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Position: G
Born: 01/06/93
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:215 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $1,723,050
Born: 01/06/93
Height: 6-5 / 1.96
Weight:215 lbs. / 97.5 kg.
Salary: $1,723,050
Christian Yelich wasted no time getting from the NBA dunk contest to the Milwaukee Brewers spring training complex. On Saturday night, the 2018 National League most valuable player was a willing accomplice to the Bucks’ Pat Connaughton as he competed with three others in the annual mid-season dunk competition in Chicago. After taking a private plane overnight, there he was, bright and early Sunday morning, in the Brewers’ clubhouse at American Family Fields of Phoenix.
“It was fun; it was a great night,” Yelich said of his first NBA all-star experience. “I really enjoyed it. Pat did a great job and I’m thankful that he invited me and let me be a part of it. I thought he deserved a little higher score there on that first dunk but he still put on a heck of a show and did a great job.”
Asked if he were nervous about Connaughton jumping over him, Yelich said, “No, I didn’t have anything to be nervous about on that one. I was just standing there trying to keep still and hold the ball the right way, so I didn’t mess it up for him. It was cool. There was great energy in the stadium. For him to do it right on the first try, it was fun to watch. If he made it farther, I would have had a little bit more responsibility on another one.”
Derrick Jones Jr. is among a four-competitor field that includes Aaron Gordon (Orlando Magic), Dwight Howard (Los Angeles Lakers) and Pat Connaughton (Milwaukee Bucks). In Jones’ eyes, he’s the favorite. “Dunk one, when it goes through the rim, that’s a 50,” Jones said of the expected perfect scoring on his first attempt. “Dunk two, it’s a 50. Three and four, going to be a 50. And anything after that, if I need it, it’s going to be a 50.”
USA TODAY Sports: Pat Connaughton admits he’s not as well-known as others in the NBA dunk contest. But he thinks that’s an advantage.
Bucks Forward Pat Connaughton took to social media on Wednesday to recruit a Wisconsin sports star for Saturday night at the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in Chicago. Connaughton is one of four selected for the annual skills competition that’s a staple of NBA All Star Weekend. Connaughton tweeted a photo of a note to Christian Yelich that read “Christian, I have a great idea! Meet me in Chicago this weekend. P.C.” (Pat Connaughton)
