In the history of the NBA Dunk Contest, Aaron Gordon stands out as one of the all-time premier performers. He’s never technically won the event — a controversial result against Zach LaVine in 2016 notwithstanding — but Gordon’s past performances are renowned for bringing flair and creativity to the stage. Even now, he remains one of the game’s premier dunkers for the reigning NBA champion Denver Nuggets.
That’s what might make Gordon’s comments about Saturday night’s dunk contest so fascinating.
The Nuggets forward took to Twitter and rattled off a few thoughts about everyone’s performance. In the end, he made a joke about how he’d somehow come in second (again) following Mac McClung’s repeat victory performance. This, of course, came after consternation over weird judging that seemed to favor the Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown:
Cmon y’all it was SOLID!!
— Aaron Gordon (@Double0AG) February 18, 2024
Mac always good 🏆
— Aaron Gordon (@Double0AG) February 18, 2024
I probably could’ve got second in this years dunk contest lol 😂
— Aaron Gordon (@Double0AG) February 18, 2024
Gordon still stands as one of the more memorable performers in dunk contest history. At this rate, given some of the controversy and disappointment hovering over the event, bringing Gordon back into the fold would be a very welcome development. Whether he’ll be up to the task after getting robbed in the past is a different story.
This was how Twitter reacted to Gordon's dunk contest comments
Lots of NBA players saying this all-star games is trash and they saying it loud. https://t.co/CIuAIsuTca
— möhe.14🐢 (@mohedapoohbear) February 18, 2024
Aaron said respect to McClung, but the rest of yall would have got hung https://t.co/Usy4PeqBWO
— Jason M (@fohtographs) February 18, 2024
Pretty much every dunk tonight was a reiteration of what this man did in 2016 lol https://t.co/frCXimBo0g
— Aaron Gordon Apologist (@superstackff) February 18, 2024
The dunk contest hasn’t been the same without you, if we’re being real. 😂 https://t.co/RQcfPDivBL
— Andrew Justin (@COSportsNut) February 18, 2024
STILL ONE OF THE BEST DUNKS I EVER WITNESSED https://t.co/t2Y4XqruxH pic.twitter.com/ZMtlHc7DJK
— Jollof DeRozan (@JollofDerozan) February 18, 2024
We need Gordon vs Mac next year with all due respect https://t.co/qCVg207KBe
— Mark Jackson’s Burner (@casualtakeking) February 18, 2024
https://t.co/FPIsewSWd0 pic.twitter.com/pv6Uywp6Tv
— username like who is he? (@_rey_james) February 18, 2024
league has been selling this man so short he’s started to believe them https://t.co/obrYbjxqR1
— girltalksball (@girltalksball) February 18, 2024
🎶 9 out of 10, here we go again https://t.co/iN5ImbUiu4
— Ashtyn Butuso (@lil_buts) February 18, 2024
