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Mac McClung, 2024. Website. NBA AT&T Slam Dunk. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. [1] Sports Illustrated wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime invention since the bathroom." [2] [3]
1985 NBA All-Star Game. The 35th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on February 10, 1985, at the Hoosier Dome [1] in Indianapolis. The coaches were K. C. Jones (Boston Celtics) for the East, and Pat Riley (Los Angeles Lakers) for the West. The MVP was Ralph Sampson, Houston (29 minutes, 24 points, 10 rebounds).
Julius Erving. Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is an American former professional basketball player. Erving helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), [1] and he was the best-known player in that league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after ...
Twelve years later, Vince Carter of the Toronto Raptors stunned fans with arguably the league's best slam dunk performance that included a 360-degree windmill and an "elbow-in-the-rim" dunk. In ...
Vince Carter dunking in 2009. A slam dunk, also simply known as dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with one or both hands. [1] It is a type of field goal that is worth two points.
Zach LaVine. Zachary Thomas LaVine ( / ləˈviːn / lə-VEEN; [1] born March 10, 1995) [2] is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick by the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Summer Olympics. 2000 Sydney. EuroBasket. 2005 Serbia & Montenegro. Frédéric Weis (born 22 June 1977) is a French former professional basketball player. Despite being a first-round NBA draft pick he never played professionally in North America.
NBA D-League All-Star Game MVP (2012) McDonald's All-American ( 2005) Stats at NBA.com. Stats at Basketball-Reference.com. Gerald Green (born January 26, 1986) is an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 18th overall pick in the 2005 NBA draft.