Terrence Ross wins mostly awful 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest

Adam Silver said on Saturday he’ll look at ways to “refresh” All-Star Saturday in coming years. He can start with this list.

1. Men vs. women. There has got to be a better way to incorporate WNBA players into All-Star Weekend than trotting them out for the Celebrity Game and Shooting Stars. We should see the best women in the world showing they can compete with men. What about WNBA stars vs. retired NBA players in a couple of one-on-one games? Maya Moore vs. Robert Horry. Swin Cash vs. Dominique Wilkins. Tamika Catchings vs. Kenny Smith. Or mix in celebs. Tina Thompson vs. Kevin Hart to 21 would at least have the potential for entertainment.

Oh, how fleeting words can be. One day you’re decrying the use of props in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, the next day you’re using the son of Twitter’s CEO as a prop.

via Ball Don’t Lie

Anyway, it turns out he also did the painting himself.

The idea of creativity in a dunk contest has been taken to a new level.

The Eastern team struggled on their second go around, as White and Green both went 90 seconds without making a dunk. White got the low score of 30, while Green was given a 32. Ross advanced to the championship round after receiving a 49 for bouncing the ball off the floor and throwing it down with one hand.

Faried and Bledsoe both picked up 50s on the second attempts. Faried threw the ball off the backboard, put the ball between his legs and dunked it. Bledsoe picked up his perfect score after a throwing down a reverse, two-handed windmill. Evans rounded out the round by dunking two balls at once, getting him a 43, which put him in the title round by one point over both Faried and Bledsoe.

James “Flight” White brought out eight flight attendants to line his runway, but, after leaping from the free-throw line and missing the first time with one hand, he jumped from one step in front of the line and dunked with two hands on his second attempt. Each of the judges gave him a 9 and he got a score of 45.

The dunk itself was hyped – everyone knew White was going to take off from the free-throw line – but he didn’t execute, despite having done it time and time again before. It was an utter disappointment to everyone expecting White to dominate this contest, but it was a solid try.

Here is Green’s dunk:

AESTHETICS

Time: Likely around 9:30-10 p.m. EST as the final event of All-Star Saturday night, which begins at 8:30 EST.

Order of events: The All-Star Saturday night events begins with the Shooting Stars event and is followed, in order, by the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout and then the Slam Dunk Contest.