The beauty of a dunk is often in the eye of the beholder. Some people like the teamwork of a successful lob. Others may prefer the degree of difficulty behind a trick dunk worked into a live game. Nearly everyone likes a good poster dunk.
With the 2024 NBA season drawing to a close, I combed back through the season highlights looking for some of the most universally beloved dunks.
Here are the results – the best dunks of the 2024 NBA season.
Best NBA Dunks: Anthony Edwards
Anthony Edwards threw down the likely dunk of the season a couple of months ago in Utah. (I still can’t tell if he actually got hurt here, or if he’s doing a bit about what a dangerous weapon his hand is.)
Anthony Edwards with the dunk of the year pic.twitter.com/4mSVgBn9TB
— Kevin O’Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) March 19, 2024
Best NBA Dunks: Malik Monk
Just a few days into the season, Malik Monk caught an inside dime from De’Aaron Fox and unleashed an absolute bomb over Kris Dunn.
MALIK MONK. pic.twitter.com/Ln5HifAe28
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) October 26, 2023
Best NBA Dunks: LeBron James
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but LeBron James had a big, head-of-steam dunk in a basketball game.
even the clippers announcers were in awe of LeBron’s dunk pic.twitter.com/niYVqFg5RC
— outbreezy (@outbreezyWC) January 8, 2024
Best NBA Dunks: Paulo Banchero
Paul Banchero hit the Raptors with a vicious right-down-Main-Street slam.
Favorite Paolo dunk of the year? pic.twitter.com/hB3Qg9L1qg
— ᵖ⁵ (@PaoloLegacy) May 14, 2024
Best NBA Dunks: Anthony Edwards (Again)
After Edwards picked up his dribble and got stuck too far from the basket, he opted to throw the ball off the backboard, then go yam it himself. It is indeed the year of the Ant-Man.
Anthony Edwards dunk off the backboard OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/BZ1qMI9rAC
— Timberwolves Clips (@WolvesClips) January 19, 2024
Best NBA Dunks: Jonathan Kuminga
It’s not the most visually impressive dunk you’re going to see on this list, but I love this sequence where Jonathan Kuminga strokes a three from the wing, reads the first pass of the Grizzlies’ next possession, jumps the lane, steals the ball, then dunks it with his left hand on the runout.
— follow @dubs408 (@somedubvids) March 21, 2024
Best NBA Dunks: Jalen Green
A lot of hoops fans will remember this full extension from Houston’s Jalen Green back in November.
JALEN GREEN 😱
Grizzlies-Rockets | Live on the NBA App
📲 https://t.co/4rKBrwMkRv pic.twitter.com/wSOMQZ3fsP— NBA (@NBA) November 23, 2023
However, I actually like his dunk from January better. He splits two defenders by going behind his back, cuts through the paint, and smashes the rim over Trey Murphy.
ONE Jalen Green Bucket every day until he returns next season
Day 2: Nasty behind the back to split the screen and then high rise dunk vs the Pelicans on January 31, 2024 pic.twitter.com/7lxojQZdaH
— Julie Gilchrist (@JulieanneGilch1) May 5, 2024
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