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Judging purely on the star power and on the dunks themselves, the 1985 Slam Dunk Contest at Market Square Arena stands out as one of the best ever, and one that shaped what would follow.
One of his most exciting dunks was a high-flying dunk over former Slam Dunk Contest winner, 5'7" Spud Webb. The 2006 Slam Dunk Contest was also the first Dunk Contest in history to have a "Dunk Off", the equivalent to a Dunk Contest overtime, between Knicks point guard Nate Robinson and shooting guard Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers ...
Twelve years later, Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors stunned fans with arguably the league's best slam dunk performance that included a 360-degree windmill and an "elbow-in-the-rim" dunk.
Vince Carter dunking in 2009. 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]
The 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest is widely heralded as one of the greatest dunk contests of all time. It featured two of the highest flyers of the time, Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins . The other participants of the contest included Clyde Drexler , Julius Erving , Darrell Griffith , Larry Nance , Terence Stansbury , and Orlando Woolridge .
In years past, the dunk contest has produced some unbelievable and memorable photos of NBA stars getting big air.
The "Dunk of Death" ("le dunk de la mort" in French) refers to a slam dunk by American basketball player Vince Carter during the 2000 Summer Olympics. After a steal, the 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Carter, leapt over 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) French player Frédéric Weis. The dunk is widely considered one of the greatest and most famous of all time.
The best dunker the NBA can find is still a G Leaguer. Osceola Magic guard Mac McClung delivered another set of wild dunks to defeat the Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown in the final of the NBA Slam ...