NBA players participated in a season-long event. Names like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, Moses Malone, and Elvin Hayes would participate in a one-off during halftime of each game throughout the ...

Indian Pacers’ Fred Jones flies through the air during the Slam Dunk contest at the NBA All Star Weekend in ... Fred Jones, right, won in 2004, and Darnell Hillman won in 1977. The three players were ...

You had most of the early 00s favorites from the SLAM magazine era competing hard while wearing ... "I told Dr. J to put up 10 grand and challenge the winner of the Dunk Contest (Darnell Hillman)." ...

Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung, center, celebrates with Julius Erving, right, after winning the slam dunk contest at the NBA basketball All-Star Saturday night festivities in San Francisco.

The Slam Dunk Contest's popularity has come into question over the last decade, but the event remains the cherry on top of NBA All-Star Saturday Night. Running for more than four decades ...

The 2025 NBA Slam Dunk contest continues to be one of the most exciting events even with few superstars participating. This year's four-man field features the reigning champion Mac McClung ...

Mac McClung of the G League's Osceola Magic goes for a three-peat when he takes part in the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk contest on Saturday at Chase Center in San Francisco. No one has ever won three in a ...

The NBA continued its All-Star Saturday Night tradition of ending the event with the Slam Dunk Contest. Some fans have been clamoring for putting the 3-Point Contest last, especially after not-so ...

Mac McClung needed just one round to shock fans and win his third consecutive NBA Slam Dunk Contest. McClung, 26, opened Saturday’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest in San Francisco with a bang ...

Hall of Fame small forward-turned-TNT commentator Vince Carter, who executed perhaps the coolest finish in Dunk Contest history at Oracle Arena way back in 2000, taped introductory hype videos for ...

The All-Star break showcases the Slam Dunk Contest, which the Celtics have plenty of history with. When it's right, this is the most exciting event of all of the events put on during All-Star weekend.