Trail Blazers rookie shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe is set to partake in the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, sources inform Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Sharpe has made 29 dunks thus far this season, tweets Clutch Points.
Portland selected the 6’6″ swingman out of Kentucky with the No. 7 pick in the 2022 draft. The 19-year-old has emerged as an exciting athletic addition off the bench for the Trail Blazers. Through 36 games this season, he is averaging 7.9 PPG on .477/.348/.625 shooting splits, along with 2.5 RPG, in 19.7 MPG.
All-Star Weekend will tip off on February 17 this year in Salt Lake City. The dunk contest will be one of three events during the weekend’s Saturday night slate on February 18, along with the Skills Challenge and the 3-Point Contest.
Put a star in this contest already
I think we are way past those days, right now the best we can hope for is to get the best high flyers that are either high profile rookies or young players still trying to make names for themselves.
It would also be cool to see The Ignite send a representative each year.
This year, I’d like to see Scoot Henderson, Shaedon Sharpe, Obi Toppin (Obligatiry Defending Champion), Paolo Banchero, Benedict Mathurin, Jonathan Kuminga, and last but not least Bol Bol
The two stars I would like to see are Ja Morant and Zion Williamson, but I highly doubt that would ever happen…
Ya add Edwards to that list as well.
The NBA should allow gleague players to participate in this event Jalen Lecque .. DJ Canton.. Isaiah miller .. max McClung.. just to name a few
The NBA has to put some respect back on the dunk contest before any stars do it again…
Wade shafting Gordon and all the other gaffs over the years have left potential contestants focussing on in game dunks…
Who wants to try and put on a show when the show seems rigged, disorganised and poorly judged at the best of times…