17 hours ago · The Slam Dunk Contest has long been a staple of the NBA's All-Star Weekend. The competition invites four basketball players to perform a series of dunks over two rounds. Five judges then assign a score between 40 and 50. The player with the highest combined score is crowned the winner.

Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 18, while Dominique Wilkins is the oldest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 30. At 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m), Spud Webb is the shortest player to win the NBA slam dunk contest.

A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1]

3 days ago · Now that an incredibly busy trade deadline period has come to a close, it's time to turn our attention to the next big item on the basketball calendar: 2025 NBA All-Star Weekend. This year's ...

The History and the field. The first dunk contest in major American professional basketball came at halftime of the ABA All-Star Game in Denver in 1976 at a time the league desperately needed ...

Dec 14, 2024 · The slam dunk, now a beloved staple in basketball, was once considered an outlawed move that disrupted the traditional rhythm of the game. The story begins in 1944 with Bob “Foothills” Kurland, a player from Oklahoma A&M who accidentally performed the first-ever dunk in college basketball [4] .

Jan 22, 2025 · Jason Richardson is renowned for his electrifying dunking abilities, winning the NBA Slam Dunk Contest in both 2002 and 2003. He is the second player, after Michael Jordan, to achieve back-to-back victories in the competition.

4 days ago · Book Review. Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery and the Soul of the Slam Dunk. By Mike Sielski St. Martin’s Press: 368 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a ...

Mac McClung was named the 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Champion after posting three perfect 50-score dunks that sent the crowd into a frenzy. The Philadelphia 76ers two-way guard defeated New Orleans' Trey Murphy III in the final round, joining Spud Webb as the only player 6'2" or shorter with three "50" dunks in a single contest.

Feb 28, 2023 · A basketball player flew into the air to pull off the highest between the legs slam dunk in an incredible blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment. Piotr “Grabo” Grabowski (Poland) soared 3.2 metres (10 ft 5 in) high while passing the ball underneath his leg from one hand to the other to bag himself a shiny new Guinness World Records title.