The dunk where the mascot was spinning on the Segway to me was the best slam dunk contest dunk ever, even down to the way he faked the first run up told the mascot to spin🔥
I saw the famous Vince Carter contest live but I think this one dethroned that one. Because this one has both finalists bringing new concepts, one after the other, head to head down to the last dunk. And they weren't messing up much either. Vince Carter was the clear winner then. But this contest was almost like watching two VCs go at it.
Ayy Pee I fear that might happen in 2017 if Shaq isn't allowed to judge. Only Shaq had the balls to actually judge the contest. The four other pussies were just laughing at Shaq for not giving every single dunk a 10. Twice. Without Shaq every dunk would get either a solid 50 or a solid 40. Sad thing is Magic and T-Mac were among the other judges. Cribbing each others numbers like cheating school boys. Shaq has proven himself many times before, and again he took the man's role.
lavine lost to gordon's between both legs. its disrespectful to say they shouldve been both the winner. lavine and gordon made history, lavines dunks in the finals are tough but not innovative for contests. they gave 50s to lavine until gordon ran out of cards. think about that.
@@doejan8549 so, you are making the argument that Gordon should have won? And if so, I don't disagree. In fact, that's why I'm saying they both should've won. The first 2 dunks of Gordon's were amazing. The last two are a little more lackluster. I think Lavine was a little more consistent. But overall I think Gordon's dunks were better/more creative dunks.
@@whothinksforme "lavines a little more consistent" you say, but until the the very last moments lavine still copied gordon's, are you saying hes consistent doing free throw leaps? cause thats what he did all night, he didnt do anything creative after the first free throw dunk. thats my point. nba milked gordon until hes out, he shouldve won right at the part when gordon did between both legs while lavines missed first try and did a decent dunk.
What on God's earth did Gordon have to do to win that? Sit down 9ft in the air over someone's head, put it under his legs and dunk it in first time? Oh wait...
@Hasanayn Awan Idk if you noticed, but a single dunk doesn't effect the score of the other one lmao, neither can you go over 50 pts. Gordon's last dunk wasn't a 50. All of the other dunks were. It's quite simple bud.
1:30 Zach says ‘F***! I missed the first one’. He holds himself to high standards. Even though it was an awesome dunk, he knows how much it detracts from your dunk if you don’t get it first time. Something this year’s dunk contest dunkers seemed absolutely oblivious to 🤮
+fs579 His last dunk was underrated as hell. Dude went behind the back, all the way down under his legs and then reverse slam. lavine did 3 "Freethrow" line dunks in a row, lack of creativity if you ask me
Trent Edwards Lack of creativity I agree but I'm talking about the Gordon's last dunk , that was not winning dunk , but if he saved over the mascot dunk for last he would have won for sure , anyway great battle
Coming back to this vid after watching the 2022 Dunk Contest because the Dunk contest have never been this good. These two great players have set the standards for a great show of skill, athleticism, and creativity in doing dunks. Still the GOAT Dunk Contest 🔥
Facts. Who tf jumps from the Free throw line & puts it thru the Legs. Zack Lavine is unreal...... Gordon too. Who tf puts it under his legs? That's physically fuckin impossible
That's crazy how ANY other year AG would've won EASILY but he just so happened to go up against the toughest dunk contest competition we've probably ever seen and ran outta gas in the last round 🤦🏽♂️😭
and to think Zach Lavine got one more spectacular dunk up his sleeve (360 Free throw line Dunk) at this point. I don't think Aaron Gordon ran out of gas but he just ran out of ideas.
no cap Zach dunks compared to Aaron it’s not even close. Zach even copied one of Aarons dunks and still one he did the same dunk 3 times and somehow he won that’s not fair bro they cheated Aaron out of 2 trophies
Gordon's under the legs in my opinion is the best dunk of all times. His last dunk is an absolute 50. The ball is so far behind his head, then so low between the legs, and then with a powerful finish. That's crazy! Gordon you are the best!
Patrick McKinney You have to admit though, even though LaVine’s dunks were not creative, the free throw dunk was only done once (From my knowledge). He also put it between his legs, but, Gordon’s dunks definitely would’ve won him a dunk contest.
Mac 'N Cheese everyone was hyping that shit but none of his “free throw line” dunks were even behind the line and only one of them was actually on the line
Best Slam Dunk Contest ever Kobe's 60 pts game SAS 40-1 at home Two of greatest PF retirement 73-9 Unanimous MVP 3-1 lead The greatest Finals of all time WHAT A YEAR
Clearly one of the best duels and shows ever in the dunk contest. They both deserved the trophy. Zach's are alwasy my favorite...I can't put my finger on it...probably that explosive quality like Shawn Kemp had. But Aaron probably had the better collection of supremely imaginative AND difficult dunks, on this day. I could watch this video again and again till the day I die...
