A battle of aerial supremacy. That was what the NBA implemented with the dunk contest exactly 31 years ago, today. The ABA, which had since merged with the current league, experienced great success ...

The 5-foot-9 point guard became the first three-time Slam Dunk champion in NBA history. Robinson’s 2009 victory featured a memorable dunk over 6-foot-11 Dwight Howard. He won two more Slam titles ...

Larry Nance won the NBA's first slam dunk contest back in 1984, and his son seems to have been blessed with a similar level of bounce. Larry Nance Jr., a rookie with the Lakers, got way up before ...

For the first time the dunk contest featured a G-League star, with Mac McClung wowing all with an amazing aerial performance. Derrick Jones Jr and Aaron Gordon needed two tie-breakers to decide a ...