The Home Run Derby, for example, gives us plenty of dingers without the pretenses of fielding or baserunning. Similarly, the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest provides plenty of showmanship, along with some rim ...

For former NBA slam dunk champion Jason Richardson, the value of legacy isn't what he could throw down but what he can pass down. Richardson won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during his first two ...

Charles Barkley once roasted Shaquille O'Neal for his 'LA is closer to the moon' analogy during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel ...

Mac McClung earned a healthy bank account after throwing down another epic NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest. He’s even collectively richer than his own NBA earnings, even with the Orlando Magic.

The actual start time for the Slam Dunk Contest will be at approximately 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET (8 p.m. MST) on Saturday, February 15 direct from San Francisco with a live national TV broadcast on TNT.

Watch and vote for the best NBA Slam Dunk Contest jams of all time.

What Aaron Gordon said about his Dunk Contest in 2016 compared to Vince Carter's in 2000. Gordon says his back-and-forth against LaVine made it the better Dunk Contest than 2000, per ESPN's Malika ...

Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.