Congrats to Jeremy Evans, 2012 Slam Dunk Champion!!!

[Thee Jazz Fan]

That probably changed his strategy. Voters weren't allowed to vote until the last 1st round dunk ended. 2nd round is the best round unveil your best dunk because people can text directly after it happens.

I'm not so sure. Having the camera was a good idea, and something for the fans to appreciate, however I don't think he executed that dunk the way he wanted, because the ball ended up being to close to the rim. I would hope Evans is a little more creative then to just come up with a simple catch and reverse dunk.

 

[cowhide]

The two ball dunk hands down won him the contest. SI had it on it's front page. Jeremy should get posters made of that dunk and make some money. It was awesome baby!!! I liked the Karl Malone dunk more today. The funny thing about that dunk was the fact that Jeremy had his shirt out of his shorts. All I could think about was Malone saying," Thanks for the tribute, but Karl don't play with shirt hanging out of his shorts."

Congrats on Jeremy win.

 

[eacioban]

JE really jumped high on that one... he could easily jumped over someone higher

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGfZvKz6aw4

Should have done this dunk instead of the first one. Basic 360, but he gets his head at the rim and the rotation seems slower than most, so it makes it look cooler.

 

[GVC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGfZvKz6aw4

Should have done this dunk instead of the first one. Basic 360, but he gets his head at the rim and the rotation seems slower than most, so it makes it look cooler.

Looks like he could probably pull a 540. That would be nice.

 

[Archie Moses]

For those of you hating, Kevin Hart may only be 5'7' but the hood of a Kia is only 3ft.

 

[carolinajazz]

Your an idiot. Dunk contest sucks these days and needs to be replaced. Watered down

....even though ncoloradojazz is an arch enemy of mine on this board, I agree with him 100% on this! What is so exciting about 6 ft 5 inch guys or taller dunking on a 10 ft goal??? The only dunk contests that were really exciting were the two that had Spud Webb winning and Brent Barry, a white guy, winning! NOW that.....is an achievement! So I propose they change the format of the dunk contest to ONLY include short guys and white guys! If they have any black guys in the thing.....they need to raise the basket to 11 feet or higher to make it interesting again! Oh, and another thing: this idea of missing 5 dunks and still advancing or even winning the event is RIDICULOUS! I think Nate Robinson won the dunk contest.....after missing like 12 dunks in a row! You miss a dunk, you are OUT! Name another contest where you can fail 12 times in a row and succeed on the 13th try....and then win $50,000??? PLEASE!!!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

For those of you hating, Kevin Hart may only be 5'7' but the hood of a Kia is only 3ft.

Kevin Hart is like 5' tall. Tops 5'3.

 

[Stifle Tower]

I think by rule of weight, and physics 1 person in Houston = 3 in Salt Lake

Except for the coeds in Provo. Then it's the exact opposite :=)

See, even us BYU alums can make fun of our alma mater.

 

[vegas]

Besides Hayward and Kevin Hart, Jeremy also thanked Dwight Howard via twitter. Jeremy the ambassador

 

[vslice02]

Evans' second dunk was outstanding - but IMO he's not wellsuited for dunk contests. He's a better game dunker because of his size, length, and how quickly he can get off the ground. He gets incredible elevation very quickly, and that's a huge advantage in the limited time he gets on the court.

In a dunk contest, at 6-9 Evans is actually at a disadvantage because of his height. If a 2-guard soars over Kevin Hart with his arm behind his head like the Mailman - that gets more of a response than Evans because at 6-9 it doesn't look as impressive with a taller guy doing it.

Overall, unless you can get guys like DeRozan and physical freaks who can soar like LeBron and Blake Griffin into it - IMO the dunk contest will continue not to live up to the hype in the future years. At this point you have too many gimmicks and not enough of the best athletes who can perform and execute the most difficult dunks.

That aside, great for the Jazz but most importantly great for Jeremy to win. Dunk contests aside, he's an athletic freak as a basketball player and it's great that more NBA fans finally got a chance to see some of that.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Evans' second dunk was outstanding - but IMO he's not wellsuited for dunk contests. He's a better game dunker because of his size, length, and how quickly he can get off the ground. He gets incredible elevation very quickly, and that's a huge advantage in the limited time he gets on the court.

In a dunk contest, at 6-9 Evans is actually at a disadvantage because of his height. If a 2-guard soars over Kevin Hart with his arm behind his head like the Mailman - that gets more of a response than Evans because at 6-9 it doesn't look as impressive with a taller guy doing it.

Overall, unless you can get guys like DeRozan and physical freaks who can soar like LeBron and Blake Griffin into it - IMO the dunk contest will continue not to live up to the hype in the future years. At this point you have too many gimmicks and not enough of the best athletes who can perform and execute the most difficult dunks.

That aside, great for the Jazz but most importantly great for Jeremy to win. Dunk contests aside, he's an athletic freak as a basketball player and it's great that more NBA fans finally got a chance to see some of that.

The reasons guys like Lebron won't do it is because they don't have any good dunks. He would look bad and get compared to the superstars who did it better in hte 80's and 90's.