Zion Williamson Makes His Decision on this Year’s Dunk Contest

Zion to Dunk, or not to Dunk, that is the question. This year’s All-Star game will feel a little bit different, as the festivities will all be taking place on the same night. The Slam Dunk Contest will take place at halftime, while the 3-Point Contest and Skills Challenge will be held prior to the All-Star Game. While this year’s game feels a little strange due to the pandemic, there’s still a bit of excitement over the dunk contest. But now most of that excitement is gone, as NBA star Zion Williamson has announced he will not be participating in the dunk game.

See the report below:

New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson will not participate in the Slam Dunk Contest in Atlanta this Sunday, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) March 2, 2021

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Twitter reacted to Zion’s decision:

Oh he ducking https://t.co/bHnDFwCkS9

— Dru (@xDrexSznx) March 2, 2021

https://twitter.com/mdbergin/status/1366858573658087427

Would be a lot cooler if you did @Zionwilliamson https://t.co/WlnaAgONTr

— Liam (@RushWush) March 2, 2021

Damn this so trash https://t.co/8ZZmmBzSpn

— Saint Rob (@blackrob_722) March 2, 2021

Why the fuck not… https://t.co/iFpHVcHqVb

— skarim (@skarim3) March 2, 2021

https://twitter.com/DeanlsReal/status/1366851669175246848

Lebron prolly told him not to. https://t.co/ytr8adY6M4

— 𝕱𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖚𝖘 𝕾𝖙𝖞𝖑𝖊𝖘 (@SirBUCC) March 2, 2021

Such a fraud he is. Over rated https://t.co/DKgpgS0p04

— Jeremy (@jGuati09) March 2, 2021

He’s waiting for All Star Weekend to be in NOLA with no Covid restrictions just wait👀 https://t.co/ratdjjiHAR

— Alec Duhe (@alecduhe) March 2, 2021

Zion little bitch baby https://t.co/v418U5UBrG

— ballpabl (@ejiggle) March 2, 2021

https://t.co/sQyyhe9uKg pic.twitter.com/26LxYxqHsQ

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) March 2, 2021

Zion should definitely not go the LeBron route and completely avoid the Dunk contest. Had LeBron won himself a few dunk contests, he’d probably not have quite as many haters.

You give the people what they want, and what they want is to see Zion dunking the crap out of the ball.

Hopefully he has a change of heart come next All-Star weekend.

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