All one had to do to see how strong the WNBA presence has been at NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte was observe the judges’ desk throughout the Slam Dunk Contest.
#NBAAllStar Weekend continues tonight with the #ATTSlamDunk Competition 🌟
Tune in and you might just see a familiar face holding up the score cards 🔟🔟🔟👩⚖️ @_ajawilson22
⏰ 5 PM PT
📺 @NBAonTNT pic.twitter.com/gyxDmTsBel— Las Vegas Aces ♦️♠️ (@LVAces) February 17, 2019
.@steve21smith gives @Candace_Parker‘s dunk a 10 as she gets ready to judge the #ATTSlamDunk contest! 🙌#GameTime pic.twitter.com/7bFhFQfPA4
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 16, 2019
Two of the judges were two of the WNBA’s most notable figures in the Los Angeles Sparks’ Candace Parker and the Las Vegas Aces’ (and the Carolinas’ very own) A’ja Wilson.
🏀 @_ajawilson22 x @Candace_Parker x #ATTSlamDunk Judges 🏀
Watch LIVE on @NBAonTNT 📺 pic.twitter.com/4j6kZvujmN
— WNBA (@WNBA) February 17, 2019
Let’s get it! #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/YkQS3KQozf
— Candace Parker (@Candace_Parker) February 15, 2019
We already know who @_ajawilson22 is rockin. Loyalty huh? @dawnstaley she loves you! Lol pic.twitter.com/vmdXgp96J2
— Arielle (Ari) Chambers (@ariivory) February 17, 2019
And while the idea of two of the five judges for the contest may have triggered some people, it made us think back to a tweet that the Sparks’ own account not too long ago that received its fair share of looks.
Today’s tea:
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_(___(____)____(_____(
\ Don’t bash on /___
\ the WNBA if / |
\ you’ve never /____|
\ been to a /
\ game /
\ ___________/— Los Angeles Sparks (@LA_Sparks) February 15, 2019
The other three judges were Dee Brown, David Thompson, and Alonzo Mourning.
As for the contest itself, the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Hamidou Diallo closed out All-Star Saturday Night as this year’s dunk contest victor.
Among what Wilson and Parker saw firsthand…
“SUPERMAN IS IN THE BUILDING!” @hamidoudiallo WITH THE ELBOW DUNK OVER SHAQ. 😱😱😱#ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/w7VB0Nw2UR
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 17, 2019
A perfect 50 for @MilesBridges! 👀#ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/d0aLocQuMv
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 17, 2019
DSJ jumps over @JColeNC for a perfect 50! 🔥#ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/Bn9jVheuha
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 17, 2019
.@hamidoudiallo with the left-handed windmill ft. Russ! #ATTSlamDunk pic.twitter.com/XLaguMuuW0
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 17, 2019
.@hamidoudiallo leaps over @QuavoStuntin to finish an incredible #ATTSlamDunk contest! pic.twitter.com/2gheJ571YS
— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 17, 2019
The 2019 #ATTSlamDunk champion… HAMIDOU DIALLO!#ThunderUp#StateFarmSaturday pic.twitter.com/7sdEU9mMZz
— NBA (@NBA) February 17, 2019