Zach already got 2, he don't need another one especially because he didn't deserve this one against Gordon Aaron had the most insane dunk ever compared to Zach or to any dunk contest participant ever... no offense to Vince Carter, but that was at his own time
Agreed. The whole point to doing the free throw line dunk is to show how high and far you can jump. After we've already seen it once, we know that the player can do it, we don't need to see it 3 times.
I've been watching the slam dunk competition since the first one back in 1976 I believe it was with the old ABA League, and I most say this was the most awesome, creative dunks I've ever seen between two NBA players. This one was even more exciting than Michael Jordan going up against Dominique Wilkins. 👌
Both players dunk were impressive and tough but for me, Gordon deserved the win as his dunk was creative and innovative, something that we never imagine before
+Qiao Chi yeah Levines dunk is impressive but it almost looks repetitive. its still difficult. but ill give edge to Gordon in this battle. i think jumping over a person is more difficult than in a freethrowline. still great match
iAaronHD TBH he really didn’t get robbed. They both were pulling off 50 dunks. The reason why Zach won was cause his best dunk was always the next one. With Gordon, his last 2 dunks weren’t as amazing as the ones he did before.
@@shunter2829 the dunk contest is like a race, your top speed may be faster but in the end its who finishes stronger. Gordon had the top speed but zach finished stronger
+Maximum Forty Thats not why. you dont give a 10 to everything you idiot. a 10 should only be rewarded to perfect dunks, its not a give away for every dunk. cmon now.
Sydney Alvelo When someone is that dumb, shouldn't I let them know? That's like being a teacher and giving everyone in your class an A, even the kids who don't do any work.. makes no sense, grade the work accordingly! smh
+Harnoor Singh I don't understand that comparison, because one has nothing to do w the other, but if you consider his opinion "dumb" than, by that logic, wouldn't you calling someone an idiot over their own opinion be "dumb" also?
Sean Uy nahh he won because it was unanomous he had won the year before in 2015 his rookie year i like lavine more as a player but gordon shuda took it his dunks had too much finesse
@@lordmasonchase7696 please 😂😂😂 this slam dunk contest is not better than 2000 2003 2005 2009 or 2011 maybe in the top 10 list maybe but the best ??? lol
@@mrbojack1399 Nah, Gordon got hyped from the crowd. Just not the other NBA Players. It actually got annoying how Lavine would do the most basic dunk, and all of the NBA Players on the side would go wild as if they've never seen it happen before.
Ryan Hughes They would but the dunks wasn't that advanced yet, they didn't start doing between the legs dunks until the 90's. The first time I saw it was with Kobe Bryant, I was too young when Isiah Jr Rider did it. When I saw Kobe did it I was hopping around like OMG that's the best dunk ever. Kind of like this one but 20 years later lol.
Ryan Hughes The only thing is that the level of dunks are so advanced now that it waters down the level of competition. Sure guys are athletic but it takes more than just hops to do what these guys are doing now. We saw for a stretch of years that the dunk contest was getting boring because guys couldn't make all those advanced dunks. Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine gave us hope though lol.
Mike Foucault first of all that is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read in my whole life( no kidding). You cannot fully grasp how difficult something is without first EXPERIENCING how difficult it is to begin with, logically anybody should know this
Obviously it helps to be able to do it yourself but your point was that you NEED to be able to do something to understand how hard it is. Just try doing it on a lower net or just think if you tried to do these dunks yourself and you'll quickly figure out that these dunks are crazy hard to do. Even the judges couldn't do those dunks in their primes so why are they judges? They can't fully understand how hard these dunks are so why are they even there? That's your logic lol FAIL
This still boggles my mind how Aaron Gordon lost but with that being said Zach has improved into one of the best offensive players in the game while Gordon is a solid role player.
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed Lavine improvement, man went from just a kid with hop to a player that can pull up from 3 while retaining his dangerous slashing to the rim. Truly a work of art to watch
That Was The Best Dunk Contest In Years
you misspelled OF ALL TIME
ever
+Banjomike97 hello no 2009 return of super man dwight howard
+Canaan_The_God not even close
i see dis before
Gordon: Something we've never seen before.
