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Denver Nuggets breakout star Will Barton invited to compete in Slam Dunk Contest

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February 4, 2016

 

Back on January 29th Chris Haynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer sent out the following Tweet about Denver Nuggets guard/forward Will Barton and the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest:

Haynes, formerly a reporter in Portland where Barton broke into the league, followed up that Tweet tonight with some good news for fans of The People’s Champ:

It should be a no-brainer that Barton will accept the invite as he recently had the following to say to Christopher Dempsey of the Denver Post on the subject:

Would he want to be in the NBA’s Slam Dunk contest?

The short answer is yes.

“I mean, if they asked me, I would do it,” Barton said. “It’s just how I feel about it. But I don’t have too many feelings about it.”

If Barton does indeed compete, that will mark three Nuggets who will be in Toronto for All-Star festivities as Emmanuel Mudiay and Nikola Jokic will participate on the World Team in the Rising Stars Challenge on Feb. 12th.

Plays like this one against Houston Rockets power forward Donatas Motiejunas are a major reason why Barton should be in the contest.

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Dunk Contest Info:

What: Verizon Slam Dunk
When: Feb. 13 | All-Star Saturday Night | 8:30 p.m. ET | (4th Event)
Where: Air Canada Centre
TV: TNT
Participants: TBD (Barton?)

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Year-by-year list of NBA Slam Dunk Contest winners:

Year Winner (Team) Location
2015 Zach LaVine (Timberwolves) New York City
2014 John Wall (Wizards) New Orleans
2013 Terrence Ross (Raptors) Houston
2012 Jeremy Evans (Jazz) Orlando
2011 Blake Griffin (Clippers) Los Angeles
2010 Nate Robinson (Knicks) Dallas
2009 Nate Robinson (Knicks) Phoenix
2008 Dwight Howard (Magic) New Orleans
2007 Gerald Green (Celtics) Las Vegas
2006 Nate Robinson (Knicks) Houston
2005 Josh Smith (Hawks) Denver
2004 Fred Jones (Pacers) Los Angeles
2003 Jason Richardson (Warriors) Atlanta
2002 Jason Richardson (Warriors) Philadelphia
2001 Desmond Mason (Sonics) Washington, D.C.
2000 Vince Carter (Raptors) Oakland
1997 Kobe Bryant (Lakers) Cleveland
1996 Brent Barry (Clippers) San Antonio
1995 Harold Miner (Heat) Phoenix
1994 Isiah Rider (Timberwolves) Minneapolis
1993 Harold Miner (Heat) Salt Lake City
1992 Cedric Ceballos (Suns) Orlando
1991 Dee Brown (Celtics) Charlotte
1990 Dominique Wilkins (Hawks) Miami
1989 Kenny Walker (Knicks) Houston
1988 Michael Jordan (Bulls) Chicago
1987 Michael Jordan (Bulls) Seattle
1986 Spud Webb (Hawks) Dallas
1985 Dominique Wilkins (Hawks) Indianapolis
1984 Larry Nance (Suns) Denver

 

Denver Nuggets in the Slam Dunk Contest via RealGM: 

2012-2013 Kenneth Faried Denver Nuggets F 6-8 228 23 Morehead State N/A
2008-2009 J.R. Smith Denver Nuggets SG 6-6 225 23 Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School (New Jersey) N/A
2003-2004 Chris Andersen Denver Nuggets FC 6-10 245 25 Blinn N/A
1996-1997 Darvin Ham Denver Nuggets F-G 6-7 220 23 Texas Tech N/A
1993-1994 Robert Pack Denver Nuggets SG 6-2 180 25 USC N/A
1992-1993 Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf Denver Nuggets PG 6-0 162 23 LSU N/A

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