
Former dunk contest participant DeMar DeRozan reveals his favorite all-time dunk
TORONTO, ON. — DeMar DeRozan has thrown down some of the best dunks of this NBA season. Now, the former Slam Dunk Contest participant, who is staying in Toronto to compete in the All-Star Game over All-Star Weekend, is dishing out thoughts on his favorite posterizations ever.
"Vince Carter in the Olympics," DeRozan said when asked for his favorite all-time dunk, of course referring to Vinsanity's most famous finish ever, the one over Fredric Weis during the 2000 Olympics.
DeRozan—who says he prefers to watch a guy dunk on another as opposed to watching the more free-flowing, open-court rim-rattlers—didn't hold back when asked for his favorite dunk of his own, either.
"Probably the Rudy Gobert one," he said. "Probably that one."
DeRozan's lift over Gobert came just earlier this season, and as he notes, the style was right in line with his favorite type of dunk.
"[My favorite is] dunking on somebody," DeRozan described. "Somebody contesting me at the rim, honestly. I’m really not the one on the fast break, I’m gonna do something crazy. But more so just being aggressive trying to get to the rim, trying to create contact and dunk on somebody."
