Zion may participate in dunk contest

He should tell Adam Silver when the league starts officiating him fairly he'll fricking participate.

We don't need anymore torque going through those knees than is absolutely necessary

I am personally banning Zion from the Dunk C

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would be the true test to see if he is as explosive as he was in college

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No, no it really wouldn't.

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He should tell Adam Silver when the league starts officiating him fairly he'll fricking participate.

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He should do a dunk with Kira strapped to his back. It'd be both a spectacle, and allow him to point out how he's used to dunking with people draped all over him.

There’s really no upside of him doing it like I said. Lebron never did.

And there’s no way he can beat someone like Lavine if he participates.

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He’s 20. Let him be a kid if he wants to be a kid.

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I would say glad you're not a GM, but you're still probably batting better than Dave Griffin at this point

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There’s really no upside of him doing it like I said. Lebron never did.

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Lebron is a bitch, and a loser for never entering the dunk contest. His fear of being embarrassed is why he never entered.
MJ did it. Kobe did it.
Giannis did it and finished last. Who cares.
Lillard did, Donovan Mitchell, Blake Griffin.
Don’t be a pussy like Lebron.

If he feels good, he should enter this year or next year.

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I would say glad you're not a GM, but you're still probably batting better than Dave Griffin at this point

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He’s a top 1% world class athlete. If we treat Zion likes he’s glass, I’m sure he will be frustrated by that. Look at how frustrated he was with how they handled him last year compared to this year.

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He’s 20. Let him be a kid if he wants to be a kid.

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Exactly. Every kid who picks up a basketball dreams of being in the dunk contest. Who hasn't lowered the goal to 8 foot and did a windmill? Let the kid have fun.

To all the "no upside" people what's the downside? Has there ever been an injury in the NBA dunk contest? Stop being boomers.

I’m not gonna melt if he does it, but if it were up to me, and it’s not, I wouldn’t do it.

Not that I think this one event is the difference between health and a life of injury and ruin, but because the condition he is going to have to perform under just sort of sucks.

He’s gonna be playing in the game, then everything is done haphazardly at half time, then he has to come back out and play. And it’s all done under this terrible league schedule where it’s not like he is a ton of time to really prep or practice. You hear most of the guys that do something special tend to practice and prep for weeks out.

I agree it would be smart for his personal brand and such, but unless it’s like some lifelong dream, I’d wait and do it next year if it were me. When things in the league aren’t a shitshow, you can have time to practice and prep properly, the contest is done properly, and you have the best chance to shine.