Aaron Gordon is done with the dunk contest.
The Orlando Magic star seems to feel he was the best competitor in both 2016 and 2020, and yet he didn’t come home with hardware. This year, Gordon and Derrick Jones Jr. went into a dunk-off for a tiebreaker. Even with Gordon jumping over 7-foot-5 Tacko Fall on a final dunk attempt, Jones Jr. came away with the victory.
“It’s a wrap, bro. I feel like I should have two trophies,” Gordon told reporters after the contest on Saturday night. “You what know I mean? So it’s over for that. My next goal is going to be trying to win the 3-point contest.”
The final dunk (over Fall) felt like a particularly disappointing scoreline, with Gordon getting a 47 out of 50.
“What did I get, like a 47? Come on, man. What are we doing?” Gordon asked.
Magic’s Aaron Gordon after controversial Slam Dunk Contest loss to Heat’s Derrick Jones Jr.: “We’re here to do four dunks. It should be the best out of four dunks. I did four straight 50s — five straight 50s. It’s over. It’s a wrap. Let’s go home.” pic.twitter.com/X02EYkG6Ar
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Gordon came up with a solution for this situation.
“We’re here to do four dunks,” he said. “So, out of four dunks it should be the best of four dunks. I did five straight 50s. That’s over. It’s a wrap. Let’s go home. Four 50s in an NBA Dunk Contest, it’s over. But I don’t know. Who’s running the show?”
Gordon was asked whether he felt Dwyane Wade’s connection with Jones Jr as former teammates might have played a role in the final scoreline. Wade was one of five judges and also one of the three judges who gave Gordon a nine on the final dunk.
“No, I don’t even know who gave me the 9’s,” Gordon said. “I’m going to find them. Trust me. I’m going to find them tonight.”
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