Dennis Smith Jr. planned to enlist J. Cole's help in Slam Dunk contest

Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. didn't make it to the final round of the 2018 Slam Dunk contest, but had he advanced, he planned to incorporate hip-hop artist J. Cole in his dunk.

ESPN's Amin Elhassan shared details of Smith's plan on the latest episode of the "Black Opinions Matter" podcast.

"If Dennis would have made it to the final round, (J. Cole) was going to throw him the alley-oop," Elhassan said, according to Slam Online. "The plan was, Cole would throw the 'oop, Dennis would dunk it, and Cole would catch the ball and then he'd dunk it too.

"That was going to be the ill, craziest dunk, use of a prop or a person ever, but we never got to (see) because (Dennis) was holding out until the final round and didn't want to bring it out in the first round."

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Footage has also surfaced of the unseen dunk Victor Oladipo pulled off in practice prior to Saturday's contest.