I can’t decide what the best part of this play is. Is it the borderline-sociopathic level of calm LeBron displays while executing one of the most insane dunks in finals history? Or is it Mike Breen, ...

The dunk contest used to be a showcase event. It’s now a zombie thrill. It’s this thing the NBA keeps reviving out of tradition or obligation or assumption that, because dunks are still among the most ...

Remember when Blake Griffin jumped over (the hood of) a Kia car in the dunk contest? Griffin's foray into the dunk contest was one of the most highly anticipated in history, and instead wound up as a ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is a little played out. Once you’ve seen Michael Jordan take off from the free-throw line and Vince Carter do everything else, are there really any cool dunks left? With all ...

OK, that was terrible. All year we’ve looked forward to the new format of the NBA Dunk Contest, and after a shorter-than-expected period of mediocrity, it mercifully ended. The NBA did a great job of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Stop us if you've heard this before: The dunk contest is broken. Saturday night's event in Indianapolis was, once again, a snooze fest. Mac McClung won with some cool dunks, but the ...

1984 at the All-Star Game in Denver is when the NBA brought the Dunk Contest back (sort of, it was an old ABA thing). Dr. J was the favorite. Dominique Wilkins was competing. And Larry Nance won the ...

I'll be the first to admit that it's easy to get carried away with calling every cool dunk, "THE DUNK OF THE YEAR," but there's no recency bias here. We have a legit contender. Victor Oladipo has ...