DENVER -- Judging from his amazing dunk Thursday against San Antonio, you'd think J.R. Smith would be an early favorite for the slam-dunk contest Feb. 19 during All-Star Weekend.
Well, actually not.
The Denver guard said after Saturday's 115-113 win over Minnesota he doesn't even want to be in the dunk contest.
"Nah, I'm going to let somebody else do that one,'' Smith told FanHouse.
So wait a minute. Smith, who has been in two previous NBA dunk contests, would turn down an invitation?
"Yeah, they got a few young guys,'' said Smith, a seven-year veteran despite being just 25.
Against the Spurs, in a game nationally televised by TNT, Smith drove the ball the length of the court as the seconds in the first quarter wound down. He took off in the lane for a thunderous dunk over San Antonio guard Gary Neal. He hung on the rim for a while. And Smith then put his hand to his ear as the Pepsi Center crowd roared its approval.
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