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Magic offers $1 million if James does dunk contest

By Associated Press

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LAST UPDATED: 05:32 p.m. HST, Mar 01, 2013

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Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) dunks against Cleveland Cavaliers' Tyler Zeller during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, in Miami. (AP Photo/El Nuevo Herald, David Santiago)

NEW YORK >> Magic Johnson is giving LeBron James a million reasons to consider the slam dunk contest.

The Hall of Famer says Friday during ESPN's pregame show that he will put up $1 million if James finally enters the marquee event of All-Star Saturday night.

James has always refused to enter the contest, but he's recently been putting on a dunking show before Miami's games, reigniting interest in seeing him take part.

Johnson says: "Please LeBron, get in the dunk contest. I'm going to put up a million dollars. A million dollars to LeBron. Please get in the dunk contest. I go every year. I want to see you out there. A million to the winner."

The NBA currently pays $100,000 to the winner and $50,000 to the runner-up.






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