This category is split into two parts: I’ll award 10 points based on how unexcited players are with their own dunks, and 10 points based on how bored onlookers seem to be by a given dunk. A perfect score of 50 is only given to contestants who manage to convince the crowd they’ve just thrown down a perfect 50. Lack of Enthusiasm (20 points): Showmanship is everything at the dunk contest. Points are awarded to the player who got on a plane to go to All-Star Weekend, realized he hadn’t prepared to be part of a nationally televised dunking competition, and still decided to sleep through the flight instead of coming up with any schemes. What I’m looking for are those who treated the dunk contest like an exam for which they forgot to study. Lack of Creativity (10 points): Some players create elaborate plans for their dunks. To find the worst dunk, we must seek out the opposite: Which dunk is the easiest to pull off? Points are awarded to the doofuses (doofi?) who showed up and just did regular-ass dunks. Here are the four categories:ĭegree of Ease (10 points): Many grading systems incorporate degree of difficulty. I’m grading each dunk attempt on a scale of 1 to 50, with 50 being the worst.
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I cherish awful dunk contest dunks and have created my own scoring system to recognize the worst. And just as entertaining are the uninspired failures by contestants who aren’t athletic or creative enough to do anything interesting. Take 2008, when Gerald Green realized the coolest way to show how close he could get his head to the basket was to blow out a candle in a cupcake that was sitting on the rim. It’s an opportunity for players to think up the most innovative ways to display their athleticism, filled with moments of genius. The dunk contest is perhaps my favorite sporting event of the year. (Or layer-upper.) While I can laugh at Andersen and Armstrong, I don’t think either had the worst dunk attempt of all time. This reflects poorly on the system, not the dunker.
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Instead, he flicked the ball off the glass and into the basket, hoping to earn some points. As the clock ticked toward zero, Armstrong ran at the hoop with every intention of completing his final dunk. The 6-foot-1 guard started strong, but tired over the first 85 seconds while trying to complete dunks that required lots of sprinting. See, Armstrong competed during the era when contestants were given 90 seconds to complete three dunks.