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LeBron James Performs Another Ridiculous Dunk During Pre-Game Warmups (Video)
Prior to last year, I understood why LeBron James never wanted to participate in the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. It wasn’t because he could get injured. It was because the expectations people would have for his performance in such a contest would be off the charts and impossible to live up to. Think about it. [...]
LeBron James Threatens To End His Pregame Dunking
Look what we did, internet. We ruined a good thing. LeBron James's casually thunderous, between-the-legs-and-off-the-glass slam during warmups for Sunday's game went viral, shining a light on a relatively recent Heat tradition: the layup line mini-dunk contest. Show More Summary
Watch: CBA 2013 All Star Slam Dunk Contest was kind of embarrassing
I don't often write about basketball here (I'm British, basketball makes as little sense to me as cricket does to you), but this was too good to pass up. The Chinese Basketball Association held its annual All Star Slam Dunk Contest in Guangzhou on Sunday, and it was kind of terrible. [ more › ]
Key & Peele Solve NBA Slam Dunk Contest, May Have to Rethink Horse Slam Dunk
So you think you have ideas on how to remedy a dish that has gone stale? Well Key & Peele are here to solve every last issue facing the NBA Slam Dunk contest. Comedy Central's newest hit sketch show takes on the world of sports once again with a skit that is sure to resonate with a few basketball fans who have had similar debates. Show More Summary
The Week in Worst: Sometimes you just shouldn't try to slam that dunk
Now that both the All-Star break and the NBA trade deadline are behind us, we can get back to what's really important: mocking professional athletes for isolated moments in time when they looked incompetent. We've assembled some GIFs of these moments so that we can all feel better about ourselves. Show More Summary
LeBron James Holds Impromptu Dunk Contest During Warm-Ups [Video]
LeBron James didn’t partake in this year’s NBA All-Star Dunk contest. In fact, he’s never entered the annual slam fest. But that doesn’t mean that King James isn’t the best dunker in the NBA. King James threw down several big dunks before the Heat took the floor to face the Cleveland Cavaliers. James did a [...]Show More Summary
LeBron James's Pregame Warmup Dunk Was Better Than Anything In The Dunk Contest
If you are an optimist who dreams of a better, more just world, then surely you have envisioned a world in which LeBron James participates in the NBA's annual Slam Dunk Contest. What would he do? An alley-oop, perhaps? A free-throw line...Show More Summary
LeBron James Ignites Slam Dunk Debate with Amazing Jam During Warmups
LeBron James gave the NBA-mad world a taste of what he could do with a basketball, an open hoop and the hankering to throw down one hell of a dunk. Here is some video of the Miami Heat doing layup drills at warm-ups. This isn't the kind of moment you bust out the phone and capture it all in video form. Show More Summary
The Chinese Slam Dunk Contest Was A Pit Of Sadness
The CBA held its all-star game in Guangzhou last night, and like in past years, it was kind of a mess. (The festivities took place between the end of the regular season and the beginning of the playoffs, so anyone who took part had either...Show More Summary
LeBron James' Dunk In Warm-Ups Was Better Than Anything In The Slam Dunk Contest
Much to the chagrin of many basketball fans, LeBron James has never competed in the All-Star weekend Slam Dunk Contest. After watching this video of LeBron in warm-ups, we know exactly what we are missing as this dunk would have easily won this year's contest. Show More Summary
Olivia Wilde: NBA Slam Dunk Contest is 'Stressful'!
Olivia Wilde holds on to her fiance Jason Sudeikis as they take an afternoon stroll on Wednesday (February 20) in New York City. A few days before, the 28-year-old actress was spotted walking around the city with her adorable pup. “Watching the NBA slam dunk contest was the most stressful 30 minutes of my life,” [...]
Brooklyn Nets PR: A Twitter Feed That's a Slam Dunk
Summary: Parody Twitter accounts are fun. I realize that's not breaking news but it begs repeating, namely when one comes across a real-as-verified Twitter account that reads like a parody, only it's not. Case in point: The Brooklyn Nets (@Nets_PR). Full disclosure: I'm a Dallas Mavericks guy (#MFFL for those scoring at home).
Jeremy Evans, Javale McGee Among Top 10 NBA Dunk Contest Losers of All Time
Works of art are subjective. The merits, or lack thereof, are based solely on the values of those judging them. In other words, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The audience in attendance at the 2013 All-Star Weekend NBA Slam Dunk...Show More Summary
The half-court heave: Celebrating sports' greatest miracle
Vince Carter once hit eight consecutive three-pointers in a playoff game. He won the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, one of the most memorable in the competition's history, with an impossible-looking between-the-legs dunk. In the Summer Olympics,...Show More Summary
10 Slam Dunk Predictions for Latest Rumors Ahead of 2013 NBA Trade Deadline
The NBA Trade Deadline comes and passes on Thursday the 21st. With multiple teams looking to shake free some cap space, make a push for the playoffs, put the finishing touches on a potential championship team or just free a player that needs to be let go, the flood of trades is likely to start any minute now. Show More Summary
Terrance Ross’s Slam Dunk Contest Championship Performance in Super Slow Motion (Videos)
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest always inspires mixed feelings. On the one hand, unless you really enjoy watching B-list celebrities playing basketball, or watching basketball superstars play no defense whatsoever, the Dunk Contest is clearly the most entertaining aspect of the NBA’s All-Star Weekend. On the other hand, every time I watch it, I can’t [...]
NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2013: Future Events Are Doomed Without Biggest Stars
There was no LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant or Dwyane Wade at the 2013 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Those are the biggest names in the sport, yet all of them, and every other star, sat back and differed again to the high-flying youngsters to put on a show. Show More Summary
NBA Slam Dunk Contest 2013: What Future Stars Can Learn from This Year's Errors
The NBA All-Star weekend is packed with both rising stars, exciting events and jaw-dropping displays of athleticism, epitomized by this year's Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. This year’s contest wasn ’t loaded with huge names, but it featured...Show More Summary
Top 5 Slam Dunk Performances of All Time
The NBA is a league that has been full of legendary stars throughout its history. No event illuminates that top-tier talent better than the annual Slam Dunk Contest. A single great dunk like Blake Griffin jumping over a Kia was memorable. Show More Summary
The Slam Dunk Contest is dead... again
Saturday night brought the annual return of one of my favorite themes in the sports calendar - the impending death of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. It's really quite the phenomenon. Like clockwork, almost every All Star Saturday Night brings the call to finally put an end to an event that saw its prime a full generation ago. Show More Summary