Magic's Jase Richardson is dunking in his father's footsteps

There simply aren't that many sons of NBA players at all, much less sons of dunk contest participants. Cole Anthony and 1996 champion Brent Barry had NBA dads, but those dads were never in the dunk contest. Kenyon Martin was a great in-game dunker, but only Kenyon Martin, Jr. did the dunk contest. Glenn Robinson dunked more often than his son (197 times in 526 games to 88 dunks in 304 games), but Glenn Robinson III was the one to win a dunk contest in 2017.

Jase Richardson has rarely dunked in his rookie season

While Richardson clearly inherited some of his father's basketball talent, he didn't inherit all his height. The elder Richardson is 6-foot-6; his son is only 6-foot-1. That may be why he's dunked just four times in 36 games during his rookie season.

But Richardson showed off some dunking skills in college, donning his father's old jersey during Michigan State's preseason dunk contest to pull off an impressive 360.

After all, a smaller player's dunks often look more impressive than those from a taller player, perhaps because a seven-footer like Hayes barely has to jump to dunk the ball. That's one reason 5-foot-7 Spud Webb took home the trophy in 1986.

Richardson has a chance to make history for himself and his family on Feb. 14. The NBA will learn if spectacular dunks really do run in the family — even if Richardson himself seems nonchalant about the possibility.