The Indiana Pacers have plenty of reason for optimism this season as star point guard Tyrese Haliburton has made his return ...

NBA Hall of Fame player Julius “Dr. J.” Erving has called on current players to “learn the history” of the All-Star Dunk Contest to encourage some of the bigger stars to participate in the annual ...

"That was a dope night" - DeMarcus Cousins recalls the historic performance that put him alongside NBA legends DeMarcus Cousins recalled the night he joined an exclusive group of NBA legends. "You can ...

Julius Erving is recognized as one of the greatest dunkers of all time. The 1981 NBA MVP won the first-ever dunk contest in 1976, and long before Michael Jordan, he was the first to take off from the ...

Matt Barnes led Griffin as he cut to the rim and Blake took off from outside the key to throw down a graceful, yet also powerful dunk as Alex Len just watched. Included in the crowd was Dr. J., no ...

It has been five decades since the night the Slam Dunk Contest was born, but David Thompson remembers it like it happened yesterday. Thompson, one of five players to compete in the first Slam Dunk ...

The evolution of the slam dunk is a lot like man's journey from rubbing sticks together to launching rocket ships — they've come a long way. We've seen some amazing, gravity-defying slam dunks since ...

The Slam Dunk Contest provides basketball fans with plenty of memorable, indelible images, but Sunday's All-Star Game has ...

He feels most players don't know the history and if so, they would participate in the contest NBA Hall of Fame player Julius “Dr. J.” Erving has called on current players to “learn the history” of the ...