In 1997, Kobe Bryant won the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest as a rookie. However, the fact that young Mamba didn't even have to use his best dunk to win the contest is more impressive than becoming the ...
In 1998, a year after an abysmal dunk-off headlined by a young Kobe Bryant, the league replaced the contest with 2Ball, a shooting contest that paired NBA and WNBA players from the same city.
"I mean, come on, Jordan was in the dunk contest—that's the greatest of all time. Kobe was in it, too. These are the guys ...
Lakers 3-Point Contest participants through the years The last Laker to take part in the 3-Point Contest was Nick Young ... later, Kobe Bryant became the only Laker to ever win the Dunk Contest.