Spud Webb was used to seeing the greatest players in the league compete in the NBA Slam Dunk contest. In today's game, that's no longer the case, and the 1986 dunk contest champion has been ...

A few times. The site of 5' 6" Spud Webb doing a 360 was cool. Dee Brown pumping up the Reeboks before his no-look jam was, too. Props have become part of the dunk contest in recent years.

Spud Webb's 1986 dunk contest performance still seems somehow unreal. At 5'7", Webb became the shortest participant and winner in contest history. When he lifted off, he just seemed to keep rising.

Spud Webb crashed the party, beating Wilkins (who finished second) and establishing the record for the shortest player to win the dunk contest, a mark he still holds today. 1987-88: Wilkins and ...

The dunk contest is another level — an opportunity ... Dunk champions have ranged from 6-foot-10 center Dwight Howard to 5-foot-7 guard Spud Webb, representing the whole range of athleticism ...

The 2016 edition of the dunk contest is widely recognized as the ... A year later, Wilkins lost to 5-foot-7 Spud Webb. Jordan took flight from the free-throw line to defeat beat Wilkins in 1988.

A decade earlier, Paul Pressley who was more renowned for his defensive acumen than his offensive prowess participated in the 1986 slam dunk contest which was won by Spud Webb. In 1987 Johnny ...

with three (2006, 2009 and 2010), despite being 1.75 m tall. Spud Webb, at 1.68 m tall, is the shortest player to win this Slam Dunk Contest (in 1986).

Skip Bayless on Monday discussed how white American athletes are shattering stereotypes, using newly crowned three-time NBA dunk contest champion Mac McClung as a prime example of debunking the idea t ...

“I approached the dunk contest like it was a basketball ... McGrady then did the “Spud” — the dunk that Webb had made famous, throwing the ball high in the air, then grabbing it after ...