’s friendly rivalries. Derrick Jones Jr., who represented the Heat in 2020 and is with the Portland Trail Blazers, is the reigning Dunk Contest champion, after beating Aaron Gordon in the finals last year. A couple of weeks ago, New Orleans Pelicans wing Trey Murphy III was announced as the fourth and final 2023 Slam Dunk Contest participant alongside Houston Rockets forward.
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