The dunk contest has always been the highlight of the NBA All-Star Weekend, and the moment the players are ready to jump, they break free from the gravity that has been bound to their bodies for a long time, spread their wings and soar, and then make all kinds of unbelievable extreme moves, which gives people a shocking feeling. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, in recent years, some big-name stars who can fly and dunk are less and less enthusiastic about participating in the competition, and some small characters are allowed to participate every year, and fans are less and less able to feel the sincerity of the league.

In addition, the slam dunk contest has developed to this day, and all kinds of dunk actions have been used, no matter how the participating players dunk, they lack creativity in the eyes of fans. As a result, people always feel that the slam dunk contest is getting worse and worse.

Especially after Nate Robinson won the slam dunk contest championship for two consecutive years in 2009 and 2010, he completely became a cancer and a rat that spoiled the whole pot of soup - just a person like him, he actually beat Michael Jordan and became the person who won the most slam dunk contest championships in NBA history!

In 2006, when Nate Robinson won the slam dunk contest for the first time, people were still bright, isn't this the "second generation of potatoes"? With his height of 1.75 meters, but he can make all kinds of difficult dunk moves, fans still buy it.

But his next two consecutive championships are tiresome, and there is nothing new in the dunk action except to show off his bounce power.

After Nate Robinson, Blake Griffin won the slam dunk contest, when he jumped over the car's dunk, to be honest, it was not very difficult, but because he moved the car as a prop, it was quite eye-catching, and he finally succeeded in winning the championship.

Several slam dunk contest champions after Griffin, the so-called slam dunk king, many fans can't count. Jeremy Evans was the 2012 slam dunk king? Terrence Rose was the 2013 slam dunk king? John Wall was the 2014 slam dunk king?

The latter two are familiar to many fans, but that Jeremy Evans ...... Completely marginal in the NBA, he entered the NBA with the 55th pick in 2010 and often averaged 3.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game in his career.

is such a player, and he actually won the championship of the slam dunk contest, no wonder the dunk contest is getting worse and worse.

In light of this, the league has repeatedly revised the format in the hope that it will refocus the attention of fans on the slam dunk contest.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest was established in 1984, the first champion was the current Lakers forward Larry Nance Jr., father of Nance Sr., in the 2013-14 season, the NBA had reformed the slam dunk contest and changed the individual game to the team competition, but the fans did not buy it, and it was only implemented for one year, and the dunk contest was changed back to the traditional single competition format.

Almost everyone in the NBA can dunk. The only few left that can't be dunked are now all undunked for various reasons, but they were able to dunk at the beginning. In other words, there are actually a lot of people who can participate in the slam dunk contest, and the league wants to draw a few people from the base of these hundreds to participate in the dunk contest.

With the participation of popular players, it is natural that no one will watch the slam dunk contest. For example, let Stephen Curry participate, with his popularity as an All-Star ticket king, even if the dunk is not good-looking, there are not a few people who want to see him dunk.

The league has done something to save a once-glorious but declining sport, but it hasn't worked very well. But fortunately, a young man came out last year and slightly saved the decline of the slam dunk contest.

At last year's slam dunk contest, Minnesota Timberwolves young player Zach LaVine gave a stunning performance, not only winning the slam dunk king, but also praising him for "re-enhancing the viewing of the slam dunk contest". "Magic" Johnson even said on Twitter: "Timberwolves' Zach LaVine single-handedly saved the slam dunk contest. ”

Zach LaVine, born on March 10, 1995 in Washington, D.C., plays both playmaking and shooting guard. He is 1.96 meters tall and has a thin weight, even if he has been in the league for more than a season, he is only in his early nineties.

He landed in the NBA with the 13th pick in 2014 with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Because of the "No. 8" on his back, plus the 13th pick in the draft, and super athleticism, LaVine is also regarded as the "successor to Kobe". Because Yi Feng had not yet landed in the NBA at that time, LaVine was one of the most positive successors of the "bloodline".

