Matas Buzelis is the Chicago Bulls rookie who has seen a larger role after former Slam Dunk Contest champion Zach LaVine was traded away. In his last five games, Buzelis is averaging 15.6 points a ...

The NBA has been trying to re-invent the All Star Game over the past few years to get its stars to take the event more seriously but the league has had little t ...

The 6-foot-2 McClung — a standout guard in the G League who has appeared in only five NBA games — is headed back to All-Star ...

Rick Welts vividly remembers the genesis of All-Star Weekend, more than four decades later. In the early 1980s, the NBA’s ...

It was the greatest combination of talent and dunkers in Slam Dunk contest history, and a little-known Pacer almost stole the ...

His monster slam in Atlanta came in front of legends Dominique Wilkins and Julius Erving and served notice he's ready to ...

I was so surprised and stunned when I found out. I had no idea it was coming – or even that it was a possibility to imagine,' ...

Chances are you’ve heard of Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... It was, as Sielski writes, “an early version of the ...

In a 2023 episode of “First Take,” ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith caused controversy by claiming that LeBron James is to blame for the decline of the dunk contest. Smith explained that, over the past ...

Stephon Castle confirmed he will participate in the Slam Dunk Contest, and the San Antonio Spurs rookie received some tips from a past winner: Hall of Famer Vince Carter. The fourth pick was a guest ...