(Photo : Harry How/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – LeBron James (#6) of the Los Angeles Lakers dunks throughout a 122-118 loss to the Boston Celtics at Crypto.com Arena on December 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Lakers famous person LeBron James lastly revealed why he has not participated within the NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
LeBron explains why he is by no means achieved a dunk contest 👀
(through @ScoopB) pic.twitter.com/URWfYWKdW5
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 12, 2023
The league’s all-time main scorer talked about in an interview with Bally Sports that coming into the league, the Slam Dunk Contest was not one thing he wished to perform in his profession.
LeBron James advised @BallySports why he by no means wished to take part within the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest:
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“I don’t think it was something I wanted to accomplish in my career; it’s not a goal of mine and it never was coming into the NBA to be a part of the Dunk Contest, you… pic.twitter.com/dFJDKoPEsh
— 👑 Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson (@ScoopB) June 12, 2023
The four-time NBA champion was targeted on a lot larger objectives, comparable to making the NBA All-Star Team, being the league MVP, successful Defensive Player of the Year, and successful NBA Championships.
“The NBA Dunk Contest was NEVER a goal of mine so, it wasn’t something that I had too much passion for,” the 38-year-old stated.
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LeBron James Promises To Do The Slam Dunk Contest One Time
Back within the 2009 version of the competition, James was watching Nate Robinson, Dwight Howard, JR Smith, and Rudy Fernandez battling out for the Slam Dunk crown.
During a break, he was interviewed by the TNT crew, and he stated that he was having fun with the battle between Howard and Robinson.
James was then requested if he was to compete in subsequent yr’s version of the competition; the then 25-year-old stated that he was “preliminarily” becoming a member of the competitors.
“Right now I’m preliminarily putting my name in the 2010 Dunk Contest Saturday night. LeBron James is saying, in 2010 in Dallas Stadium, I’m putting my name [preliminarily] in the dunk contest,” James stated to the joy of the TNT crew.
However, the then-Cavaliers star was not capable of fulfill his promise of collaborating within the 2010 version of the Slam Dunk Contest, in addition to the years after.
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