LaVine had a good rookie season, averaging 10.1 points, 2.8 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, and was named to the All-Rookie Second Team. But his performances are all hidden under his super dunk ability, since he amazed the world at the 2015 slam dunk contest, people found out that there are still such young people in the NBA, so they began to dig up his information.

And one of the most concerned is his bouncing ability, there is information on the Internet that his vertical bounce has reached 105.4 cm, some say 112 cm, and even say 117 cm!

It doesn't matter if it's 105 or 112 or 117. Because the bounce height varies greatly, you can jump higher if you are in good shape. And judging from LaVine's performance in the slam dunk contest, he can reach these heights.

The ability to bounce is very important for dunking. But to make a dunk look good, you need more than just the ability to bounce. There are a lot of jumpers in the NBA, but there are very few who can really make pleasing dunk moves.

Not only does LaVine have the best jumping ability, but he also has very good physical coordination, flexibility, etc., so his dunk looks very stretched and relaxed. Because of his relatively thin body and lack of strength, the dunk is a little "light", but this causes another characteristic of his dunk: elegant and smart.

Of the four players in this year's slam dunk contest, LaVine is the only guard, along with two other forwards, Will Barton (Nuggets) and Aaron Gordon (Magic), and a big center Andre Drummond (Pistons).

But that doesn't mean others don't have a chance.

The appearance of "Zhuang Shen" Drummond is undoubtedly a big surprise.

In this year's All-Star Weekend, there were many cases of big men playing back, such as DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green and others participating in the skills competition, and Karl Anthony Towns also became the first big man to win the skills competition. In addition, Chris Bosh was also shortlisted for the three-point contest, but unfortunately withdrew due to injury.

Now Draymond will also show his true colors in the slam dunk contest, big man dunks often require great creativity to win, when Dwight Howard's main "Superman" series was a big success, this time, what kind of tricks will Drummond play? This is undoubtedly very exciting.

In addition to these two big names, the other two Aaron Gordon and Will Button have received less attention.

However, Barton has already been a testament to his ability to score points this season, and against the Rockets, Barton's 2.13-meter Motai Yunas impressed, and his dunks are fierce and powerful, and he can be called one of the representatives of violent aesthetics.

Aaron Gordon showed super bounce power in high school, and before his debut, he was also known as Little Griffin. His dunk action is also known for his strength, plus Draymond and Barton, this year's dunk contest will present an interesting scene of three "rigid" and one "soft" duel.

On February 13, after the All-Star Skills Challenge and the Three-Point Shooting Contest ended, the most interesting slam dunk contest will finally kick off.

First up was Will Barton, who made a very cool appearance with Michael Jackson's ghost dance.

When dunking, Barton holds the ball and hits the basket, making a crotch reversal from the outside to the inside, and then grabs the ball with both hands, and dunks the basketball into the basket fiercely!

The dunk showed his bouncing power to the fullest, but the jury made up of Johnson "The Magician", O'Neal "The Big Shark", Maddie, Uncle Mu and George "The Iceman" Gerwin only gave him a score of 44, which was not a very good score.

The second player was Drummond, whose first dunk was a turnaround dunk that rushed out from behind the rebound. Such a dunk was not much difficult for him, and he succeeded in the first dunk. But because he didn't reflect his domineering and fierce as a big man in the dunk, the judges only gave 36 points in the end.

The third to appear is Gordon, although he is a high pick (fourth pick) in 2014, but because the Magic team is too crowded inside, he has no chance to perform, so he has not seen a big scene like the slam dunk contest a few times, and he looks a little nervous when he comes up.

His first dunk action was a back dunk after the crotch changed hands, which is not easy for a big man. Aaron Gordon's rookie is two meters and six meters tall, and now more than a season later, he may have grown a little taller. Limited by their size, it is already very difficult for them to change hands under their crotch, let alone turn around and buckle.

