Glenn Robinson III won an awful 2017 Dunk Contest because they had to pick someone
DeAndre Jordan, Aaron Gordon, Glenn Robinson III and Derrick Jones Jr. entered the 2017 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and there were no winners.
OK, fine — Robinson was the official winner, because he threw down a couple of decent dunks and because someone had to walk away with the title. But if you watched Saturday night's festivities, you were probably ready for bed halfway through the final round.
Robinson did wake us up a bit with his final dunk of the evening, earning a 50 from the judges and our eternal adoration for bringing an end to the exhibition:
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/833155900030398464
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/833156385097474050
But in the finals, Jones failed to complete one of his dunks in three tries, which nicely summed up the whole evening:
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/833154860748939264
The young Suns player did manage one breath-taking dunk with an assist from teammate Devin Booker:
https://twitter.com/NBA/status/833152457068859392
Either way, we're not just being harsh for the sake of being mean; fellow NBA players were less than impressed with the Dunk Contest:
https://twitter.com/AustinRivers25/status/833154418799435776
https://twitter.com/delonwright/status/833154310141833217
https://twitter.com/JaValeMcGee34/status/833154317297270785
Orlando's Gordon, who many felt should have won last year's competition despite coming in second, tried to use a drone to complete one of his dunks. After several attempts, he finally managed to throw one down but fell short of the finals. To be fair, he's dealing with an ankle injury that likely sapped him of some of his dunking prowess.
https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/833149464156073984
As for Jordan? He existed. That's about all we have to say about that.
While Robinson's last dunk was nice and we appreciate everyone's hard work, a couple solid slams couldn't save an otherwise lackluster dunk contest, which was missing defending champion Zach LaVine. There was just nothing to write home about this year — no dunk that will stand the test of time, or duel that had us on the edge of our seats.
https://twitter.com/Pacers/status/833155655196368898
There's always next year, we suppose.
