With Vince Carter in the midst of his 21st NBA season, there's been a movement among some to recruit him to compete in ...

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 ...

NBA All-Star Saturday Night has lost a bit of luster from what it was at its peak, but the Three-Point Shootout and Dunk Contest can still be really fun when you get the right mix of competitors. The ...

The Slam Dunk Contest has long been considered the crown jewel of NBA All-Star weekend. The climactic point between the Rising Stars Game on Friday and the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, the dunk ...

All-Star Saturday from the Intuit Dome is in the books. Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat edged out Carter Bryant of the San Antonio Spurs to win the Slam Dunk Contest. But the highlight of the night ...

Every couple of years, we have to declare the Slam Dunk contest dead.It just takes a year or two where major stars don't ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- Pretty much every year we see a variant of the same idea. Some NBA superstar is sitting in a hotel room or on a tropical island in the early days of the All-Star break, watching either ...

Mac McClung on Saturday was once again the only reason the NBA Slam Dunk Contest remains worth watching. McClung entered this year’s contest as the reigning two-time dunk champion. On his very first ...

There is a balancing act in how the Lakers could have cap space and also retain their free agents, including LeBron James,” Marks wrote last Saturday. “The Lakers could bypass using cap space and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Keshad Johnson of the Miami Heat won the 2026 NBA Dunk Contest. The ...