NBA.com caught up with Jones, and his friend Brandon Brooks who assisted with his final dunk, after the event.
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Fred Jones won the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk. Noah Graham NBAE/Getty Images |
Jones: "Well, I came out on top, so I wanted to stop it as soon as I was done."
Did you know you had one it at the end?
Jones: "No. I thought he had another dunk. I was happy with the outcome."
Do you think you coulda tried the dunk (passed from the stands) one more time?
Jones: "Yeah, I thought we deserved another crack at it. I just missed two of them, it just slipped out of my hands. He did his jobs."
Is it better to win on a dunk at the end where the crowd goes crazy?
Jones: "Oh yeah, I wish I would've gotten that last one in. I didn't want to miss no dunks in this contest. That was the major one and it didn't come out how I wanted it."
Ron Artest told us that he knew you were going to win because he sees you dunk in practice. Have you been showing your teammates anything special?
Jones: "Me and Ron, we battle each other every day so he knows what I can do. He had the confidence in me because that's my teammate."
I heard you said you've won six out of seven slam dunk contests. Which one did you lose?
Jones: "The NCAA one at the Final Four. I'm not sure who won....I think it was Roland Roberts."
You going to come back and defend it next year?
Jones: "Yeah, I'll be there."
Are you going to try that next year, going to do that same thing?
Brooks: "I got a newer dunk. I got something else that the whole world will be shocked about. It's gonna seem like its fake, like its from the Matrix or something."











