As per usual here on That NBA Lottery Pick, we love monster slam dunks and the below one from Minnesota's Derrick Williams is a nice one.During today's Hawks/Timberwolves affair, Williams got out on the fast break and put Atlanta's John Jenkins on a poster:
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