CBA official issued a document on the 15th that due to the dropouts situation of the trophy awarded to Jinhong, the champion of the dunk contest during the All-Star game, it was necessary to apologize to Jinhong and present it with a new trophy.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 15 (reporter Li Bowen, Zheng Zhi) CBA official issued a document on the 15th that due to the dropouts situation of the trophy awarded to the champion of dunk competition during the All-Star game, he apologized to Jinhong and awarded him a new trophy.
CBA official wrote: “Due to staff mistakes, during the all-star competition on the evening of January 12, the trophy awarded to the champion of the dunk contest was dropouts, which caused troubles to Jinhong and the official main sponsor, we have remade the trophy at the first time and sent it to Jinhong. At the same time, I also apologize to Jinhong, partners and all fans.”
“Fly to Lanzhou today, and then take a bus to Linxia to participate in the activity. Thank you, CBA Alliance, for making a special trip to bring the new trophy.” After receiving the trophy, Jinhong said, “We will continue to support CBA and Chinese basketball together! Come on!”
The grass root buckle from Yunnan is a foreign card player in the 2020 All-Star dunk contest. He is known as Yunnan glider if he is less than 1.8 meters tall, in the final, he won the championship with a total score of 95 points and became the first grassroots player to win the CBA dunk competition.