CNN’s Kaitlan Collins caught up with DJ Daniel, the 13-year-old cancer survivor honored by President Donald Trump during his ...

The NBA then created its own slam-dunking contest in 1984, and the tradition was born. The late Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years ...

Two years later, Kobe Bryant became the only Laker to ever win the Dunk Contest. Kobe was an 18-year-old rookie at the time, making him the youngest to ever win it. This was one of the first ...

February 8, 1997: Kobe Bryant (age 18) of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk Contest in Cleveland. Bryant defeated Chris Carr of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Michael Finley ...

A new All-Star Game format debuted, a dunk contest piqued interest and Inside the NBA said farewell during 2025 NBA All-Star ...

After entering the league from Lower Merion High School, Kobe Bryant competed in the dunk contest at just 18 years old. Bryant missed two dunks, which put a lot of pressure on the rookie.

Ironically, both his predecessors, Kobe and MJ, participated in the dunk contest and won it. Leading the race among guards when it comes to dunking, Wade's high-flying abilities even earned him ...

This was not a problem in the past years as the best of the best participated and competed against each other, like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Julius Erving, Dominique Wilkins, and ...

"If we don't do it, it could have been gone forever," said VC. Fans got excited after Vince put his name in the 2000 Dunk Contest. The NBA decided to eliminate the Dunk Contest du ...

he became the only player in NBA history to win the NBA Dunk Contest three consecutive years. Nobody — not Jordan, not Kobe, not even three-time winners like Nate Robinson — did it three years ...