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• Nate Robinson Reveals He ‘Doesn’t Have Long to Live’
NBA journeyman Nate Robinson has revealed that his life’s at risk as he searches for a kidney donor. The former three-time Slam Dunk contest champion was undergoing treatment for renal kidney failure in October of 2022 – something he had been dealing with for four years. “I know that I don’t have long if I […]
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• An appreciation of Vince Carter, a slam-dunk Hall of Famer
When the NBA season was suspended last week, the 22-year NBA career of Atlanta's Vince Carter probably ended, too. Last summer, he announced he was retiring at the end of the season, but no one could imagine the end coming so soon and so ingloriously –- in a meaningless game against the Knicks. If last Wednesday's game indeed was Carter's last, it's time to salute Vinsanity's unbelievable basketba...2020
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• Dunk-contest champion, Thunder rookie Hamidou Diallo, out four weeks after elbow surgery
Thunder rookie guard Hamidou Diallo, the NBA's slam dunk contest winner this season, underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right elbow on Wednesday....2019
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• Hamidou Diallo wins Slam Dunk Contest with sick Superman dunk over Shaq
Hamidou Diallo broke out the dunk of the contest on Saturday night in Charlotte. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard pulled Shaq out to serve as a prop on his dunk and made the attempt Superman-themed — a tribute to Shaq’s persona/nickname as a player. Diallo, who had a Superman shirt under his jersey, leaped over the 7-foot-1 center for the dunk. But that wasn’t all — he embellished by hanging by his...2019
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• Diallo soars over Shaq, claims slam-dunk crown
OKC's Hamidou Diallo wowed the crowd by dunking over Shaquille O'Neal and hanging on the rim by his elbow, and went on to top Dennis Smith Jr. in the final to win the slam dunk contest....2019
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• Brad Stevens intends to give Terry Rozier quality minutes
With Kyrie Irving and Marcus Smart battling injuries down the stretch last season, Terry Rozier stepped into a starting role and showed why the Celtics used their first-round pick on him in 2015. Although Rozier will return to a bench role to start the 2018-19 season, Marcus Morris tells A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports Boston that the 24-year-old is still “a starting point guard in this league.” ...2018
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• Will Dion Waiters be healthy in time for next season?
The health of shooting guard Dion Waiters looms as one of the Heat’s biggest question marks heading into next season, Ira Winderman of the Sun Sentinel reports. Waiters has been hampered two seasons by an ankle injury, which required season-ending surgery in January. The Heat believe Waiters will be better than ever once he heals but it’s no slam dunk he’ll even be ready for training camp. Miami p...2018
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• Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell to compete in Verizon Slam Dunk contest
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell will compete in the Verizon Slam Dunk contest during NBA All-Star weekend in Los Angeles after Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon left because of a hip injury....2018
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• Donovan Mitchell to replace Aaron Gordon in Slam Dunk contest
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Aaron Gordon, our favorite to win the upcoming 2018 Slam Dunk contest at All-Star weekend, will miss the event due to a hip injury. Young talented Jazz star Donovan Mitchell will reportedly be his replacement. Here’s the Deseret News:
As the Utah [...]...2018
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• Donovan Mitchell To Replace Aaron Gordon in 2018 Slam Dunk Contest
Donovan Mitchell will reportedly replace Aaron Gordon in the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Utah Jazz rookie Donovan Mitchell is expected to replace Orlando’s Aaron Gordon in the dunk contest on NBA All-Star weekend, league sources tell ESPN. Gordon withdrew with a hip injury. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 5, 2018 A strained […]
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