While this year's 3-Point Contest sports five All-Stars — Milwaukee Bucks point guard Damian Lillard, New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson, Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Darius Garland, Miami ...

The 1988 dunk contest is no doubt one of the most thrilling spectacles in All-Star history but the result still sparks debate. It was held in Chicago and Jordan -- the jewel in the crown of the ...

Hall of Fame small forward-turned-TNT commentator Vince Carter, who executed perhaps the coolest finish in Dunk Contest history at Oracle Arena way back in 2000, taped introductory hype videos for ...

Ron Harper, Michael Jordan's former teammate in the famed Chicago Bulls dynasty, came up at a time when the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest was a traditional display of hops and power. Apparently ...

Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has accomplished so much over his long career but there are a few things that he ...

The Dunk Contest has never, in its 20-ish years of ... We might as well start with the big guns — consider Michael Jordan. In the contest’s 1987 field, Jordan was the highest draft pick ...

Michael Jordan and Vince Carter. Past dunks include Jordan’s Julius Erving–inspired free-throw line jam, Wilkins’s windmill and Carter’s reverse 360. For years the dunk contest was the ...

However, two-time winner Michael Jordan once talked about when the quality of the contest began to slide. "I think a lot of it has to do with all the dunks done without the ball," said Jordan.

Well, the Dunk Contest actually has had a mechanism in ... This way, we could see him challenge Michael Jordan, Vince Carter and any other legendary dunkers the league deems appropriate.

The shifting expectations reflect the overall evolution of the game. Michael Jordan won the 1988 dunk contest with windmills and reverses. Nearly three decades later, LaVine had to re-create ...