Slam Dunk Contest lineage has a two-year gap where the contest was briefly defunct, in 1998 (people were tired of it) and 1999 (lockout). Absence made the heart grow fonder as Vince Carter put on ...

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Discover the top 10 jaw-dropping dunks in NBA Slam Dunk Contest history, showcasing the event's evolution from Dr. J to present-day highlights.

This was his best dunk of that night and man if it wasn’t awesome. Channelling Carter from 2000, Griffin took it one step further with the lob off the glass and then hanging that much longer for ...

Vince Carter's 2000 Slam Dunk Contest was absolutely unsurpassed in recent NBA history. Even though Tracy McGrady and Steve Francis put on shows of their own, the competition belonged to Vinsanity.

The Slam Dunk Contest is an awesome spectacle of athleticism and creativity, but it can't match the emotional high of an outrageous in-game dunk, certainly not at this stage of its history.

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That contest saw him finish with an awesome off-the-wall, between the legs slam, but he would come second to Cassius Stanley, who participated in last year's dunk contest.