Long before Michael Jordan took the NBA by storm when he joined the pros in 1984, Julius Erving was the man of the hour. A ...

Everyone loves a triple, and the broadening worldwide appeal of the game has a lot to do with ... record for almost 40 years, Spud Webb's 1986 dunk contest performance still seems somehow unreal.

Dunking is a natural extension of his game and, sure, he has displayed plenty of tricky dunks for fun at the end ... Dwight Howard to 5-foot-7 guard Spud Webb, representing the whole range of ...

The slam dunk has lacked star power in recent years, but the event has a rich history with memorable performances from some of the game’s all ... lost to 5-foot-7 Spud Webb.

Then there are the dunks. Four decades of innovation has left little to the imagination. The free throw line has been done. A few times. The site of 5' 6" Spud Webb doing a 360 was cool.

No one remembers the actual All-Star Game the next night ... McGrady then did the “Spud” — the dunk that Webb had made famous, throwing the ball high in the air, then grabbing it after ...

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 ...

Spud Webb, etc. It's probably fair to say the competition within the Dunk Contest has fallen off in recent years as well — while McClung is a back-to-back champion, he hasn't gone against the ...

During the second day of the All-Star Game, one of the most ... 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).