NBA: Aaron Gordon, Mo Bamba Look Back At Their First Dunks

Orlando Magic’s Aaron Gordon and Mo Bamba described how they felt during their very first dunk.

For NBA players, first dunks are rarely neither artistic nor electrifying. However, they are mostly unforgettable as they are masterpieces in their own way. Each player in the league has a unique story behind their first dunk. And among the Orlando Magic dunkers who shared their first dunk experience, Bamba and Gordon’s were the most interesting ones.

Most of the Magic’s players said they dunked for the first time not long after they became teenagers. Apparently, it became a rite of passage in their evolution as basketball players.

According to Bamba, his first dunk actually happened when he was about 13 years old. And as a tall boy, Bamba didn’t have much trouble going above the rim. However, the moment was so monumental that the center compared it to reaching the peak of a mountain, Orlando Sentinel reported.

"I’d say it’s like climbing a mountain, getting to the top of it,'' Bamba said about his first dunk.

The league has an array of players at the peak of their high-flying ways, this includes Gordon. In 2016 NBA All-Star dunk contest, Gordon placed second to former Minnesota Timberwolves high flyer Zach LaVine. Since then, Gordon has always been a player to watch out for during NBA games.

As for his very first dunk, Gordon revealed that the moment came in middle school when he was only 12 years old. As he looked back, he recalled missing two or three dunks before finally completing a decent dunk.

"I used to miss two or three dunks a game before I could actually dunk, so I was trying and trying and trying and trying,'' Gordon recalled.

Gordon then stated that he didn’t realize that he actually dunked the ball already. Things were a bit too confusing until the crowd finally gave him a hint that he just did something that would carve his future in basketball.

"I had to stretch, so I really didn’t see it go in, but then I saw the crowd going crazy. I was like, ‘Oh, man, I just dunked it’,” Gordon said.

To this day, Gordon is pleased with the said moment and vowed to always dunk the ball whenever he can since then.

"It’s just a level of dominance. It’s a level of assertion, basically the embodiment of, ‘You can’t stop me from putting this ball in this basket’,'' Gordon described.