If the NBA may have him again, Jaylen Brown is keen to take part within the dunk contest once more.
The Celtics star, who completed second to champion Mac McClung in his first profession dunk contest final Saturday evening, loved the expertise as the primary All-Star since 2018 to take part within the occasion. Could he be again for the 2025 dunk contest in San Francisco?
“If they ask me, if nobody else cares to do it, then (expletive) it, I’ll do it again,” Brown instructed reporters in Chicago because the Celtics returned from the All-Star break on Thursday. “I don’t actually care. People did like memes and stuff, however like I mentioned, I feel dunking is an artwork type. Obviously I feel I received extra within the tank than what I displayed. I really feel like I might carry out higher.
“I had a great time, things didn’t go as planned for whatever reason, but I thought it was a great experience for me, I had fun and that’s the bottom line for me, so if they don’t have anybody to do it next year, the NBA asks me and they wanted to get the views back up, I think I can redeem myself for sure.”
While Brown made the finals, he wasn’t utterly glad together with his efficiency. In the primary spherical, he tried to recreate former Celtics guard Dee Brown’s iconic slam from the 1991 contest, when he coated his eyes for a no-look dunk. But Brown – who put his personal spin on it by leaping over social media influencer Kai Cenat whereas receiving an alley-oop from teammate Jayson Tatum – coated his eyes after ending the dunk.
Brown nonetheless made the finals, the place he paid tribute to the late Terrence Clarke together with his first dunk earlier than paying homage to music legend Michael Jackson – who was born in Indiana, the location of All-Star weekend – by carrying a white glove on his left hand and dunking with it. While Brown’s dunks weren’t spectacular or eye-popping, every of them had a deeper that means behind it.
Brown acknowledged he might have carried out higher, however most of his objective of taking part within the dunk contest was achieved.
“I thought it was fun,” Brown instructed reporters. “I think obviously, it could have (gone) better or as planned. It didn’t, and that’s life sometimes. But I think I enjoyed the process. I thought it would be a fun experience. All-Star, doing it, bring back some hype to it and I think that was accomplished a little bit. The NBA mentioned that the ratings and views were higher, they were up, and it brought some more attention back to the art form of dunking. Obviously it didn’t go the way I expected it to go, but I think that’s OK. I had fun doing it. It’s one of the few times the spotlight is on you in your career. It’s like just you out there, and I think I took advantage of that.”
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