{"id":27892,"date":"2025-02-28T10:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=27892"},"modified":"2025-03-25T07:45:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T06:45:28","slug":"shaedon-sharpe-hit-his-best-dunk-in-portland-vs-wizard-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/shaedon-sharpe-hit-his-best-dunk-in-portland-vs-wizard-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaedon Sharpe hit his best dunk in Portland VS Wizard game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shaedon Sharpe delivered the best dunk of his career with a powerful one-handed slam over Washington&#8217;s Justin Champagnie. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 21-year-old Portland player has been impressive since he was drafted in 2022, it didn\u2019t take long for his dunking talents to be noticed and praised as one of the season\u2019s best. Sharpe showed out in a standout performance in Portland\u2019s 129-121 win over the Wizards.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sharpe dunked with such power that he briefly fell to the court after the ball went through the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong> <\/strong>After the game, Portland coach Chauncey Billups praised the slam saying, \u201cI just started like laughing, like, \u2018Wow, man.<br><br> Poor kid up under him,\u201d \u201cThat was pretty incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know where he got it from,\u201d Blazers forward Deni Avdija said. \u201cI asked him on the bench, \u2018If I\u2019m going to work as hard as I can, will I be able to jump like you?\u2019 <strong>I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just genes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked what motivated him to dunk that hard, Shaedon Sharpe explained, \u2018I seen the dude in the way,\u201d \u201cso I just jumped and tried to dunk it. 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Poor kid up under him,\u201d \u201cThat was pretty incredible.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t know where he got it from,\u201d Blazers forward Deni Avdija said. \u201cI asked him on the bench, \u2018If I\u2019m going to work as hard as I can, will I be able to jump like you?\u2019 I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s just genes.\u201d When asked what motivated him to dunk that hard, Shaedon Sharpe explained, \u2018I seen the dude in the way,\u201d \u201cso I just jumped and tried to dunk it. 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