Watch the UK’s hottest Dunk contest of the 12 months!

NEW SLAM DUNK CHAMPION TO BE CROWNED AT BRITISH BASKETBALL CUP FINALS 2023

Followers shall be handled to the thrilling return of the BBL Slam Dunk Contest as a part of a spectacular line-up of leisure on the British Basketball Cup Finals in Birmingham’s Utilita Area, which can even be proven stay on Sky Sports activities on Sunday January twenty ninth. 

The league’s most gifted high-flyers will battle it out in an epic contest going down between the Males’s and Girls’s Finals and, with simply over per week to go, a star-studded line up of dunkers has now been confirmed. 

Hoping to impress the judging panel and what’s set to be a capability crowd within the ‘Second Metropolis’ shall be Maceo Jack of Cheshire Phoenix, James Hawthorne Jr of the Plymouth Metropolis Patriots, Marcus Delpeche of the B. Braun Sheffield Sharks and fellow Shark Hensy Sako – winner of the 2021 Hoopsfix All-Star Traditional Dunk Contest. 

Followers shall be handled to an insane competitors and the stakes have been raised as 2023 will see a brand new dunk champion topped on the court docket! 

This 12 months’s dunkers shared their ideas forward of competing in entrance of the atmospheric Utilita Area crowd.

Marcus Delpeche (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks) stated: “I’m tremendous excited to be again within the dunk contest this 12 months and trying to take dwelling the title. The gang was loopy final 12 months, and I’m hyped to have one other likelihood to win the dunk contest. To have Hensy right here too goes to be nice, and hopefully we will carry that title again to Sheffield with us!”

Hensy Sako (B. Braun Sheffield Sharks) stated: “This shall be my first time within the BBL Slam Dunk Contest, and I can’t wait to placed on a present. I’ve been in dunk contests earlier than, profitable the Hoopsfix All-Star Traditional contest in 2021, so I do know I can get it accomplished, and I’m wanting ahead to competing for the title in Birmingham on January 29.”

Maceo Jack (Cheshire Phoenix) stated: “I’m excited to be part of the BBL Cup Closing Slam Dunk Contest. I’m wanting ahead to showcasing my athletic skills alongside a bunch of actually gifted guys. Between the 4 of us I do know we’ll placed on an unimaginable present, however I’m going to do every little thing I can to carry the title again to Cheshire.”

James Hawthorne Jr (Plymouth Metropolis Patriots) stated: “I’m so grateful for the chance to compete within the Slam Dunk Contest, and I wish to present my gratitude by placing on a present for the followers. I’ve positively obtained one thing particular up my sleeve, so be sure you get your tickets to observe stay!”

Followers can even be handled to two-time World Champion DJ, DJ Woody who shall be performing a world-class set because the motion from the Slam Dunk Contest unfolds. DJ Woody has carried out at gigs and occasions internationally to hundreds of followers and is bound to play a few of his easiest tracks on the afternoon.

DJ Woody shall be adopted by the London born, platinum award profitable artist, Not3s who will take to the court docket for the BBL Cup half-time present. Not3s is most well-known for his best-selling hits Addison Lee, My Love and Alladin and followers can anticipate to be off their seats as he retains the gang entertained throughout the interval. 

This provides to a star-studded afternoon of on-court leisure which sees cities collide because the London Lions do battle with the Leicester Riders in each the WBBL/BBL finals. With a number of the WBBL and BBL’s largest names aiming to take dwelling the primary main silverware of the season, it’s a day to not be missed! 

Tickets are promoting quick, so act now to make sure you don’t miss out on what is ready to be an unimaginable afternoon of motion! Followers can safe their seats by visiting https://www.theticketfactory.com/tickets/occasions/bbl-cup-final/