The biggest issue for the annual event held at the NBA All-Star Game has always been the lack of starpower: the days of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant ... showed us the art of dunking isn’t ...
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins caught up with DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old cancer survivor honored by President Donald Trump during his ...
The NBA then created its own slam-dunking contest in 1984, and the tradition was born. The late Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years ...
That was in 1992, a decade after I had proclaimed the dunk “basketball’s highest art form ... in 2022 published a terrific biography of Kobe Bryant, spends considerable time highlighting ...
February 8, 1997: Kobe Bryant (age 18) of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk Contest in Cleveland. Bryant defeated Chris Carr of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Michael Finley ...
However, in 1997, Kobe Bryant made his Slam Dunk Contest debut and brought home the Lakers’ first trophy. At just 18 years old, Bryant’s leaping ability was already legendary. Known for his ...