LeBron 50/50 on Dunk Contest
After officially putting his name for this year’s dunk contest during last year’s event, LeBron James might be doing an about face, as he’s now only 50/50 to participate in the dunk contest this season.
“I’m like 50-50 right now,” he said Wednesday night. “I don’t know if you can get it back to the 80s and like in ‘98 when Vince [Carter] was in it. It was more about the dunks and less about what was going on around the dunks. We’ll see what happens.”
Last year, 5-foot-9 Nate Robinson won the dunk contest for the second time in his career, after vaulting over 6-foot-11 Dwight Howard for his dunk in the finals. Howard, donning his usual Superman cape, won the contest the year before after throwing down a Superman slam from the free throw line.
So why has LeBron possibly changed his mind?
“I was excited,” he said. “When I said it I was very excited about doing it. I was there at the event and you get caught up in it a little bit.”
