Shannon Sharpe was left unimpressed by Jaylen Brown's performance in this year's NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
Sharpe was in disbelief over the Boston Celtics star receiving a collective score of 47.6 out of 50 for an attempt that involved him jumping over Kai Cenat as he sat in a chair. "They should have gave him a two ... across the board," he said at the 10:55 mark. "The man's already three-foot-tall. You put him in a chair, now he's 1'5" and Jaylen Brown dunked over him and he got 40-plus points."
The NFL Hall of Famer explained that current and previous dunk contests set a high mark, literally and figuratively, for a participant who wanted to use someone as a prop to jump over, citing Aaron Gordon leaping over a 7-foot-5 Tacko Fall in 2020 and Matt McClung earning 50s across the board for soaring over Shaq.
"Aaron Gordon jumped over Tacko Fall. Matt McClung jumped over Shaq. Jaylen Brown jumped over Kai Cenat in a seat," Sharpe said. "What am I supposed to do with that, Stephen A.?"
Sharpe later argued that Brown was not a good fit for the dunk contest in the first place since he's more of a power dunker and the competition is better suited for creativity.
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Cenat watched Sharpe's criticisms during his stream, and reacted accordingly:
Brown claimed after the dunk contest that he had to scrap certain planned dunks because the NBA's newly-introduced LED court was "a little slippery."
