Mac McClung's incredible dunk contest performance might bring the stars back to the All-Star Saturday Night main event.

The NBA then created its own slam-dunking contest in 1984, and the tradition was born. The late Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years ...

The NBA knows the dunk contest is flailing. It just hasn’t figured out how to replace it. In 1998, a year after an abysmal dunk-off headlined by a young Kobe Bryant, the league replaced the ...

It’s All-Star Saturday, which means it’s time for the most electrifying event in sports. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest. That’s ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – This weekend in San Francisco, the NBA celebrates its annual All-Star Weekend which includes events like the 3-Point Contest, Skills Contest and the Slam Dunk Contest on ...

Two years later, Kobe Bryant became the only Laker to ever win the Dunk Contest. Kobe was an 18-year-old rookie at the time, making him the youngest to ever win it. This was one of the first ...

Michael Jordan, Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson, Zach LaVine, and Mac McClung are the only players in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest in back-to-back years. At age 18, Kobe Bryant is the ...

The NBA Slam Dunk contest has attracted criticism over the decreasing number of big-name participants, but Charlotte Hornets ...

It’s almost time for the NBA’s annual Slam Dunk Contest. Get the details on when the competition is and more. Now that ...

In a moment of get-off-my-lawn petulance, I once argued in the pages of Sports Illustrated that the NBA All-Star Game’s Slam Dunk Contest was ... biography of Kobe Bryant, spends considerable ...

Basketball Hall of Famer Reggie Miller thanked McClung for saving the dunk contest while on commentary ... twice in 1985 and then again in 1990. Kobe Bryant won in 1997 as a rookie.

Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, and Vince Carter. LaVine is a two-time Slam Dunk Contest winner and still can jump with the best of them in the league. He may still ...