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Congratulations to Jeremy Evans: 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Champion
Posted by: Diana on February 26th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.Jeremy Evans is the first Utah Jazz player to be crowned the Slam Dunk Champion. We did it Jazz fans, we started the #LetJeremyDunk campaign on Twitter, we voted for him like crazy via text and twitter Saturday night, and we now have a dunk champion on our team.
Brian T Smith was at All-Star Saturday Night to capture it for Jazz fans. Smith reported that as the news began to sink-in Jeremy was beginning to become speechless. Jeremy said that honoring the Mailman, Karl Malone was all his idea, as a way of giving thanks back to Jazz fans for their support. Evans shared that Dwight Howard (who he became friends with over the summer/lockout) came up HUGE in getting Kevin Hart to play the mailman for him.
Congrats to Jeremy Evans and congrats to Jazz Nation. @prodigyJF has full highlights of Jeremy’s special night here :
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Goes to show even if you are from a small market– Speak Up!! We knew our WOW when we saw it. In the picture his knees are almost touching the rim!! The only way I could do that would be to fall out of the rafters..It is good the players do have a kind heart and are willing to help each other out. Only one problem now he will be harder to re sign.. From his first interview after he was drafted I have liked this kid. As the Cavs owners kid said “Whats not to like.” And you could not ask for a better friend than Hayward. Both of them are shy so I hope this helps them to come out of their shell and go out and kick hinney..
You never hear about Jeremy complaining once about not getting playing time. Finally when his time comes to shine he proves the name on the front AND back of his jersey, and walks away a champion. You couldn’t ask for a better story and a better person to earn such an achievement. Thank you Jeremy Evans for giving us Jazz fans ANOTHER reason to be proud.
The next game we have on our floor, we blow the roof off the ESA for our boy! He deserves it in every possible way.
Jeremy’s facial expressions were priceless. I am so happy for him. While this is a great example of what positive effect twitter can have, it also shows a little how negative it can be. Hopefully he is able to ignore the negative comments and attribute them to the jealousy and lack of talent of small minds.
Love all the comments. Jeremy is such a nice guy (the one time I met him he talked a lot and was super friendly)
I love the pride Jeremy showed for the Jazz and Karl. I love that he went all out and did such an amazing job and they really should honor him at the next Jazz game.
I agree Deb twitter is great but I hated all the negativity on it last night. There have been way worse dunk contests way worse and it takes nothing away from Jeremy winning because his dunks were so awesome!