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Internet Roasts Jaylen Brown After Poor Attempt To Replicate Dee Brown Dunk

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown failed miserably in imitation of Dee Brown's dunk from the 1991 dunk contest

Shandel Richardson

Internet Roasts Jaylen Brown After Poor Attempt To Replicate Dee Brown Dunk
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Boston Celtics guard Dee Brown electrified the crowd when he converted a slam with his eyes covered on the way to winning the dunk contest in 1991.

Thirty-three years later, another Celtics player failed miserably in his attempt to pay tribute. Guard Jaylen Brown tried the famous feat in Saturday's dunk contest in Indianapolis. 

Unlike Dee Brown,  Jaylen Brown did not cover his eyes until after he landed. Jaylen Brown even began the attempt pumping up his shoes as Dee Brown did in 1991. 

The crowd immediately booed the dunk afterward. 

"He tried to do the Dee Brown," TNT broadcaster Kenny Smith said. "You saw him pump up the shoes. The crowd did not like that. They did not like that. They did not like that. 

Jaylen Brown was defeated in the finals by Orlando Magic G League guard Mac McClung, who won the event for a second straight year. Brown, meanwhile, became the butt of many jokes on the Internet. 

Dozens of fans clowned him for the poor attempt. Dee Brown is among the smallest players to win the contest. He stood at just 6-foot-1, putting him in the category with Spud Webb (5-7) and Nate Robinson (5-9) as tiny players who were crowned champion. 

Jaylen Brown made a mockery of one of the best moments in dunk contest history. After winning, Dee Brown was featured on Reebok commercials and it became the signature moment of his playing career. He averaged 8.7 points in 13 seasons. 

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Shandel Richardson is the publisher of Back In The Day NBA. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com

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