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Michael Jordan, Isaiah Rider, Kobe Bryant, Brent Barry and Dwight Howard are the only players to have won an NBA championship and a slam dunk championship. 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.
Michael Jordan wows the crowd at Market Square Arena in the 1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest during the All-Star weekend Feb. 9, 1985 Jeff Atteberry/The Star The First Round
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. Both ...
Jordan goes to the basket for a slam dunk in 1987. ... 2× IBM Award winner: 1985, 1989; ... Michael Jordan outscored all but one opponent he faced in his playoffs ...
Iconic sports photographer Walter Iooss joins 2 Point Lead host Yannis Pappas to talk about his memories of the 1998 NBA Dunk Contest. Iooss snapped one of the most famous basketball pictures ever ...
Michael Jordan dunking in 1987. Larry Nance won the first modern dunk contest in 1984. Spud Webb at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) defeated 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Dominique Wilkins in the 1986 dunk contest. Michael Jordan nicknamed "Air Jordan" for his dunking ability, popularized a dunk referred to by some fans as the "Leaner" in 1987 contest.
Most Slam Dunk Contests won; 3 by Nate Robinson (2006, 2009, 2010) Most consecutive Slam Dunk Contests won; 2 by Michael Jordan (1987, 1988) 2 by Jason Richardson (2002, 2003) 2 by Nate Robinson (2009, 2010) 2 by Zach LaVine (2015, 2016) 2 by Mac McClung (2023, 2024) Most Three-Point Shootout Contests won; 3 by Larry Bird (1986, 1987, 1988)
His leaping ability, demonstrated by performing slam dunks from the free-throw line in Slam Dunk Contests, earned him the nicknames "Air Jordan" and "His Airness". [ 5 ] [ 14 ] Jordan won his first NBA title with the Bulls in 1991 and followed that achievement with titles in 1992 and 1993 , securing a three-peat .