“But I think I can do some of the same things.” Randle for three? “I think for some people it looks cooler with shorter guys dunking,” Sims said. But Sims hoped to counter that with his unusual leaping ability - a 44.5-inch vertical jump, as measured at the NBA Draft Combine, and claims of nearly 50 inches since then. Sims is 6-10, and crowds (and judges) often fall in line to root for the underdog, the smaller player soaring to lofty heights. He had other obstacles to overcome - one very visible one.
That went against the advice Obi Toppin gave him - to work the room at Vivant Arena and get the crowd behind him.
The quietest of the Knicks, he rarely says more than a few words in the locker room and even fewer on the court. The showcase provided Sims an opportunity to move into the spotlight, a place in which he has rarely seemed comfortable. “Everybody watching from the sidelines, seeing the reactions to my dunks. Was it what he expected, being part of this? “For sure,” he said. But Murphy had a high score on his second dunk so I had to change it up a little bit.”
Sims was edged out by Murphy, who moved on to the finals against McClung.ĭid Sims think he did enough to advance? “Yeah, I definitely did,” he said. He went all the way to his armpit and hung on while he grabbed an envelope pinned to the net and brought it down, opening it to reveal a “50.” But the judges didn’t agree - particularly Malone, who was not impressed by this piece of mail and for the second straight dunk gave Sims his lowest score. Sims went deeper into the rim on his second dunk. McClung - listed generously at 6-1 - had one person on another’s shoulders, and he jumped over them, grabbed the ball, tapped it on the backboard and threw it down backwards over his shoulder for a perfect score. Sims had the top score through the first three dunkers, but when McClung set up his first dunk, those all seemed like an afterthought. He scored a 47.6, with former Jazz great Karl Malone providing the lowest score of 44. With his first attempt, Sims threw the ball off the backboard and caught it, and as he slammed it through, he had both of his arms up to the elbow in the rim. McClung got a perfect 50 on his first dunk, then recorded another perfect score with his first dunk of the finals and repeated it with a 540-degree spinning dunk, beating Trey Murphy III to capture the title.
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