Zach: "Wanna see another free throw dunk"
Addison Fifield I see what your saying but Gordon sued the mascot just as much. Plus lavine Did windmill oop and between legs from free throw
Alex Brandenburger yea after doing the same dunk twice plus it wasn't even rlly from the free throw line. Gordon was robbed
James White already did the free throw dunks before tho...
Alex Brandenburger his feet is on the line so i dont wanna call it a free throw line dunk..
Tigana Satria jordans was its still considered one
Lavine’s dunks were incredible and worthy of winning most years but Gordon put together maybe the greatest single slam dunk performance of all time
no lie
The dunk where the mascot was spinning on the Segway to me was the best slam dunk contest dunk ever, even down to the way he faked the first run up told the mascot to spin🔥
@@Count-up23 It was an absolutely insane dunk and whats crazy is I think the over the mascot between both legs dunk was even better
Facts
Gordon's dunks that year were and still are the craziest dunks I've seen
6 years later and I'm still in awe of this dunk contest. One of the best ever and it might never be dethroned.
The best ever
Although I hope it is dethroned one day
I saw the famous Vince Carter contest live but I think this one dethroned that one. Because this one has both finalists bringing new concepts, one after the other, head to head down to the last dunk. And they weren't messing up much either. Vince Carter was the clear winner then. But this contest was almost like watching two VCs go at it.
@@popireal3628 This was off the charts.
@Dr.Drainly Thank you.
The 50s are based on the amount of hype men you have after your dunk.
Ayy Pee I fear that might happen in 2017 if Shaq isn't allowed to judge. Only Shaq had the balls to actually judge the contest. The four other pussies were just laughing at Shaq for not giving every single dunk a 10. Twice. Without Shaq every dunk would get either a solid 50 or a solid 40.
Sad thing is Magic and T-Mac were among the other judges. Cribbing each others numbers like cheating school boys. Shaq has proven himself many times before, and again he took the man's role.
+Malejdueusbxbhaisnenamsiei well duh theyre his teammates,plus derozan was there
+Penkima chill fam its just the dunk contest
oh oh yes no one was here with gordon exept green sometime
oh oh
Gordon got robbed I mean I know Lavine jumped from the free throw line 3 times is nice but that under both legs sitting dunk is a game changer
But it wasn't the last dunk. Stop it
Jay Anderson I don't wanna hear it Gordon was getting his VC, while Lavine was just jumping from inside the free throw line
NatixLoudxBoi It's harder to jump from the freethrow line AND do a windmill or between the legs than it is to push off on a mascot to boost you.
NatixLoudxBoi Just jumping? Dude really. I'm glad you not a judge for any dunk contest.
Jay Anderson Lol!!
This is one of those times when they should have awarded them both the trophy!
lavine lost to gordon's between both legs. its disrespectful to say they shouldve been both the winner. lavine and gordon made history, lavines dunks in the finals are tough but not innovative for contests. they gave 50s to lavine until gordon ran out of cards. think about that.
@@doejan8549 so, you are making the argument that Gordon should have won? And if so, I don't disagree. In fact, that's why I'm saying they both should've won. The first 2 dunks of Gordon's were amazing. The last two are a little more lackluster. I think Lavine was a little more consistent. But overall I think Gordon's dunks were better/more creative dunks.
@@whothinksforme "lavines a little more consistent" you say, but until the the very last moments lavine still copied gordon's, are you saying hes consistent doing free throw leaps? cause thats what he did all night, he didnt do anything creative after the first free throw dunk. thats my point. nba milked gordon until hes out, he shouldve won right at the part when gordon did between both legs while lavines missed first try and did a decent dunk.
@@doejan8549 I'm not disagreeing with you at all. I feel that Gordon got robbed.
Nah Gordon was on another level, he should’ve won. Gordon got like 2 of the greatest dunks in history here
Years later, this is STILL the greatest dunk contest is NBA History. Dunk contest quality never recovered from this...
No it isn't.
I wouldn’t sY greatest but EASILY right behind Vince Carter’s .
@@israelcontreras3911 actually it is, this was back and forth great dunks, they were trading jabs , Vince had no competion.
Yep one of the best dunk contest duel.
@@izzy9189 no. It’s not. You must’ve been born in 2005
appreciate greatness. this is the greatest contest in years
Lebeautiful ever
Lebeautiful wtf no EVER
EJ Slaughter why?
aaron gordan he have to win this
Lebeautiful probably the best one ever
What on God's earth did Gordon have to do to win that? Sit down 9ft in the air over someone's head, put it under his legs and dunk it in first time? Oh wait...
