Dr. J
Calls On Stars To Save Dunk Contest
Respect The Historical past!!!
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The NBA Dunk Contest is on relevancy life help … however Julius Erving, the first-ever winner within the occasion, has a approach to put it aside — telling TMZ Sports activities it is time for the league’s largest stars to brush up on their historical past.
We caught up with the Corridor of Famer in NYC this week … and contemplating he has numerous iconic slams to his identify, we needed to ask in regards to the state of the All-Star Weekend staple.
It is no secret followers are beginning to roll their eyes at it … with randos competing towards one another as a substitute of franchise gamers. Zach LaVine, Aaron Gordon and G League star Mac McClung have definitely helped the trigger … however general, it has been a dud for fairly a while.
An enormous criticism is the truth that LeBron James by no means took half at any level in his profession … and the identical may be mentioned for different superstars.
Dr. J shut down the concept of creating it obligatory to take part … however he did encourage the family names to step up.
Erving advised they educate themselves on the competition … and he feels in the event that they do, they will change their stance on sitting out.
He added the gamers make an excessive amount of cash to be required to do something these days — that features suiting up for video games (spicy!!)
So, will the perfect of the perfect strove for slam dunk greatness shifting ahead?? In the event that they do, we have now Erving to thank.
There’s extra — we additionally requested about Philly’s probabilities towards the Boston Celtics … and let’s simply say he is fairly optimistic!!
