What Makes A Dunk Contest Champ? I used to say that the dunk contest was dead. The days when the NBA’s elite players competed were long gone, I said, along with lots of basketball fans. Most of the modern dunks are rehashes of old ones. The event has plateaued.

Okay, I'm All In On Derrick Jones Jr. Winning The Dunk Contest There’s no denying that Suns rookie Derrick Jones Jr. knows how to do some big-ass dunks, but I’ve remained skeptical of the teen’s sleeper candidacy in this year’s dunk contest. In-game dunks and dunk-contest dunks are totally different beas Read more ... ts, and it’s hard to say Jones Jr. really has a shot at de...

Aaron Gordon Got In Some Mid-Game Dunk Contest Practice Aaron Gordon got robbed at the Dunk Contest last season, and this evening, he got in some early prep for his 2017 run at the title. In the first quarter of the Magic’s game against the Sixers, he robbed Richaun Holmes blind then pulled off a two-ha Read more ... nded 360 on the breakaway.

DeMar DeRozan’s Diary Entry About How Much Fun He’s Having At The Rio Dunk Contest

Jarell Martin Pulls Off In-Game East Bay Funk Dunk You won't be faulted for thinking that you're watching a dunk contest here, but Jarell Martin managed to unleash this between-the-legs dunk during LSU's game against Florida today. As a native son of Oakland, I will always call this the East Bay Funk Read more ... Dunk, so memorably coined by Isaiah "JR" Rider as he won the 1994 Slam Dunk Contest:

Grading every dunk in the Slam Dunk Contest Miss the Dunk Contest? Want to watch it again? We grade every dunk from Saturday night's showcase.

Watch all of Zach LaVine's dunks from the dunk contest #https://vine.co/v/OPPnzY1OH9L Zach LaVine was hyped as the favorite heading into the dunk contest and lived up to the billing with this spectacular opening dunk. LaVine's first effort was rewarded...

Zach LaVine is the second-youngest player to win the NBA Dunk Contest Minnesota Timberwolves guard Zach LaVine beat Orlando Magic guard Victor Oladipo in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night to become the second-youngest player to win the contest. LaVine earned...

Zach LaVine's between-the-legs reverse dunk got a perfect score from the judges #https://vine.co/v/OPPnzY1OH9L Zach LaVine was hyped as the favorite heading into the dunk contest and lived up to the billing with this spectacular opening dunk. LaVine's first effort was rewarded...

Dr. J on dunk contest: 'The mascots messed it up' Hall of Fame guard/forward Julius Erving said he thinks mascots are why the dunk contest has declined in popularity, according to a report from ESPN's Darren Rovell.