Yea man, that dude got robbed!!
Hasanayn Awan nah
@@mrheatibmor didn't get robbed just had super good competition
@Hasanayn Awan Idk if you noticed, but a single dunk doesn't effect the score of the other one lmao, neither can you go over 50 pts. Gordon's last dunk wasn't a 50. All of the other dunks were. It's quite simple bud.
Six XL are you serious Aaron dunks were better because we haven’t seen it before plus Zach as good as he is did same dunk twice
Gordon’s dunk under his legs over the mascot might be the best dunk EVER in a dunk contest!
1:30 Zach says ‘F***! I missed the first one’. He holds himself to high standards. Even though it was an awesome dunk, he knows how much it detracts from your dunk if you don’t get it first time. Something this year’s dunk contest dunkers seemed absolutely oblivious to 🤮
Still haven't watched this year's highlights, and I probably never will. All Star game was classic though
Especially jalleen green 😭😭😭
Jalen Green: "F***! I missed the 8th one
These two were just a higher caliber. Unicorns so to speak.
This is an epic battle in slam dunk contest. Mayb best ever.
Had to revisit this after watching this year's contest. Everyone missing their dunks
You got these guys doing it on their first tries. Fucking amazing.
Yeah same🤣 this was so good
The first tries dunk always the best
Same here
Ahahahaa same 😂😂😂
Aaron had 2 of the best dunks I have ever seen, and he lost...
That's why judges shouldn't give 10s just like that for every good dunk
+fs579
you can't be fucking serious!
+fs579 His last dunk was underrated as hell. Dude went behind the back, all the way down under his legs and then reverse slam. lavine did 3 "Freethrow" line dunks in a row, lack of creativity if you ask me
+Trent Edwards yeah but gordon's last dunk has been done before while im pretty sure lavine's 3 freethrow dunks were never done before
Trent Edwards Lack of creativity I agree but I'm talking about the Gordon's last dunk , that was not winning dunk , but if he saved over the mascot dunk for last he would have won for sure , anyway great battle
Coming back to this vid after watching the 2022 Dunk Contest because the Dunk contest have never been this good. These two great players have set the standards for a great show of skill, athleticism, and creativity in doing dunks. Still the GOAT Dunk Contest 🔥
Facts man
Okay I agree but you over 2000 ??? Vince Changed The Dunk Contest Forever, That’s Why He Is The Greatest Dunker Of All Time.
Jordan vs Dominique and Gordon vs Lavine....sheesh along with Vince Carter's run, those are by far the top 3 dunk contests ever.
you know you gotta come here once a year around this time
word
facts
haha. gotta comeback. cant help it
agree
well damn right you are
Aaron Gordon's under both legs was amazing
Vortexxx 480 best dunk I’ve ever seen
Real_Jamal 1 over a mascot my nigga
Indeed my dude
That dunk wins the competition alone
When he made that dunk, that contest is already over.
They spoiled us so much, now we got hella high expectations every year...
I hope one day there'll be another moment like this
2016 was such a good year for NBA and everything overall
That Aaron Gordon dunk should become a logo. One of the most incredible dunks ever . He was robbed
Definitely not lavine definitely won this
@@killcount4750 basic ass dunks aaron gordon jumped over the mascot 2x his a 360 tomahawk there is no way aaron lost
@@6FTDJ basic dunks???
@@6FTDJ are you dumb where is aaron dunk contest trophy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
y’all forget lavine won a dunk contest in highschool too
This is the most exciting slam dunk I've ever watched
Zack Quinto between this one and the 2000 were great to watch !
@@jeovanneramos5066 this is more interesting to watch than the 2000's tho
@@masjo4635 yeah 2000 was just a one man show
Facts. Who tf jumps from the Free throw line & puts it thru the Legs. Zack Lavine is unreal...... Gordon too. Who tf puts it under his legs? That's physically fuckin impossible
Desmond Mason vs Jason Richardson is the closest thing to it
best dunk contest. hands down.
but Gordon got robbed.
Vince Carter year is the best.
dpeace99 i think he means competition wise. it was way too close to decided. no one lost this contest.
Johnny Sinatra yuh. they both had amazing dunks.
Notorious Nas you ain't lying.
