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Johnny Manziel could save the NBA Dunk Contest

Johnny’s worked on his ups and is now JFB.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It’s Johnny Manziel dunking, no biggie right? WRONG. It’s a biggie. Johnny Basketball had some soul searching to do after his failure in December in which he was unable to dunk in front of a giant crowd.

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Not sure the talking heads will appreciate the effort though. Now it will be added to his scouting report: “Spends more time working on basketball than football.”

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