Fans can enjoy exciting entertainment before the main event at All-Star Saturday Night, which traditionally features the popular NBA Slam Dunk Contest. No matter who the contestants are, the dunk ...

There's no need to mince words. The Slam Dunk Contest, once the clear fixture of NBA All-Star Weekend, has definitely lost its luster. The NBA's biggest names generally don't participate, and, while ...

The 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest is a far cry from the days of Vince Carter, Tracy McGrady, and Steve Francis battling it out. This year’s field is full of lesser-known, lightly used ...

2025 Hoopfest Dunk Contest Champion Isaac Fisher sat down with Brandon T. Jones to talk about this year's competition, how he ...

NBA All-Star Saturday is complete. Following the Rising Stars Challenge and Celebrity Game headlining the events on Friday, next up was the 3-Point Contest, Shooting Stars Challenge and Slam Dunk ...

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While the All-Star Game serves as the grand finale of NBA All-Star Weekend on NBC and Peacock, for many NBA fans, it's not the prime event. That honor goes to the annual Dunk Contest, where a select ...

Jazz G Donovan Mitchell and Cavaliers G Larry Nance Jr. compete in the Finals of the 2018 Slam Dunk Contest from Los Angeles. Hawks G. Spud Webb and Hawks F. Dominique Wilkins compete in the Finals of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Remember when the NBA Slam Dunk Contest was the marquee event of All-Star Weekend? Those days are long gone, and the latest episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast digs into why ...