The Show Stopper

The dunk contest should be judged like figure skating.

I watched JaVale McGee take nearly two minutes to dunk three balls, and it was trying, son. Serge Ibaka had two tries to fetch a stuffed toy for Angelina Jolie's adopted kid. Blake Griffin jumped over the hood of a KIA. Yawn.

DeMar DeRozan, though, made his second-round dunk on his first try, and it was the best dunk in the history of the competition. Ibaka's first dunk from the free-throw line was classic, Javale's last one amazing (bonus points for the head duck), but what DeMar DeRozan did can't be replicated. And he did it on his first attempt.

Read all the papers and watch the tape: at first it appears DeRozan two-handed the ball. Nothing special, right? It's only upon seeing the second replay that you can see how he scooped it with one hand, brought it around himself while rotating, and threw it down.

On his first try, and fuck physics.

The dunk contest should be judged like figure skating.