The NBA will announce the entrants to the NBA Three-Point and Slam-Dunk contests Thursday night but in a new wrinkle, they will allow the captains of the Eastern and Western Conference All-Star teams to add an entrant from each side.
New York Knicks guard James White is pleading his case to Eastern Conference captain Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat to be included in this year’s dunk contest in the following video:
White, who just returned to the NBA this past season from Europe, has been participating in dunk contests for years. He shows off some flare in this old NCAA video from 2006:
He also went toe-to-toe against noted Indiana Pacers leaper Gerald Green when the two were playing in Russia:
