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Javale McGee Is Starting Strong (And Ending Strong) In The Dunk Contest

by Andrew Sharp

Javale McGee is ready for the NBA Dunk Contest. But are YOU ready for Javale McGee in the NBA Dunk Contest?

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↵“My master plan to win the dunk contest is to come out strong, and end strong,” Javale McGee says with a stone face in the video above. And you gotta admit: It sounds like a pretty good plan!

↵And that’s why, while you may be excited imagining Blake Griffin dunking over Donald Sterling, I’m just glad that it’s finally Epic Vale’s Time To Shine. As he says, “I got some things people haven’t seen, some things people have seen. But better.” So much better.

↵GET READY, AMERICA.

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