With such a difficult maneuver, Gordon failed on his first attempt. But his dunk is so difficult that it has already caused an uproar among the fans at the scene.

With the first experience, Gordon made adjustments for the first time, pulled the ball down to the crotch after running and jumping, turned his back in the air while pulling the ball, followed by the change of hands under the crotch, and then smashed the ball directly into the basket!

Seeing such an impactful dunk, the fans at the scene let out a burst of excited cheers, and Gordon's dunk was better than the previous dunks of Barton and Drummond. However, because it took him two chances to complete the dunk, the judges subtracted some points, and finally got 45 points, the highest score among the three.

The last to appear was the defending champion LaVine, who caused a tsunami as soon as LaVine appeared on the scene.

In today's more and more creative slam dunk contest, LaVine went the opposite way and completely crushed his opponent with his hard power. Difficult maneuvers such as super windmills and 360° turns are just a piece of cake for Lavin.

When he won the championship last year, it felt like he had only used seven or eight successes and won the championship easily. In fact, his opponent in the final, Victor Oladipo, was not able to force LaVine's full strength.

LaVine's first dunk was initiated from the baseline. There are a lot of particulars about the starting point of the dunk, the front is relatively simple and the most attempted, the baseline is second, and the back of the basket is the most difficult.

LaVine started from the baseline, dribbled to the basket, and when he was still more than a meter away from the basket, the whole person jumped up suddenly. At the same time as he took off, his whole body was like a bird with wings spread, floating from the right side of the basket to the left.

The fans at the scene were amazed, LaVine's dunk action had just been made, but this light posture, this relaxed and casual but amazing bounce, had already made the fans orgasm collectively!

As if 10,000 years had passed, LaVine finally floated to the basket, pulled the ball behind his back with his left hand, and then completed the change of hands behind his back. Before he floated away from the basket, his right hand was directly a back buckle.

LaVine's dunk was crisp and fluid, and he stuffed the basketball into the hoop in a matter of moments.

The moment the ball was scored, the whole stadium was shocked! Because the fans are boiling!

LaVine completed the dunk with only one chance, and the difficulty coefficient was even greater than that of Gordon before, and more importantly, LaVine's face was not red or out of breath after the dunk, and his face was relaxed, and it seemed that he didn't use all his strength!

The judges quickly gave a perfect score of 50, and it seems that they were also won over by LaVine's dunk.

With LaVine's dunk, the first round of the dunk contest ended. LaVine is in first place with 50 points, and Gordon is lucky to be second with 45 points, just one point more than Barton in third. Drummond, who was in the last place, only had 36 points, and the gap with the previous three was too big, and he was almost eliminated in advance.

The second round began quickly, and the order of entry was the same as the first.

At the end of the first round, Barton was only third, which made him feel a lot of pressure. In the second round, he decided to try a more difficult self-tossed spin dunk. But I don't know if it's really too much pressure, or if it's my own lack of ability, I try again and again, but I fail again and again. In the end, he even gave up this difficult dunk and changed to the simplest one-handed dunk, and actually dunked away......

With such a poor performance, the judges naturally did not give any good scores, and no one gave the lowest score of 6 points that could be given. As a result, Barton scored 30 points, the lowest score of the slam dunk contest. With 44 points in the first round, 30 points in the second round, and a total of 74 points in the two rounds, Barton's elimination is basically a foregone conclusion.

Next up was Drummond, who was a lot less stressed. Because he only scored 36 points in the first round, it was difficult for him to add points through his performance in the second round and finally advance to the finals. Therefore, in the second round, he focused on participating.

However, in order to participate in this slam dunk contest, the carefully prepared show must be performed. Drummond also brought his partner, Steve Nash, to the court this time, and Nash's way of playing was to play basketball while shouting.

Although Nash is an accomplished basketball player, he is also a football enthusiast, and it is a well-known thing. Nash kicked the ball to former teammate Amare Stodemar in the slam dunk contest and now it seems that he wants to do the same. (To be continued.) )