This Dunk Contest still gives me goosebumps what a classic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Man… You know how I wish I could relive watching this the first time. Time flies 😢
lavine MISSED a dunk AND copied a dunk... and still won? We all know who really won though.
not copied, they had the same dunk...299-291 in six dunk, LaVine deserved the W
jorge navejar Aaron Gordon missed a dunk too if you watched the whole thing and Shaq deducted points just the same.
jorge navejar U were allowed to do the same dunk u just couldn't do it at the same spot before
He's just showing that anything Gordon can do that he can do as well
learn how to dunk. Then you'll know how hard that shit is
I had to watch this again to recover from the atrocity that is the 2017 dunk contest
W
then 2018 happened...
I gave you your 500th like because you are 💯💯💯💯💯.
6 years had past, and still this slamdunk contest sets the bar high 💯
I still gotta go with 2000 as my favorite overall contest but Aaron Gordon v Zack Lavine was the best head-2-head hands down.
If Gordon had the hype squad Lavine had, the dunk conest woulda gone on till the actual All Star Game 😅
A- Rom facts bro
Zach Lavine and Aaron Gordon really raised everyone’s expectations of a good dunk to the extreme.
By far the greatest All Star weekend leading up to a game I’ve ever watched so far.
That's crazy how ANY other year AG would've won EASILY but he just so happened to go up against the toughest dunk contest competition we've probably ever seen and ran outta gas in the last round 🤦🏽♂️😭
and to think Zach Lavine got one more spectacular dunk up his sleeve (360 Free throw line Dunk) at this point. I don't think Aaron Gordon ran out of gas but he just ran out of ideas.
no cap Zach dunks compared to Aaron it’s not even close. Zach even copied one of Aarons dunks and still one he did the same dunk 3 times and somehow he won that’s not fair bro they cheated Aaron out of 2 trophies
@@JusBoogie Zach copied 1 of Aaron's and will bartons dunk. Barton got eliminated with the lob from behind the backboard to reverse between the legs.
@@JusBoogie Zach did not do the same dunk three times. If you want to say that dumb shit Aaron used the mascot 4x in the contest.
Gordon's under the legs in my opinion is the best dunk of all times. His last dunk is an absolute 50. The ball is so far behind his head, then so low between the legs, and then with a powerful finish. That's crazy! Gordon you are the best!
Wen Ko Ha I have to agree with you. Nobody has ever done anything like that before. Period.
Patrick McKinney You have to admit though, even though LaVine’s dunks were not creative, the free throw dunk was only done once (From my knowledge). He also put it between his legs, but, Gordon’s dunks definitely would’ve won him a dunk contest.
Same, I cant even do that move without the ball, can't even imagine dunk with that....purely shock the world
Mac 'N Cheese everyone was hyping that shit but none of his “free throw line” dunks were even behind the line and only one of them was actually on the line
Wen Ko Ha Lavine's windmill from free throw was best of all time.
This will go down as one of the best Dunk contest of all Time
THE best
+Jonathan Gleason one of
Moses Carter there was not one better then this
+IspeakFacts Its the best I've seen.
agreed
Who else needed to see this one again after 2022 dunk contest 🤣🤣🤣
Watching this prob for the 20th time and it never gets old! Greatest dunk contest ever...
Had to come back and watch this after seeing 2018s dunk contest 🤦🏽♂️ traaaash
LordNBA same
LordNBA I liked it
LordNBA lol same here what a waste of time
SAMMMEEE
Foreal lol, the players reactions to the dunks makes it even better too
Best Slam Dunk Contest ever
Kobe's 60 pts game
SAS 40-1 at home
Two of greatest PF retirement
73-9
Unanimous MVP
3-1 lead
The greatest Finals of all time
WHAT A YEAR
ふろむのと/動画投稿 2016 was definitely a time to be alive
And a MVP by unanimous decision for the first time. 2016 was a gold year.
CURRY 402 THREES?
His FINAL game after a 20 year career I feel that’s a critical detail and people don’t realize what an accomplishment that is in 2016
That was not the greatest finals of all time lol it was 6 blowouts and an awesome game 7
It's is the best ever seen dunk contest! I love you both of you guys!
After this years debacle.....i say thank you gentlemen for putting on the best dunk contest i have seen in my 46 years
Gordon for creativity but Lavine for fucking gliding in the air.
Ken Will Bone preach it
Ken Will Bone Thats what I been saying for nine months. Gordon had some real creative dunks but LeVine is out here damn near walking on clouds
Mystic Mac dude gordon SAT on air
i liked ur comment because of ur name
Gordon dunking while Stuff was spinning and the timing of that dunk was incredible. That was my favorite dunk
Clearly one of the best duels and shows ever in the dunk contest. They both deserved the trophy. Zach's are alwasy my favorite...I can't put my finger on it...probably that explosive quality like Shawn Kemp had. But Aaron probably had the better collection of supremely imaginative AND difficult dunks, on this day. I could watch this video again and again till the day I die...
