2013 Dunk of the Year.
It seems a little early for such proclamations, and yet they keep coming.
Last night, famed film director and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee (indirectly) put in his vote.
Friday, four more votes were tallied. We’ll start with the non-Knicks votes for overnight high school sensation, Victor Dukes, which come from Boston Celtics rookie forward Jared Sullinger, San Antonio Spurs forward DeJuan Blair and Portland Trail Blazers rookie center Meyers Leonard.
Victor Jones, a sophomore at Nettleton High in Jonesboro, Ark., rose up—as if climbing a ladder (with a foot in his opponent’s chest)—and slammed the ball in HARD!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MerJpZw7Puk&w=540&h=304]
In contrast, in the NBA, Pablo Prigioni threw what amounted to a standard chest pass to a cutting JR Smith, who somehow managed to turn it into an unexpected reverse-alley-oop.