I can’t decide what the best part of this play is. Is it the borderline-sociopathic level of calm LeBron displays while executing one of the most insane dunks in finals history? Or is it Mike Breen, ...

The dunk contest used to be a showcase event. It’s now a zombie thrill. It’s this thing the NBA keeps reviving out of tradition or obligation or assumption that, because dunks are still among the most ...

Remember when Blake Griffin jumped over (the hood of) a Kia car in the dunk contest? Griffin's foray into the dunk contest was one of the most highly anticipated in history, and instead wound up as a ...

When the Grizzlies drafted Ja Morant second overall in the NBA Draft they knew they were getting someone with incredible athletic ability. Morant is one of those guys that isn’t just bigger, faster, ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is a little played out. Once you’ve seen Michael Jordan take off from the free-throw line and Vince Carter do everything else, are there really any cool dunks left? With all ...

OK, that was terrible. All year we’ve looked forward to the new format of the NBA Dunk Contest, and after a shorter-than-expected period of mediocrity, it mercifully ended. The NBA did a great job of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Stop us if you've heard this before: The dunk contest is broken. Saturday night's event in Indianapolis was, once again, a snooze fest. Mac McClung won with some cool dunks, but the ...

1984 at the All-Star Game in Denver is when the NBA brought the Dunk Contest back (sort of, it was an old ABA thing). Dr. J was the favorite. Dominique Wilkins was competing. And Larry Nance won the ...

The year 2016 was a lot of things. Thankfully for us, one of those things was “filled with incredible dunks.” And now we decided to rank the very best of the year, at all levels of basketball. Perhaps ...