We go one-on-one with the 'Human Highlight Reel.'
Wilkins, inarguably one of the game’s greatest dunkers of all time is teaming up with Hennessy, the NBA’s official spirit, to show off the personalized luxury trunks that the cognac maker has made for Wilkins and the rest of 75th Anniversary Team.recently hopped on a Zoom call with the NBA legend to talk about the honor, what it was like losing to Jordan in ’88 and how he got into wine.How does it feel? Absolutely amazing [laughs]. I try not to look backwards.
It’s just amazing to see some of the work that they have done. They have developed a set of personalized luxury trunks complete with limited-edition bottles the Hennessy VSOP and XO, and it represents and celebrates all the members on the 75th Anniversary Team on this list.
You also participated in the dunk contest five times. That’s unheard of these days. What made you want to keep competing? Terrence Stansbury. Guys were very creative. And then if you move a little further, the guys who I thought brought the contest back: Vince Carter, Zach Levine and Aaron Gordon.Very different. I just wanted to do something different toward the end of my career, and this was the situation that presented itself. I said, “Hey, let me go look at the other side of the world and see how they live and see what the cultures are.” It was fun, man.
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