In keeping with the theme of the last post, Atlanta Hawks very own Josh Smith won the NBA Slam Dunk contest tonight in Denver, scoring 3 perfect 50’s along the way…
Unfortunately we don’t have TNT on our cable package, so I had to make do with the highlights on the NBA site and also on ESPN Motion and DAMN! It looked to be a great show of athleticism out there, and even though Smith won overall, I have to say that the best dunk of the night belonged to Phoenix Suns Amare Stoudemire, who’s “Off-the-Glass-Header assist by Steve Nash-360” dunk has to go down as one of the most unique in NBA history… Josh won by emulating Atlanta Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins in more ways than one, firstly by wearing a classic Hawks throwback jersey with Wilkins 21 on it, then he lit the arena up with a rim shaking windmill jam before nailing down a reverse-spin-360 to walk away with the title.