NBA Blogger: Harrison Barnes' Dunk on Pekovic Better than Lebron James' Dunk on Jason Terry

Social media exploded after LeBron James “alley-oop” dunk on Jason Terry, calling it the dunk of the year, but NESN said Harrison Barnes dunk on Nikola Pekovic, of the Minnesota Timberwolves, back in November is still the best. (And also that of Gerald Henderson, which is shown in the video)

“Give me a medium-sized guy dunking on a big guy and I’ll show you a highlight that is automatically better than a big-on-small slam. Not only that, but unlike Knight and Terry, who were scrambling back into position, the 6-foot-11, 240-pound Pekovic was standing tall in the lane, ready to challenge Barnes, and he still got victimized.”

RantSports said Barnes is sometimes overlooked on the talented Golden State Warriors team, but shows a lot of promise. He's averaged about 25 minutes of playing time per game and scores a little more than 9 points per game.

The Golden State Warriors is set to play Oklahoma City tonight. The game airs locally at 9:30 p.m. CT on TNT.

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