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Kevin Durant Says NBA Dunk Contest Needs Stars Back, Names Zion Williamson, Ja Morant

While last year’s All-Star Game in Cleveland was definitely one of the most exciting in recent memory, All-Star Saturday’s dunk contest was one of the very worst in league history.

Granted, Dunk contests filled with NBA superstars, like Kobe Bryant, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter or Michael Jordan are long gone, but even without superstars, a great dunk contest is more than possible – just ask Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine.

This year’s participants include Blazers rookie Shaedon Sharpe, Pelicans’ Trey Murphy III, Kenyon Martin Jr. and Mac McClung of the G League’s Delaware Blue Coats.

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant now revealed that he wishes that stars would come back to participate in the Dunk Contest. During his podcast, he listed Ja Morant and Zion Williamson as players he’d love to see in the contest.

“I think the stars need to come back… It felt like it was stars every year when I was a kid.”