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Phoenix Suns players fondly remember their first dunk

MILWAUKEE – A slam dunk is a basketball player’s first kiss. It’s a moment – and a memory – that lasts a lifetime.

With that in mind, azcentral sports asked a half-dozen Suns players to recall their first dunk.

Marquese Chriss

“I was 14. It was the last day of junior-varsity tryouts. I was like, ‘I’m just going to try to dunk.’ I was bored. I was waiting for all the coaches to talk to the players. I just tried to dunk and made it. It was one-handed off two feet. I didn’t really think I would make it because I had always tried and it didn’t work.