(San Jose, Calif.) senior forward
was
in the 2012
slam dunk contest on Friday. After advancing to the final round of the event, where he faced
of Lake Oswego, Gordon capped his stellar performance with his own version of the reverse dunk he calls the "
," which sealed the win and earned him his first victory in a high school dunk contest. Despite his reputation as a gifted leaper, Gordon admitted that he was a little anxious before the event.
"Yeah, I was a little nervous" said Gordon. "But at the end of the day, it's just dunking."
Gordon is one of the nation's top high school basketball recruits for the Class of 2013, currently holding offers from Pac-12 schools Arizona, Washington, Cal, Stanford and Oregon, as well as national powers Kansas and Kentucky.
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