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The NBA brought the Slam Dunk Contest back for the 2000 All-Star Weekend in Oakland, California. The 2000 contest was widely acclaimed, featuring a showdown between eventual winner Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors, his cousin and then-teammate Tracy McGrady, and the Houston Rockets' Steve Francis. Carter won after performing a number of very ...
Desmond Mason was drafted out of Oklahoma State University by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 17th pick of the 2000 NBA draft. In 2001, he became the first SuperSonics' player in franchise history to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. He also finished in second place in the 2003 contest behind Jason Richardson. [1]
During the 2000 NBA All-Star Weekend, Carter showcased arguably the most memorable Slam Dunk Contest event in its history. [24] He won the contest by performing an array of dunks including a 360° windmill, a between-the-legs bounce dunk, and an "elbow in the rim" dunk (also known as a "cookie jar" dunk or the "honey dip"). [25]
It’s the second consecutive dunk contest win for Jordan. One night later, wins his first All-Star game MVP award. ... Jordan retires from the NBA for a second time. Jan. 19, 2000: ...
In years past, the dunk contest has produced some unbelievable and memorable photos of NBA stars getting big air.
Although the dunk was introduced by Vince Carter in the 2000 NBA Slam Dunk contest, Kobe Bryant was filmed performing the dunk two years earlier in 1998 at an exhibition in the Philippines [51] and during the 1997 offseason at Magic Johnson's A Midsummer Night's Magic charity event as well as Roy Hinson who performed the dunk during warm-ups ...
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 next year the NBA brought the dunk contest into existence, but in an even more odd format, pitting one player from each team in a series of one-on-one dunk competitions throughout the season ...