Zach was so effortlessly powerful if that makes sense. And this is the best one. None even come close.
4:49 drummond collapsed to the floor is GOLD
I came back to appreciate how insane this dunk competition was compared to 2017's one. I hope Aaron and Zack are there next year!!
Rixx Kumar LaVine will but are in probably not because they have to give new people a vhance
plus he tore his acl
Rixx Kumar highly doubt zack will ever be in the dunk contest again bc of his injury
Zach already got 2, he don't need another one especially because he didn't deserve this one against Gordon
Aaron had the most insane dunk ever compared to Zach or to any dunk contest participant ever... no offense to Vince Carter, but that was at his own time
white boys got hopz!
Zach kept doing the same dunk with a tweak on it. Gordon got robbed. That one over the mascot under both legs is the best dunk I've ever seen
Domanic Blanco he did 3 dunks from the free throw line tho haha most ppl can’t do one
Gordon did three dunks no one ever seen or done before . We have seen a free throw dunk before . Creativity should've easily won
Domanic Blanco ...TOTALLY ROBBED!!!!!
Agreed. The whole point to doing the free throw line dunk is to show how high and far you can jump. After we've already seen it once, we know that the player can do it, we don't need to see it 3 times.
Domanic Blanco lol Zach won hands down..
Love this dunk contest 🏀🔥
Every time I watch this I get that excitement as if it’s my first time seeing it amazing to watch
WHOS HERE AFTER THIS YEARS DISAPPOINTING DUNK CONTEST
BUMP
Brilliant! This was the first thought in my mind, and I give you props for posting this right away!
Devout Tim Duncan Fan Account me
Lol me
me 2017 dunk contest was 🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮
Best dunk battle in NBA history. This time th award should be shared
Kamil Urbanski true
Kamil Urbanski nah Aaron Gordon
This is true
#Facts
Prly the best dunk contest I’ve ever witnessed. And I’ve been watching nba since 80s
Best all start weekend. Watching it until midnight with my dad who usually make me go to bed early but this night he let me stay up for this all star.
When the 2 most athletic kids in class are showing off
Except instead of a class you're on an NBA court full of celebrities and fans hyping you up.
3:55 one of the greatest dunks of all time
Cant disagree
Yes indeed ! Like Kenny says This dunk has the flu . Its SICK !
@@jlmartinez8482the dunk got Corona virus too 😂😂😂
Tbh, I think its probably the best dunk of all time. The degree of difficulty is insane.
Agreed. This IS the best dunk in the contests history.
what’s crazier is that this dunk contest was the many few to have everyone standing up…straight legendary
Who’s here after 2022's dunk contest.....
Where is Steve Harvey when you need him?
Steve Harvey be like : And the winner is Zach Lavine
Lol
You win
on family fued
Everyone is saying Gordon got robbed, but can we just sit back and realize how amazing they both did?
No because Gordon did get robbed
Aaron Irineo Nah, Will Barton got robbed
How did he get rob when Zach scored higher in the final rounds?
Only if Gordon had more support from the bench, everyone went crazy on lavines boring ass dunks
+Jake Mesa exactly
Best ever slam dunk contest i've ever watched in every year...
The best I've seen in a long time
Who’s here after Aaron Gordon got robbed again in this years dunk contest?🤦🏽♂️
DJJ almost got robbed wtf
Me :(
47
Me
Definitely not again but he did get robbed last night
I really like Lavine. But Aaron had the hands down
he had better dunks than gordon in sudden death
I've been watching the slam dunk competition since the first one back in 1976 I believe it was with the old ABA League, and I most say this was the most awesome, creative dunks I've ever seen between two NBA players. This one was even more exciting than Michael Jordan going up against Dominique Wilkins. 👌
Both players dunk were impressive and tough but for me, Gordon deserved the win as his dunk was creative and innovative, something that we never imagine before
Gordons Trick is more difficult than levine. both are good but ill give edge to gordon
you think windmill free throw line dunk is easy?
+Qiao Chi he didn't say it was easy...he said that Gordon's were more difficult.
