蝉联扣篮大赛冠军的勇士队球员里查德森曾经说过,他最尊敬的球员就是鹰队退休的名将多米尼克·威尔金斯。这一回,他在威尔金斯担任评审的情况下,完成了卫冕任务,也以行动向他的偶像威尔金斯致以最高敬意。 里查德森的对手,有超音速队的梅森——2001年扣篮冠军,太阳队新秀史塔德迈尔——以野兽派扣篮著称,另外就是网队的“空中飞人” Reggie Johnson, the Warriors player who has won the Slam Dunk Contest once said that his most revered player is the retired Hawks Dominique Wilkins. This time, he completed the task of defending with Wilkins as judge and paid the highest tribute to his idol Wilkins. Richardson’s rivals, including the Sonics of the Sonics - the dunk champion of 2001, the Suns rookie Stoudemire - known as the Faucher dunk, the other is the Nets’ “Sky Trail”