With this dunkalicious performance, composed of 7 (should’ve been 8 but he totally blew a wide open one) sick slammers, Jarrett Allen jumps (get it????? JUMPS!!!! hahahaha) from 11th in the yearly dunking stats to 6th. The fact that he was as low as 11th speaks to the temporary dysfunction occuring within the Nets right now, and the fact that DeAndre Jordan is there stealing his lobs. Attention DeAndre: stop stealing lobs from Allen, no one cares how often you dunk it anymore and no one will care in the future unless you grow a really sick afro.
For reference, Jarrett Allen was 7th in total dunks made last season, nestled snugly between Willie Cauley-Stein (lmao) and Andre Drummond (double lmao). And as the season progresses, he’ll probably continue passing some names on the list that are currently ahead of him. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis, Rudy Gobert, and Clint Capela are hard to catch up to, but there’s no way that Allen should be dunking less than Jabari Parker (who isn’t even that tall) and JaVale McGee (who can really slam but is busy getting his dunks taken by Dwight Howard).
The key to his continued dunking is clearly Spencer Dinwiddie. I don’t know what it is with Dinwiddie, but he has the sickest ability to connect with his bigmen for dunks. Kyrie Irving returning might (will) have a negative affect on the dunkage on display from Allen, and if I were the Nets, I’d think seriously about trading him so that Allen can continue his progression into one of the league’s premiere dunkers.