"LeBron James is directly responsible for ruining the slam dunk contest... LeBron James refusing to participate... was the beginning and the spark plug of its demise. Period! There is no one who can dispute that." - Stephen A. Smith 🤔

Paul Pierce uses a hilarious analogy on this year's dunk contest 😂

What ruined the slam dunk contest is the judges cheating Aaron Gordon twice after that it’s was over

LeBron has addressed this already

LeBron completely buys into the IST, and no one cares. LeBron doesn’t do the dunk contest, and he’s a national disgrace.

When in doubt - blame LeBron for everything

In ‘09 I watched Jamario Moon & LeBron in Indy before the game have one of the craziest dunk offs of all time lol no clue if there is footage out there but he’s not lying about the layup line thing

The entire weekend needs help. The 3 point contest was never meant to be the most entertaining event and now it is

For a time but currently it’s ruined because of what they did to Aaron Gordon and thats fact. Players themselves have said it. That’s why Ja won’t do it.

Can someone please kindly explain how Lebron not participating ruined the contest. The contest has existed before Lebron came into the game and will continue even after he is gone.

This may be his worst take to date