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James has never competed in the slam-dunk contest on All-Star Weekend. Asked Friday if he ever will, James said he thinks his window of opportunity may have passed.
He’s only 28, but playing his 10th NBA season.
“I’m getting older,” he said. “It ain’t looking good.”
Dwight Howard, who competed multiple times and won a dunk contest, had another theory for why some players won’t give it a try.
“I think for us, the reason why a lot of us don’t participate is because we do so much during All-Star weekend, by the time we get to the dunk contest we have no legs,” he said. “When you do the dunk contest, you want to have your legs, you want to be ready to go because you want to put on a good show for our fans. So I think some guys, I think they don’t want to get embarrassed in the dunk contest, so they just choose not to do it.”
— Reported by the Associated Press
