Take a look back at Michael Jordan throwing down a two-handed "Rock the Cradle" dunk vs. Milwaukee in 1984!

However, two-time winner Michael Jordan once talked about when the quality of the contest began to slide. "I think a lot of it has to do with all the dunks done without the ball," said Jordan.

"People think that I was. I just stood on the floor, jumped up, and spread my legs, and they took the picture. I wasn't even ...

Michael Jordan admitted at least twice that he never had his vertical jump measured because it wasn't that important for him ...

But before he made it big, one moment stood out for him: dropping 43 points on Michael ... latter's most famous dunks: the rock-the-cradle. And while it was far from how Air Jordan executed ...

Most fans focus on the high-flying dunks, the buzzer-beaters ... details—quite literally—that define greatness. For Michael Jeffrey Jordan, one of his secret weapons was his hands.

Magic Johnson has always held a special memory close to his heart – the iconic moment when Michael Jordan ... play came when Jordan executed a thunderous 360-degree dunk that left everybody ...

starting with a dunk with two balls and ending with the legendary action that Michael Jordan would later perfect — and popularize globally — in 1988: the dunk jumping from the line of free throws.

Judging purely on the star power and on the dunks themselves, the 1985 Slam Dunk Contest at Market Square Arena stands out as one of the best ever, and one that shaped what would follow.

"It definitely ranks with [Michael] Jordan and me," Wilkins said about Carter's 2000 dunk to Sportskeeda. "I have to give the young fells his credit with that. His performance blew everybody else ...