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Donovan Mitchell is arguably the hottest rookie in the NBA right now. He’s won multiple NBA Western Conference Rookie of the Month awards, played well in the Rising Stars game, is leading all rookies in scoring, and is battling out Ben Simmons for Rookie of the Year.
You can now add NBA Slam Dunk Champion to his ever-growing list of accolades.
Donovan Mitchell takes the Slam Dunk Contest! #NBAAllStar pic.twitter.com/JNbLCGoUYN
— Yahoo Sports NBA (@YahooSportsNBA) February 18, 2018
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His first dunk was pretty amazing as he threw it off a second backboard about 10 feet behind the first and did a windmill dunk.
Donovan Mitchell off the second backboard dunk pic.twitter.com/VkufgUnH7x
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 18, 2018
Next he broke out an old school Utah Jazz Darrell “Dr. Dunkenstein” Griffith jersey. He then proceeded to bring out his sister and Kevin Hart’s family, have a friend throw a pass off the side of the backboard, catch it with one hand, cock the ball back, and dunk over the Hart family.
DONOVAN MITCHELL pic.twitter.com/gpOJL8xdSy
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 18, 2018
Next Donovan went with a much more conservative dunk. He threw it off the backboard, caught it with one hand, brought it so far back he nearly touched the back of his leg, and tomahawk dunked.
Don gets his second 50 of the night 👀#VerizonDunk pic.twitter.com/2xCB6YHm9K
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) February 18, 2018
"Wait till we see that one in Slow Mo!"
Donovan Mitchell gets his final round started off with a BANG!#VerizonDunk pic.twitter.com/JhUBHDhcBQ
— NBA (@NBA) February 18, 2018
The dunk that clinched the contest for Donovan Mitchell was a throw back. He pulled off his Utah Jazz jersey to reveal an old school Toronto Raptors Vince Carter jersey and proceeded to do a 360 dunk.
Donovan Mitchell's dunk was straight garbage compared to the Vince Carter dunk pic.twitter.com/UUWuwtMl8I
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) February 18, 2018
"IT'S OVER!" pic.twitter.com/nsvU4kpU7j
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 18, 2018
Utah Jazz couldn’t have stated it better.
DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS DONOVAN WINS
— Utah Jazz (@utahjazz) February 18, 2018
Congrats to Cardinal Forever Donovan Mitchell on winning the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest. Check out his presser below as well as all of his dunks in one clip both courtesy of @NBA.
Check out every Donovan Mitchell throw down from his epic #VerizonDunk Contest Victory! #StateFarmSaturday #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/CROhx0JpkR
— NBA (@NBA) February 18, 2018
LIVE: Donovan Mitchell your #VerizonSlam Dunk Champion #TakeNote https://t.co/yY1S1POwvN
— NBA (@NBA) February 18, 2018
