The Slam Dunk Contest has always been All-Star Weekend’s Wild Card, the event most likely to flip from forgettable to unforgettable in a single leap. Over the last decade, though, the trophy has ...

With the NBA's Slam Dunk contest being another lackluster showing, the league needs a way to encourage the players with some real firepower in their dunk arsenal to get out there. While it may be hard ...

Fans of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest may have noticed a key omission during Saturday's 2026 edition. Mac McClung, who won three straight dunk contests from 2022 to 2025, was not in the four-player field ...

The NBA Dunk Contest used to be a special showcase of the pinnacles of basketball athleticism: Michael Jordan’s free-throw line dunk in 1987 and Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine’s legendary duel in 2016 ...

Much of the talk around NBA All-Star Weekend was about how to improve certain events, particularly the dunk contest. The latest man to attempt to improve the NBA's premier weekend is Phoenix Suns ...

Former NBA player Desmond Mason, who won the 2001 slam dunk contest, was arrested in Oklahoma last week. Mason was booked on a felony warrant, according to TMZ. The outlet reports he was charged with ...

NBA All-Star Saturday will conclude with its third and perhaps most anticipated event, the Slam Dunk Contest, at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The night’s schedule starts at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT) ...