The NBA Slam Dunk Contest used to mean something. It featured the league’s best players going head-to-head in front of ...

As much as people still enjoy witnessing thunderous slam dunks in the NBA, it cannot be denied that they have lost their luster. With the league thriving in the pace-and-space era brought about by the ...

A dunk worth $1200 rewrote basketball history on January 27, 1976, when Julius Erving became the first Slam Dunk Contest winner during the ABA’s final season. Back then, the league was fighting to ...

NBA legend Julius Erving has rejected calls to make Slam Dunk Contest participation mandatory, instead urging current stars to voluntarily embrace the event's history and help restore its prestige.

Shaquille O'Neal has had enough with the NBA All-Star weekend slam-dunk contest. "So, All-Star weekend, forget the All-Star game. The highlight of the weekend was the dunk contest and the three-point ...

The Dunk Contest once sold itself to fans across the globe. Now, it is fighting to stay alive, and Julius Erving knows why. Erving talked about the current state of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during a ...

One week after a busy trade deadline shook up the league, the NBA's best players are in Salt Lake City for the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend. Follow here as The Athletic's staff offers insights and ...

Julius Erving returns to the site of his ABA dunk contest glory, but it is an emerging aerial master, Larry Nance, that takes the NBA's inaugural competition.

They gave Jordan a 50! It's one of the most famous lines in NBA Slam Dunk Contest history, but it's also a reminder of the occasional controversy that comes from judging the event. Stream Los Angeles ...