While the All-Star Game serves as the grand finale of NBA All-Star Weekend on NBC and Peacock, for many NBA fans, it's not the prime event. That honor goes to the annual Dunk Contest, where a select ...

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 ...

The 2026 NBA Slam Dunk Contest was an exciting finale to NBA All-Star Saturday Night, held at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, on Feb. 14. A second-year forward out of Arizona, Johnson was ...

Vince Carter Brings New Life to the Slam Dunk Contest. It would prove to be one of the most electrifying dunk contests in the league's history, featuring a showdown between ...

NBA All-Star Weekend is here, and this year the league has bigger problems than superstars not trying in an exhibition game. The moral panic over tanking has reached a fever pitch ahead of a loaded ...

Saturday night of All-Star Weekend continues to be the pinnacle of the NBA’s midseason festivities, with the 2026 Slam Dunk Contest promising to be another enjoyable competition. By introducing four ...

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

Shaquille O'Neal has had enough with the NBA All-Star weekend slam-dunk contest. "So, All-Star weekend, forget the All-Star game. The highlight of the weekend was the dunk contest and the three-point ...

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The NBA Slam-Dunk Contest is set for Saturday night, February 14 in Los Angeles, and the field has not exactly drawn a wave of excitement from fans of the league. We’re a long way removed from the ...