This is Atlanta Hawks star Dominique Wilkins and Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan, who famously faced off during the 1988 Slam Dunk Contest as part of All-Star Weekend in 1988 at the Chicago ...

Stephen A. Smith, Charles Barkley, Skip Bayless. The list goes on and on about the people who have criticised LeBron James for not taking part in the dunk contest. Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan did ...

The 2006 NBA Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles was a fun one with a bunch of youngsters in the field ...

Nate Robinson argues that if LeBron James had entered the Dunk Contest during his prime, the event’s prestige and excitement might have remained much stronger.

Victor Wembanyama might already be planning his next All-Star Weekend moment. After throwing down a two-handed windmill dunk in a recent Spurs win, Wembanyama said he expects to enter the Slam Dunk ...

Nate Robinson blames stars like LeBron James for Dunk Contest decline ...

Michael Jordan officially became a star when NBA All-Star Weekend came to Chicago in 1988. Only in his fourth year in the NBA, Jordan dominated every event he entered and walked away with the ...

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 ...

The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend’s slam dunk contest will feature a field of first-time participants, the opposite of a who’s who of the world’s greatest basketball players. Let us get to know them.