Fun fact about Aaron Gordon, y’all. He’s got the most 50 scores in NBA Dunk Contest history. Despite that fact, he has never actually won one.
Part of that is Dwyane Wade’s fault. He wrongly gave Gordon a 9 in the dunk contest last year and essentially robbed him of a win. It was a pretty wild sequence of events.
But that fun fact is why he wears No. 50 now in Denver — because he’s got the most dunk contest 50’s ever with no win.
So, of course, it was hilarious when he explained that to Dwyane Wade himself.
“You know I got the most 50's in the Dunk Contest.”@Double0AG tells @DwyaneWade why he wears No. 50 in Denver 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/5MNxgZal38
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 2, 2021
“I mean, it spoke to me man. You know I got the most 50’s ever in the dunk contest. It’s a good number for me. I feel like it’s strong, it’s powerful. It just spoke to me, man. I really…I’m rocking with it.”
EL. OH. EL. That’s hilarious, man. Dwyane Wade knew what he was doing. Shaq trolled Wade after he asked Gordon his question.
"What did you do, give him a nine?" @SHAQ trolling @DwyaneWade after his question to AG 😂 pic.twitter.com/2oTBNKYl9x
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 2, 2021
Hilarious. Dwyane Wade has to retroactively give Gordon a 10 now. Those are the rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB1zpeaqoQE