The NBA was finally able to convince an All-Star player to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest and immediately made a massive mistake.
Jaylen Brown, an All-Star in the Eastern Conference for the Boston Celtics, had planned a cool tribute to two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion Dominique Wilkins.
It was his first dunk of the night and one of the most anticipated moments of the evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Yet somehow, TNT’s TV broadcast missed Brown’s dunk as it happened because they were too focused on filming the LED court.
If you're going to broadcast the dunk contest, showing the dunks feels like it should be a priority. pic.twitter.com/YX4UCO9BLZ
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) February 18, 2024
Basketball fans were shocked by the fact that the camera crew botched this one on the broadcast.
Here were some of the immediate reactions to the mistake:
WHAT THE HELL IS THE TNT CREW DOING WE MISSED THE DUNK!!!!
— Michael Sykes, II (@MikeDSykes) February 18, 2024
TNT missed Jaylen’s dunk live 😭😭😭
— Raj C. (@RajChipalu) February 18, 2024
TNT just missed the Jaylen Brown dunk live…..guess I can’t be mad at Bally anymore for missing live game action
— Motor City Hoops (@MotorCityHoops) February 18, 2024
It would have been cool if they actually showed Jaylen Brown’s dunk when it happened.
— Jay King (@ByJayKing) February 18, 2024
A great analogy for the misuse of technology is TNT spending SO much time zooming out of the LED court to show what it can do that they somehow managed to completely miss airing Jaylen Brown's dunk live. Which is insane.
— Velodus✨ (@velodus) February 18, 2024
LMAO! Did TNT just miss the dunk?
— Van “#1 Voice in Wrestling Media” Lathan Jr (@VanLathan) February 18, 2024
Wow, they completely missed the dunk on the TNT stream. Incredible job everybody
— Itamar (@Itamar_17_10) February 18, 2024
Cameraman and TNT didn’t even show the dunk live pic.twitter.com/69CMShffbP
— 🐍HoodiiMamba 🐍 (@HoodiiMamba) February 18, 2024
Really appreciate TNT missing the Jaylen dunk in real time
— John Karalis 🇬🇷🇺🇦 (@John_Karalis) February 18, 2024
If TNT had a sense of humor, they would have cut away from Jaylen Brown's second dunk live too.
— Brian Robb (@BrianTRobb) February 18, 2024
TNT filming Jaylen Brown’s first dunk pic.twitter.com/cCZ2iBHdZ5
— Hector Diaz (@iamHectorDiaz) February 18, 2024
Bruh what was the tnt broadcast actually doing when Jaylen Brown did the dunk 😂😂
— Cameron Fields (@CameronFields_) February 18, 2024
