Thank you for reading these and going with me on this journey. It's been fun. No more small talk. Final one.

Quick Stats:

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Dunks I've rated: 128

Dunks I've given 50s: 17 (13%)

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Most 50 Dunks:

Zach LaVine: 5

Aaron Gordon: 4

Glenn Robinson III: 3

Victor Oladipo: 1

Dwight Howard: 1

JaVale McGee: 1

Larry Nance Jr: 1

Hamidou Diallo: 1

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Now, to recap.

Previous

2008 My Winner: Dwight Howard. Actual Winner: Dwight Howard

2009 My Winner: Dwight Howard. Actual Winner: Nate Robinson

2010 My Winner: (No one) but chose Nate Robinson. Actual Winner: (No one) but Nate Robinson won.

2011 My Winner: JaVale McGee. Actual Winner: Blake Griffin

2012 My Winner: Paul George. Actual Winner: Jeremy Evans

2013 My Winner: Terrence Ross. Actual Winner: Terrence Ross

2015 My Winner: Zach LaVine. Actual Winner: Zach LaVine

2016 My Winner: Tie Zach LaVine/Aaron Gordon. Actual Winner: Zach LaVine

2017 My Winner: Glenn Robinson III. Actual Winner: Glenn Robinson III

2018 My Winner: Larry Nance Jr. Actual Winner: Donovan Mitchell

2019 My Winner: Hamidou Diallo. Actual Winner: Hamidou Diallo

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Okay, I haven't seen anything about the 2020 Dunk Contest.

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Participants:

Dwight Howard (Lakers)

Derrick Jones Jr (Heat)

Aaron Gordon (Magic)

Pat Connaughton (Bucks)

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Judges:

Dwayne Wade

Common

Candace Parker

Chadwick Boseman

Scottie Pippen

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First Round:

I'm very excited. Let's get this started. I'm going in unbiased. I want this.

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Dwight Howard:

Tries a statue of Liberty 360. Misses the first one, 2nd one hits.

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My Score: 40. Looked kinda unexcited.

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Actual Score: 41.

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Derrick Jones Jr.

He has a birthday cake because it's his birthday. Crowd is singing Happy Birthday. He blows out the candles, He's dunking over Bam? Okay, let me see. Aww he missed it the first time. He's trying to windmill it. I'm not mad at that like Kenny. It's not bad.

He pushed off a tiny part.

My Score: 45

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Actual Score. 46. Common, that wasn't a 10. Come on now.

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Pat Connaughton:

White man can't jump. 44 inch vertical?? Jumps over baseball MVP easily, no push off, clutch dunk.

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My Score: 43. That was clean, but not special.

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Actual Score: 45.

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Aaron Gordon:

Goes for between the legs behind the head dunk. OOoo, slams it the 2nd try. I'm not sold on the 50. That was good.

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My Score: 47

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Actual Score: 50.

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2nd Dunk:

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Dwight Howard

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He has the Superman cape again. RETURN OF SUPERMAN!

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Shaq: His name is Dwight.

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He pulls off the Superman logo and shows Kobe's number. Respect. Jameer Nelson comes back and throws it over the backboard, he catches it, and slams it home as a 34 year old. That was good!

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My Score: 41: Total: 81.

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Actual Score: 48?? Total: 89.

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Dwayne Wade is even saying he feels bad about giving that score. No shit, it was no where near a 48.

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Pat Connaughton:

Oh don't hurt Giannis. He's jumping over Giannis in the exact same dunk as last time. Oh, he hit the backboard. That was pretty actually.

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My Score: 48. That was good. (Total: 88)

Actual Score: 50. Total: 95

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Derrick Jones Jr.

Holy S*&t! Reverse Tornado through the legs.

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That was one of the best dunks without props I've seen in the past few years.

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My Score: 50 (Total: 95)

Actual Score: 50 (Total: 96)

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Aaron Gordon:

Needs a 45 to advance.

He's taking a Chance over Chance the Rapper lobbing it. Gotcha. He's doing the mascot dunk again. OH GOD, HE TURNED AROUND AFTERWARDS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. Best dunk of the night. He wins. Give it to him.

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My Score: 50. (Total 97)

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Actual Score: 50. (Total 100)

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We both have

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Finals: Aaron Gordon vs Derrick Jones Jr.

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Derrick Jones Jr. First Dunk

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He's jumping over two people. Omg, he jumped them and between two legs with a hard slam.

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My Score: 49

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Actual Score: 50.

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Aaron Gordon First Dunk:

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He brought out 3 Tik Tok girls. I don't use Tiktok so this means nothing to me. Oh, dirty dunk. He floats in the air. Over Chance, 360 pump one handed slam.

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My Score: 49

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Actual Score: 50 We both have them tied after the first dunk.

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Derrick Jones Jr. Second Dunk

He is saying it's the first time seeing it in a dunk contest. Omg. His friend throws it off the board, Derrick jumps over him and then between the legs dunk. Come on now.

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My Score: 50 That's silly how easy that was for him (Total: 99)

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Actual Score: 50. Total 100:

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Aaron Gordon Last Dunk:

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Fultz is on the court. Off the side of the board, Omg, he's trying to grab it one handed, 360 slam. ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME. THAT'S THE DUNK OF THE NIGHT. GIVE IT TO HIM. THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST DUNKS OF ALL TIME. COME ON.

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My Score: 50! 50! 50! Total: 99

Actual Score: 50. Total 100

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It's a tie. Two Dunk Dunk-Off.

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Gordon has had a 50 each dunk. He can't lose.

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Derrick Jones Jr

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He catches it off the side of the board, between the legs, flushed.

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My Score: 49. I don't think it was good as Gordon's. This is absolutely ridiculous.

Actual Score: 50

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Aaron Gordon:

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Come on, let him win.

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Chance has the ball up again. He jumps over him and between the legs. Anything you can do, I can do better.

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My Score: 49. I still think it's a tie. It's over. Give it to them both.

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Actual Score: 50. It's tied. They are dunking again???

Let it be a tie. Gordon has gotten all 50s.

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Derrick Jones Jr.

He's doing a Jordan dunk?

Windmill from the free throw line well one step inside.

My Score: 47.

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Actual Score: 48. Good. It wasn't a 50, didn't wanna see a 50 for a 50 sake.

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Aaron Gordon

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Get one more 50 and win. Come on.

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HE'S DUNKING OVER TACKO? NO WAY. Come on. No way. He's holding the ball up. If he does this, I give it to him.

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He dunks it. Stop it. Give it to him.

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My Score: 50. No one can do that. It's over. He didn't even put hands on Tacko.

Total Score: 47. Are you kidding?

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Aaron Gordon lost? Are you kidding me.

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This is bullshit. I'm over it. This is a rip off. This will be the one that I never will agree with.

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Winner: Derrick Jones Jr.

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Real Winner: Fans and Aaron Gordon

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I don't think Aaron Gordon will come back after that. He has no reason to. This was the best contest I've seen.

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Final Rankings:

Ranking Dunk Contests:

1. 2020
2. 2016
3. 2015
4. 2008
5. 2011
6. 2018
7. 2013
8. 2009
9. 2017
10. 2012
11. 2018
12. 2010