{"id":3342,"date":"2023-01-30T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/more-participants-for-the-2023-nba-slam-dunk-contest-are-finally-revealed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-30T17:26:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T17:26:27","slug":"more-participants-for-the-2023-nba-slam-dunk-contest-are-finally-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/30\/more-participants-for-the-2023-nba-slam-dunk-contest-are-finally-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"More participants for the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest are finally revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">\n<p><strong>We are still ways to go for the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend, but as days go by we keep getting new details over the contests and new names are starting to pop up. With the tournament set to begin on Friday, February 17th in Salt Lake City, the first\u00a0four players to participate at the AT&amp;T Slam Dunk Contest have finally been announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although many have said that the Slam Dunk Contest has been losing its touch in recent years, the competition\u00a0has always been a fan-favorite event during the NBA\u2019s All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>From Michael Jordan making his historic dunk from the free-throw line or even Vince Carter\u2019s stunning stunts, \u00a0the dunk contest has always been a memorable moment right at the NBA\u2019s mid-season break. Let\u2019s remember some of the best highlights, as ESPN made a Top 10 slam\u2019s of the contest:<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBA Slam Dunk Contest Top 10 dunks in history | NBA Highlights\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8o78zZ5Ud8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that Portland Trail Blazer\u2019s Shaedon Sharpe, KJ Martin for the Houston Rockets and G League\u2019s Mac McClung will be participating in this year\u2019s dunk competition, as the fourth participant was kept unknown until now.<\/p>\n<p>This past Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Andrew_Lopez\/status\/1619556816802975744?s=20&amp;t=SgfRLK1S-ODopfye55EeBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN\u2019s Andrew Lopez<\/a> revealed that New Orleans Pelicans\u00a0forward Trey Murphy III will participate in this year\u2019s competition, giving us the final participant for All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Orleans Pelicans forward Trey Murphy III has been invited to the NBA dunk contest, multiple sources tell ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_Andrew_Lopez\/status\/1619556816802975744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Sharpe, Martin, McClung and Murphy are all athletic, young players that have been known to have some special dunks, this definitely has the makings of being a special group.\u00a0Out of the four of them, KJ Martin is in his third season with the Rockets and\u00a0has the most experience in the league, but 24-year-old\u00a0McClung is the oldest participant.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Why do stars hate the dunk contest now?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<p>After last year\u2019s dunk contest, most fans were especially dissapointed with the All-Star competition stating that \u201cthey should cancel it\u201d. The thing is, now even NBA stars are dissing the contest and you can see it\u2019s reflected on their participation.<\/p>\n<p>Without Grizzlies\u2019 Ja Morant or Zion Williamson from New Orleans, fans don\u2019t believe it\u2019s even worth it. The contest is sinking\u00a0not only due to the change in rules and guidelines, but mostly due to the creativity of the dunks. Last year when Jalen Green wrapped a phone around his neck and missed his dunk eight straight times, fans had enough.<\/p>\n<p>Check out A.M. Hoop\u2019s take on the matter, and how he hilariously rips into the Slam Dunk Contest:<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Do Stars HATE the Dunk Contest Now?\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ORjaazXON4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In Morant\u2019s case, he has been reluctant to get involved. Back in 2021 he said he wanted a million dollars in return for his participation. One year later, he went unto saying he would need a Twitter post with a billion likes to consider it. Last time he was put on the spot was when legend Reggie Miller almost begged him on air during the last All-Star Game, but Morant just laughed and joked \u201cI don\u2019t think the 10 foot rim is high enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although last year\u2019s contest was a huge disappointment, we are all hoping that this fresh group of young and athletic players can show us what they are all about and hopefully bring this event back to life!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketballinsiders.com\/news\/more-participants-for-the-2023-nba-slam-dunk-contest-are-finally-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are still ways to go for the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend, but as days go by we keep getting new details over the contests and new names are starting to pop up. With the tournament set to begin on Friday, February 17th in Salt Lake City, the first\u00a0four players to participate at the AT&amp;T [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}