While it's seemingly impossible to escape stories/rumors about free-agent-to-be LeBron James, the two-time MVP himself has been keeping a low profile. Saturday, however, the Cavaliers' forward will appear at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City to help judge a dunk contest sponsored by one of James' sponsors, Sprite. James is expected to appear around 6 p.m. The...
While it's seemingly impossible to escape stories/rumors about free-agent-to-be LeBron James, the two-time MVP himself has been keeping a low profile.
Saturday, however, the Cavaliers' forward will appear at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City to help judge a dunk contest sponsored by one of James' sponsors, Sprite. James is expected to appear around 6 p.m.
The dunk contest is open to anyone 18 and over.
Also judging is former NBA star Darryl Dawkins, whose backboard-shattering dunks were the stuff of legends when he played in the NBA from 1975 to '89.
Dawkins came to the NBA out of high school, and was a media-savvy big man who liked to name his dunks.
Dawkins was briefly the property of the Cavaliers on Oct. 8 1987, when they acquired him from New Jersey before sending him, and "Dinner Bell" Mel Turpin, to Utah for Kent Benson and Dell Curry. Today, Curry is best-known as the father of NBA rookie and former Davidson star Stephen Curry.
The winner of today's dunk contest gets $1,000 and an opportunity to compete in the championship event during NBA All-Star Weekend next year.