Wendell Carter Jr.

At the NBA level, protecting the rim is a daunting affair… just don’t tell Wendell Carter Jr. Sizing up a drive attempt from a surging Russell Westbrook, the first-year Chicago Bulls big man leaps into position from the help-side and blows up an emphatic dunk before hustling to retain possession. Carter Jr. finished the December 7, 2018 bout with six points, two dimes and a pair of rejections, not to mention the respect of anybody who’d ever been caught in the crosshairs of a poster previously in their career.

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