
The Wednesday Dunk Battle is your most important weekly stop as a With Leather reader. Your viewing of a collection of dunks and decision regarding which dunk was the most Slam Dunk is important not only for editor-to-patron relations, but for SCIENCE, because deciding which dunks are best is science’s primary goal.
Last week’s winner (in a landslide) was Kobe Bryant. This week’s showdown features Dwyane Wade, Blake Griffin, a jumble of consonants and what may or may not be Teenage Gronkowski back for dunking glory.
This week’s contestants:
1. It says “DeMar DeRozan dunks on Timofey Mozgov” but I refuse to believe that those are peoples’ names
2. Back-to-back dunks from DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin
3. Dwyane Wade’s “showtime reverse”
4. Trevor Wages from the COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES (~!) shatters the backboard
Please consult the dunk clips and make your decision below.
Dunk #1
Dunk #2
Dunk #3
Dunk #4
And now, your choice:
Thank you for voting. You are doing a great favor for science.


If you can jump up and grab the rim you can just hang and break the glass. Breaking the glass does not equal good.
Take a few more steps Dwayne.
Why isn’t shattering the glass considered a dick move? The only good thing about that dunk was that it didn’t have “showtime” as part of the description.
Dunk # 1, and it’s not even close. Dunk # 4 was legit the weakest backboard breaking dunk I’ve ever seen. Did they pick up those goals at the Dollar Tree or something?
DeRozan’s was the one most contested. Griffin had to switch hands but had a clear path to the rim. DeRozan went over Mozgov. Vote DeRozan.
Wait, I like slam dunks, but am also not american. What am I to do?
*Emerges from laboratory*
After performing many different types of science I came to the conclusion that HOT DUNKZ #2 is my official DUNKasaurus Rex for the week! (Although it looks like HOT DUNKZ #1 is in the lead, maybe I need to head back to the lab for further analysis).
Dunk number 1 by far