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"We should sponsor a national slam dunk contest" - Stephen A. Smith suggests the NBA should the best dunkers off the streets for the dunk contest
The NBA All-Star weekend is less than a month away, yet no big-time NBA star has expressed intention to join this year's Dunk Contest ... Clark, Jordan Southerland, and Jordan Kilganon.
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Michael Jordan steal & slam in 1988
As a part of MJ's career-high 10 steal performance, Jordan gave a preview of the 1988 Dunk Contest with this athletic steal and slam.
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The heady history of the slam dunk (and how street style stormed the NBA)
Chances are you’ve heard of Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You would have to be culturally illiterate to be unfamiliar with Michael Jordan. But I’d bet money that you don’t know the ...
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Dr. J no fan of current dunk contest
The dunk later was repeated by Michael Jordan, among others. "The more the slam dunk resembles the actions of the mascots, it seems the more the crowd loves it," he said during All-Star weekend.