Dennis Smith Jr. Busted Out A Dunk Contest-Caliber Jam Against The Blazers

When the field for the 2018 Dunk Contest was announced, it was viewed as one of the most loaded groups we’ve seen in recent memory. A lot of the hype that surrounded the field came because of Dennis Smith Jr., the Dallas Mavericks’ rookie guard who is easily among the most explosive players in the NBA.

Smith didn’t win the competition, but his second dunk in the first round might have been the best of the entire contest. Fast forward a few months and Smith decided that he was in a position to remind fans why he very well could end up winning a Dunk Contest some day.

The Mavericks were playing the Trail Blazers on Tuesday night, and in the fourth quarter, Smith was able to get out ahead of the other nine players on the floor. Smith, wanting to put on a show, did this in the midst of a basketball game.

I don’t know if Smith gets a 50 for this if he does it in the Dunk Contest, but the fact that he had the audacity (in a good way) to do this in a two-possession game against a playoff team is so much fun. Here it is from a different angle, which shows that Smith was cool, calm, and collected the whole time.

In-game dunks are good, Dunk Contest dunks are super good, and someone doing a Dunk Contest dunk during a game is the best thing. Dennis Smith Jr. is a delight.