NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2013 – The 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk will feature six dunkers competing in a two-round competition as part of State Farm All-Star Saturday Night. The new format will pit the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference in an exciting night of competition that will also raise money for charity.
The Western Conference will
be represented by the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk champion Jeremy Evans of the Utah
Jazz along with the Los Angeles Clippers’ Eric Bledsoe and Denver Nuggets’
Kenneth Faried. The Eastern Conference lineup will include the Indiana Pacers’ Gerald
Green, Toronto Raptors’ Terrence Ross and New York Knicks’ James White.
Highlights of the six
participants in this year’s Sprite Slam Dunk may be viewed by clicking on the
links below:
Eric
Bledsoe
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-eric-bledsoe.nba/index.html
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-eric-bledsoe.nba/index.html
Jeremy
Evans
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-jeremy-evans.nba/index.html
Kenneth Faried
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-kenneth-faried.nba/index.html
Gerald Green
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-gerald-green.nba/index.html
Terrence Ross
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/allstar/2013/02/07/2013-slam-dunk-contestant-terrence-ross.nba/index.html
James White
The
2013 Sprite Slam Dunk contest will consist of the three Eastern Conference players
competing against the three from the
Western Conference in a two-round competition. The highest scoring East
competitor and the highest scoring West competitor from the Team Round will
compete head-to-head to determine the champion. Fan
voting will open at the beginning of the Championship Round and the player with
the highest percentage of combined votes from all platforms will be champion.
(Complete rules for the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk and State Farm All-Star
Saturday Night attached).
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2013 Sprite
Slam Dunk Participants Announced
Evans won the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk contest, defeating
Houston 's Chase Budinger and Indiana
This year fans will be able to cast votes for the champion in one
of four ways:
1.) SMS Text Message* - Text the player’s
last name to 38657 (DUNKS)
2.) Twitter - Tweet #SpriteSlam with the
player’s last name
3.) Vote via the official NBA All-Star App (Available on iTunes, Google Play and at http://www.nba.com/allstarapp/)
4.) Log on to NBA.com from any computer
or mobile device.
Since 2008, fans have determined the winner of the Sprite Slam
Dunk through SMS TXT and voting on NBA.com
State
Farm All-Star Saturday Night will also feature the Taco Bell Skills Challenge;
the Sears Shooting Stars; and the Foot Locker Three-Point Contest. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 17, will air
live on TNT, ESPN Radio and in 215 countries and will
be broadcast in 47 languages.
1984—Larry Nance, Phoenix
1985—Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta
1986—Spud Webb, Atlanta
1987—Michael Jordan, Chicago
1988—Michael Jordan, Chicago
1989—Kenny Walker, New York
1990—Dominique Wilkins, Atlanta
1991—Dee Brown, Boston
1992—Cedric Ceballos, Phoenix
1993—Harold Miner, Miami
1994—Isaiah Rider, Minnesota
1995—Harold Miner, Miami
1996—Brent Barry, L.A.
1997—Kobe Bryant, L.A.
2000—Vince Carter, Toronto
2001—Desmond Mason, Seattle
2002—Jason
Richardson, Golden
State
2003—Jason Richardson, Golden State
2004—Fred Jones, Indiana
2005—Josh Smith, Atlanta
2006—Nate Robinson, New York
2007—Gerald Green, Boston
2008—Dwight Howard, Orlando
2009—Nate Robinson, New York
2010—Nate Robinson, New York
2011—Blake Griffin, L.A.
2012—Jeremy Evans , Utah
2013 EASTERN
CONERENCE SPRITE SLAM DUNK COMPETITORS
Participant, Team Pos. Ht. Wt.
Gerald Green, Indiana
Terrence Ross, Toronto
James White, New
York
2013 WESTERN
CONERENCE SPRITE SLAM DUNK COMPETITORS
Participant, Team Pos. Ht. Wt.
Eric Bledsoe, Los
Angeles
Jeremy Evans ,
Utah
Kenneth Faried, Denver
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2013 Sprite
Slam Dunk Participants Announced
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