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

Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has accomplished so much over his long career but there are a few things that he has never done. One of which is participating in the NBA Slam Dunk contest ...

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 ...

It didn't matter that four of the five Los Angeles Lakers starting players, including Luka Doncic and LeBron James, were out against the Denver Nuggets on Friday night—Austin Reaves was able to shine ...

The first jersey Michael Jordan ever wore on an NBA court in 1984. The jersey Kobe Bryant was wearing when he played his ...

The Dunk Contest used to be the NBA’s ultimate show of athleticism and acrobatics with great players such as Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, Vince Carter and Dominique Wilkins on ...

With a third straight NBA Dunk Contest title Saturday night in the ... part in the event used to be commonplace. Vince Carter, Kobe Bryant, Jason Richardson, Dominique Wilkins, Nate Robinson ...

But casual NBA observers still probably ... Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant had yet to hit the apex of their popularity when they became dunk champions. Fans probably got a little excited when ...

The NBA knows the dunk contest is flailing. It just hasn’t figured out how to replace it. In 1998, a year after an abysmal dunk-off headlined by a young Kobe Bryant, the league replaced the ...