After last year’s duel with Zach LaVine in the finals of the slam dunk contest, Aaron Gordon comes into this year’s event as a heavy favorite. The high-flying Magic forward impressed judges with some jaw-dropping dunks a year ago, and LaVine, the two-time defending champion, is out of action with a torn ACL that will sideline him for the rest of the season.
Gordon’s competition will come from Clippers center DeAndre Jordan, Pacers swingman Glenn Robinson III and little-used Suns forward Derrick Jones Jr., who has spent most of the season in the D-League.
In the 3-point contest, Golden State’s Klay Thompson is back to defend his title, but fellow “Splash Brother” Stephen Curry is sitting this one out. Thompson will be challenged by Kyrie Irving, C.J. McCollum, Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon, Nick Young, Wesley Matthews and Kemba Walker.
There’s a wide-open field in the skills challenge, with MVP candidate Isaiah Thomas among the competitors. He will be challenged by John Wall, Devin Booker, Gordon Hayward, Anthony Davis, Kristaps Porzingis, DeMarcus Cousins and Nikola Jokic.
But before the action gets under way, we want to hear from you. Give us your picks to win the dunk contest, the 3-point contest and the skills challenge, along with the best bet to be named MVP of tomorrow’s game.
Please share your thoughts in the comments section below. We look forward to what you have to say.
Derrick Jones Jr- dunk contest Westbrook- ASG mvp
Wall- skills challenge
Dunk contest Gordon, 3PT Contest:Lowry, And as for the Skills Challenge, it is anyone’s game but I’m taking boogie
MVP-kawhi, dunk-Gordon, three point , gordon, skills-porzingis.
Almost perfect so far (who could have guessed how bad the dunk contest was)
Aaron Gordon, Klay, Isiah. Also, drop Young, Eric Gordon, and Wes Matthews, and I’d love to see the Celtics package their assets for almost any of these guys who aren’t rentals.
Gordon Robinson Porzingod The Brodie