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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 ...
The slam dunk contest was first held as an unofficial event in 1985, and became an official part of the festivities in 1987. The three-point contest was first held for boys in 1989, with a girls' competition added alongside the inaugural girls' game in 2002.
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 ...
In 1988, Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan beat Atlanta Hawks forward and two-time Slam Dunk Contest champion Dominique Wilkins with an iconic dunk from the free-throw line.
The winner of the contest received $1,000 and a stereo system. [12] Julius Erving went on to win the competition by completing the now famous free throw line dunk. The Slam Dunk Contest would make its way to the NBA in 1976–77 as a season-long competition for that season only, and on a permanent basis as a standalone event as part of the NBA ...
The dunk contest used to attract some of the game's best players -- Michael Jordan, Wilkins, and Kobe Bryant are past champions and Julius Erving won it in the ABA -- but Brown is the first All ...
Slam Dunk Contest; Three-Point Shoot-out; Sunday, April 2: 18th Annual Boys All-American Game; The Coca-Cola JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. The slam dunk contest was first held in 1987, and a 3-point shooting challenge was added in 1989.
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest has been held consistently since 1984, but the tricks and performances have only gotten more and more mind-blowing each year.