Spud Webb, a 12-year NBA veteran and at 5-foot-7 the shortest player to win the dunk contest, sat down with HoopsHype, on behalf Panini America, to discuss the diminishing allure of today’s NBA ...

Asher Price looks back at Spud Webb's iconic performance in The Year of the Dunk: A Modest Defiance of Gravity (Random House, 2015).

Every NBA fan knows the name Spud Webb is synonymous to a dunking legend. At 5'6", Webb etched his name in history by winning the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk contest. Since then, Spud became a fan-favorite ...

Spud Webb's dunks highlighted All-Star Weekend at Reunion Arena in 1986. Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images "If that's Spud Webb," Valvano supposedly said to his assistant as the little ...

I suppose you saw the same pictures I did. The ones with the jockey slam- dunking basketballs in Dallas?Spud Webb, they called him.You and I know when we`re being kidded, right? This guy is about ...

Spud Webb (Images Credit: Getty Images) As mentioned, the NBA draft combine statistics are unavailable for the players selected before 2000-01. Anthony Webb (Spud Webb) reported a vertical jump of ...

DALLAS -- Spud Webb didn't last a dozen years in the NBA because of his dunking ability. But that's definitely what people remember best about him. How could you forget a 5-foot-7 rookie pulling ...

On Feb. 8, 1986, Spud Webb—all 5 feet 7 inches of him—won the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk contest, routing his 6’8” Hawks teammate Dominique Wilkins, instantly becoming a legend while making ...

Former NBA Dunk Champion takes his place in the Dallas ISD Athletic Hall of Fame 05:37. DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) — Tonight, Dallas native Spud Webb takes his place as part of the fifth class of ...

Spud Webb, a 12-year NBA veteran and at 5-foot-7 the shortest player to win the dunk contest, sat down with HoopsHype, on behalf Panini America, to discuss the diminishing allure of today's NBA ...