The National Basketball Association (NBA) Slam Dunk Contest has declined in popularity in recent years, in large part due to a lack of star-player participation relative to the NBA All Star Game. The purpose of the current study is to evaluate the effect of NBA Slam Dunk Contest participation...
1985 NBA Slam Dunk Contest Participants: Front Row (L-R) Julius Erving, Larry Nance, Dominique Wilkins, Orlando Woolridge, Back Row (L-R) Clyde Drexler, Michael Jordan, Darrell Griffith and Terrenc...
Less than a month before the NBA holds its signature event, Robinson threw a potential monkey wrench into the All-Star festivities when he declared Monday he'll be participating in the dunk contest because "the champion has to go back.""The NBA, they asked me: 'Do you want to do it?'...
Scores of 464 dunks (of 682) in the 1984-2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contests (SDCs) were analyzed. Nonparametric regression was used to analyze the elements of dunks themselves (R2 = 0.44). Residuals were the dependent variable in a linear mixed-model with contest formatting and superlative variables...
BOSTON -- It's official. Jaylen Brown will be participating in the NBA's Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend. Whathad been rumoredearlier in the week was confirmed on Thursday, when the NBA announced that the Celtics' All-Star is among the group of four participants in this year's...
See 2023 NBA Dunk Contest participants and how to watchoriginally appeared onNBC Sports Philadelphia The NBA’s best talent is set to take on the 2023 All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. One of the most iconic events – the Slam Dunk Contest – will be held on Saturday night...
"Sources tell me Boston Celtics All-NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is seriously considering participating in the Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend this month," Charania said on X. "Later this week, the league will announce the full list of participants for All-Star Saturday night, and Bro...
Charania reported Monday night that Brown is “seriously considering” participating in the Slam Dunk Contest during All-Star weekend Feb. 16-18. The list of participants will be released later this week. Just in — East All-NBA/All-Star forward is seriously considering participating in the Slam...
• You can watch the 2024 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest live with Sling (promotional offers) or DirecTV Stream (free trial). Who is participating in the 2024 NBA Slam Dunk Contest? A look at the participants and their latest odds to win the event...
The 2020 NBA Slam Dunk Contest did not disappoint. With a field including new-comer Pat Connaughton, former Dunk Contest champion Dwight Howard, and former dunk contest participants Derrick Jones Jr and Aaron Gordon, the contest was set to be a primetime spectacle. ...