The NBA D-League revealed its participants for the upcoming Slam Dunk and Three-Point Contests during All-Star Weekend in Toronto later this month, respectively. Those taking part in the competitions are as follows:
NBA D-League Three-Point Contest:
Player (Team)
Ht. Wt. College Birthdate Reggie Hearn (Reno) 6-4 210 Northwestern 8/14/1991
Andre Ingram (Los Angeles) 6-3 195 American 11/19/1985
Orlando Johnson (Austin) 6-5 220 UC-Santa Barbara 3/11/2025
Nick Minnerath (Canton) 6-9 215 Detroit
8/11/2025 Scott Suggs (Raptors) 6-6 195 Washington 11/10/2025
Jimmer Fredette (Westchester) 6-2 195 BYU 2/25/1989
NBA D-League Slam Dunk presented by Verizon:
Player (Team)
Ht. Wt. College Birthdate John Jordan (Raptors) 5-10 180 Texas A&M Corpus-Christi 10/7/2025
Walter Lemon, Jr. (Fort Wayne) 6-3 180 Bradley 7/26/1992
D.J. Stephens (Canton) 6-5 188 Memphis 12/19/1990
Keifer Sykes (Austin) 5-11 167 Wisconsin-Green Bay 12/30/1993
J.P. Tokoto (Oklahoma City) 6-6 200 North Carolina 9/15/1993
Jarvis Threatt (Rio Grande Valley) 6-2 170 Delaware
4/3/2025
In addition, the league announced that NBA players Jordan Clarkson (L.A. Lakers), Seth Curry (Sacramento) and Patrick Patterson (Toronto), all of whom played in the NBA D-League during their careers, are three of the five judges for NBA D-League Slam Dunk presented by Verizon. The trio will be joined by two additional judges, one of whom will be a sweepstakes-winning fan.
This is a really eclectic group of participants. Give credit to the D-League for being able to recognize, and subsequently find the proper stages, for some of their most intriguing prospects to shine on and garner more attention along the way.