Jordan Walker picked up $1M for winning last night’s HR Derby (more than his current annual salary) and DP is convinced the NBA could certainly recruit some bigger names for the Dunk Contest if they offered commensurate prize money.
Dan Patrick: “I don't know if the NBA will pick up on this, but when you realize the winner got a million dollars last night, that's more than Jordan Walker makes this year. I think he makes 790(K); he got a million dollars last night. Slam dunk contest, the winner last year, $105,000. Three-point shooting contest, 60K. Skills challenge, $55,000. If you're the NBA and you say, we're going to put out a million dollars for the slam dunk contest, I got to believe you're going to get some players that you've heard of.”