It’s almost time for the NBA’s annual Slam Dunk Contest. Get the details on when the competition is and more. Now that football season is over, basketball is back in action, and the annual NBA Slam ...

February 8, 1997: Kobe Bryant (age 18) of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk Contest in Cleveland. Bryant defeated Chris Carr of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Michael Finley ...

Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, LeBron James and Anthony Davis. The Lakers have truly had an embarrassment of riches throughout the years. With both the 3-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest taking ...

Few All-Star events in any sport thrill as much as the Slam Dunk Contest ... time greats from Michael Jordan to Vince Carter to Kobe Bryant have participated in and won the event.

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

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest. That’s right, the dunk contest ... In 1998, a year after an abysmal dunk-off headlined by a young Kobe Bryant, the league replaced the contest with 2Ball, a shooting contest ...

The slam dunk content once featured the best in the world going toe-to-toe. We've seen great players participate and win, like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Julius Erving ...

Michael Jordan, Jason Richardson, Nate Robinson, Zach LaVine, and Mac McClung are the only players in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest in back-to-back years. At age 18, Kobe Bryant is the ...

For years, the poster for the slam dunk contest has left a lot to ... And that Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Vince Carter… all won it in their day.