+King Capital er I think lavine dunk is more impressive, I like flying style maybe
+Qiao Chi what next a three point dunk
+Qiao Chi
yeah Levines dunk is impressive but it almost looks repetitive.
its still difficult. but ill give edge to Gordon in this battle.
i think jumping over a person is more difficult than in a freethrowline. still great match
3 years later and I still feel like Gordon got robbed.
ikr
Yeah dude. I thought so too
He did
I would’ve giving them both the trophy
iAaronHD TBH he really didn’t get robbed. They both were pulling off 50 dunks. The reason why Zach won was cause his best dunk was always the next one. With Gordon, his last 2 dunks weren’t as amazing as the ones he did before.
back here every year after Dunk Contest
goosebumps everytime watching this again
who else came here to pretend this was the 2017 dunk contest
LMAOOO
same
kay illa lol you right I came for a sample of what 2017 should have been
kay illa ikr😂😂
kay illa Same LMAOO
Only these 2 should do the dunk contest every year
Greatest dunk competition of all times! Should have ended in a tie!
Watching these two guys live in total disbelief was really something.
Aaron Gordon was robbed, twice. He should have two Dunk Contest Trophies.
Aarons last dunk wasnt a 50 dunk, zach won fair and square
@@4Varsi the 3 dunks from 2 feet in front of the free throw line were not 50 pt dunks.
@@fcorivers its what he did being that far away from the rim
@@fcorivers Only the between the legs was in front of the line. The other he stepped on the line just like Jordan did.
Best dunk contest maybe ever. Gordon should have won.
bep 2 facts it’s was over then
BOY LAVINE DID FREETHROW LINE DUNK AND YOU SAY GORDON SHOULD HAVE WON
Loima Sinuraya old news. Foot was over line. Was one dunk we have all seen before.
boy i doubt aaron gordon can do that
Loima Sinuraya not a very creative dunk is what I think he's trying to say
the other nba players clearly liked lavine more and reacted to his dunks which influenced the judges decisions
george mikal Dude compare their size and height. You can clearly see Gordon has the advantage.
NatsuTheGamer Lavine 6'5/6'6 not like he short tf
NatsuTheGamer that make it harder...be a taller guy is kinda of a disadvantage because we can't move his body the same as Zach
they must be really bad judges then if they have to look at nba players' reaction
You got 123 likes and 1 2 3 of the best dunks ALL came from Gordon.
Best dunk contest in nba history ever👍👍👍!!!
Can’t believe it’s already been 8 years!! Definitely the goat dunk competition!!!
lavine had nice dunks but it was the same shit over and over again. use props next year. gordon should have won for creativity.
how many times can you do a free throw line dunk and expect us not to get bored? change it up
his shit was weak the last one was more than a foot over the line. that should have been 7s all around.
Walter Melon are you idiot? there are only few people in this planet can do between legs near free throw line!! The difficulty is out of chart, SMH
I believe its are you AN idiot. SMH
Walter Melon if it wasn't for the 1st Amendment your account should be wiped off the face of the Earth for calling any dunk in this video a 7
I’ve watched Aaron Gordon win two dunk contests but never got the trophy
Not this one bruh
But yea that last one was fuckin suck
i don't think he should have won but it should have been a tie. they both were doing 50s
@@shunter2829 the dunk contest is like a race, your top speed may be faster but in the end its who finishes stronger. Gordon had the top speed but zach finished stronger
Zymond Makes sense
It was the best slumdunk contest i ever seen in the nba
Hands down the best dunk contest I whitnessed
Aaron Gordon got robbed man.
Yea he did
+Maximum Forty Thats not why. you dont give a 10 to everything you idiot. a 10 should only be rewarded to perfect dunks, its not a give away for every dunk. cmon now.
+Harnoor Singh Wow, such anger over someone's opinion, lol - rage much?
Sydney Alvelo When someone is that dumb, shouldn't I let them know? That's like being a teacher and giving everyone in your class an A, even the kids who don't do any work.. makes no sense, grade the work accordingly! smh
+Harnoor Singh I don't understand that comparison, because one has nothing to do w the other, but if you consider his opinion "dumb" than, by that logic, wouldn't you calling someone an idiot over their own opinion be "dumb" also?
In 2023 still legendary.
Legendary after VC’s victory.
I don’t see any duel on the future could come close🥲
Every year I come back here
Lavine won cuz he had a hype squad
Sean Uy nahh he won because it was unanomous he had won the year before in 2015 his rookie year i like lavine more as a player but gordon shuda took it his dunks had too much finesse
think of it this way. you cant dunk on 10ft. you also cant jump 20ft. now combine both of them through the legs.
What??
