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Kobe Bryant is the youngest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 18, while Dominique Wilkins is the oldest player to win the slam dunk contest at the age of 30. At 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m), Spud Webb is the shortest player to win the NBA slam dunk contest.
Oldest Three-Point Shootout Contest Champion; Jeff Hornacek (36 years, 286 days) Oldest Skills Challenge Contest Champion; Steve Nash (36 years, 6 days) Only player to win Slam Dunk Contest and All-Star Game MVP in the same year; Michael Jordan (1988) Only player to win 3-point Contest and All-Star Game MVP in the same year; Damian Lillard ...
At the time, he was the second-youngest player ever to play in an NBA game (18 years, 72 days) and also became the youngest NBA starter (18 years, 158 days). [59] [60] Initially, Bryant played limited minutes, but as the season continued, he began to see some more playing time. By the end of the season, Bryant averaged 15.5 minutes a game.
The 6-5 sky-walking former Timberwolves and current Bulls guard helped bring excitement back to the NBA dunk contest winning in 2015 and 2016. ... big man Pharrel Payne in Sunday's win against the ...
2nd youngest player to be named to the NBA All-Defensive Team: (1999–2000 season) [35] Youngest player to be named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team; Youngest player to start a game: (18 years, 158 days) [4] Youngest player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Championship: (18 years, 169 days) [36]
In 1984, the NBA found itself looking for a gimmick to get more eyes on the All-Star Game, also in Denver, and decided to pair the Dunk Contest with an old-timers' game to create a second night of ...
Only four Heat players have ever participated in the Slam Dunk Contest — Billy Thompson in 1990, Harold Miner in 1993 and 1995, and Derrick Jones Jr. in 2020.
Rookie Zach LaVine won the Slam Dunk Contest to become the youngest champion (19) since an 18-year-old Kobe Bryant in 1997. [31] He became a crowd favorite after his first dunk, which he performed while wearing Michael Jordan's No. 23 jersey from the movie Space Jam, which inspired him as a youngster to become a basketball player. [32]