The Slam Dunk Contest was once the crown jewel of NBA All-Star Saturday Night. Is that still the case? The league has struggled to sustain heavy interest in the competition in the years since Zach ...

SAN FRANCISCO – The marquee event of 2025 NBA's All-Star Saturday Night was, once again, the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest. This year's contestants were: Reigning two-time champion Mac McClung of the ...

Well, that fix is a flop. The Dunk Contest has never, in its 20-ish years of delight and groaning defeat, rostered a star. Not really. It’s a place where stars are vaulted into collective fan ...

The excitement that once surrounded the Slam Dunk Contest has faded, and while history could be made Saturday night, you likely won't hear anyone talking up this year's event. Mac McClung is the ...

Poor Stephon Castle. While his first two jams in Saturday's Dunk Contest left a bit to be desired, his second two were spectacular. Dunk No. 3 was one we've never seen before, as Castle caught the ...

It’s almost time for the NBA’s annual Slam Dunk Contest. Get the details on when the competition is and more. Now that football season is over, basketball is back in action, and the annual NBA ...

No matter who's participating, the dunk contest remains one of the most anticipated events of NBA All-Star weekend. The ferocious slams, the twists and turns mid-air and the tricks players pull ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest. That’s right, the dunk contest, an All-Star weekend highlight since 1984, an event this publication once called “the best invention since the bathroom.” ...

Along with what will fix the All-Star Game, we begin to hear that the Dunk Contest is irrevocably broken. So busted, such a cheap imposter of its once glorious self that it can only be fixed with ...