His team was bias and rode his nuts to victory
Sean Uy John wall LMAO he was selling it good hype
Gordon should’ve got that W after lavine did the same dunk. Still one of the best dunk contests since the 00’s
Nah its the best period
Mauriér Reliford I’m glad he didnt or else we wouldn’t have been able to see the other dunks
One of the best my ass...this is obviously the best dunk contest in nba history
Kxng Yé best in history and there’s no debate
@@lordmasonchase7696 please 😂😂😂 this slam dunk contest is not better than 2000 2003 2005 2009 or 2011 maybe in the top 10 list maybe but the best ??? lol
This was incredibly fun to watch!
One of the most entertaining dunk contests ever
6 years, This dunk contest still stand above any dunk contest i've ever seen
6 years, really? This dunk contest literally the best in nba history 😂
This year I come back to watch this again... Lavine and Gordon should dunk on every single contest till they retire.
this was the best one ever
Dark Blood Gt I agree
Hell yeah it was
That windmill free throw dunk from Zach was something I never thought any man could achieve
Same lol
James white 15 years ago
Thats basic lol
I love the reactions
It sucks how they didn’t hype up Gordon like that smh
Nate TheGreat
That's because Lavine paid his Fucking friends to do his bidding
Facts
the disrespect
Crazy part is I’m just now realizing how when Gordon does a dunk he gets no hype but when Lavine make it he gets the building .. bias crowd
@@mrbojack1399 Nah, Gordon got hyped from the crowd. Just not the other NBA Players. It actually got annoying how Lavine would do the most basic dunk, and all of the NBA Players on the side would go wild as if they've never seen it happen before.
Imagine if these dudes were doing this shit back in the 80s or 90s they would in it every year
Ryan Hughes They would but the dunks wasn't that advanced yet, they didn't start doing between the legs dunks until the 90's. The first time I saw it was with Kobe Bryant, I was too young when Isiah Jr Rider did it. When I saw Kobe did it I was hopping around like OMG that's the best dunk ever. Kind of like this one but 20 years later lol.
***** makes me excited to see what the dunks are gonna be like in 20 years from now
Ryan Hughes The only thing is that the level of dunks are so advanced now that it waters down the level of competition. Sure guys are athletic but it takes more than just hops to do what these guys are doing now. We saw for a stretch of years that the dunk contest was getting boring because guys couldn't make all those advanced dunks.
Aaron Gordon and Zach Lavine gave us hope though lol.
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Ciobin
8 years later and still the greatest dunk contest I've ever seen... I'm 34 years old.
This was the best or one of the best dunk contests I’ve seen in my life..
Aaron Gordon deserved to be champion
Ferny Melgoza sorry lavine all day
Nate fuck u too
its funny reading comments from people that can't even dunk, as if they know how hard this shit is
lmfao right
Tuko Pomwene yeah I know I'm 5'9 I can dunk but doing a regular is good enough for me
since when do you have to be able to do something to be able to realize the level of difficulty? pretty simple minded thinking
Mike Foucault first of all that is one of the dumbest comments I've ever read in my whole life( no kidding). You cannot fully grasp how difficult something is without first EXPERIENCING how difficult it is to begin with, logically anybody should know this
Obviously it helps to be able to do it yourself but your point was that you NEED to be able to do something to understand how hard it is. Just try doing it on a lower net or just think if you tried to do these dunks yourself and you'll quickly figure out that these dunks are crazy hard to do. Even the judges couldn't do those dunks in their primes so why are they judges? They can't fully understand how hard these dunks are so why are they even there? That's your logic lol FAIL
This still boggles my mind how Aaron Gordon lost but with that being said Zach has improved into one of the best offensive players in the game while Gordon is a solid role player.
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed Lavine improvement, man went from just a kid with hop to a player that can pull up from 3 while retaining his dangerous slashing to the rim. Truly a work of art to watch
@@normalbasketballdude4445 I’m surprised he kept it after the ACL injury. Though it’s not as explosive as before or maybe he’s just getting old
@@ohmyrufiohhh1303 i think it’s just that he is smarter with his slashing knowing he has more options now instead of just driving to the rim.
AG was robbed in this.
The greatest dunk contest of all time, creativity! New dunks back to back
Who here after the 2018 one to appreciate how a dunk contest should be
Abiy Abahoy me
This dunk contest raised the bar to high and spoiled everyone you will not see a dunk contest this good in a very long time.
Abiy Abahoy 2018 wasn’t even that bad it’s just this one was just so legendary
Abiy Abahoy me