NBA All-Star Weekend is finally here and all the festivities are underway from Los Angeles as one of the weekend’s most anticipated events will return with a fresh group of players. The NBA Slam Dunk ...

The Dunk Contest once sold itself to fans across the globe. Now, it is fighting to stay alive, and Julius Erving knows why.

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest used to mean something. It featured the league’s best players going head-to-head in front of ...

Will the King finally take flight in the league's most prestigious aerial showdown before he retires?

INGLEWOOD, CA — The NBA All-Star Weekend festivities have arrived. Saturday featured a wealth of events, highlighted by the mainstays: the NBA Slam Dunk and 3-Point Contests. Damian Lillard made a ...

Julius "Dr. J" Erving urged current NBA players to learn the history of the All-Star Dunk Contest to encourage bigger names to participate, according to TMZ. The NBA All-Star Dunk Contest has shown ...

Dr. J says players should volunteer, not be forced to join the Dunk Contest.

INGLEWOOD — If you still didn’t like the NBA’s newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don’t like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere’s consensus after the ...

Sorry, Carter Bryant, but the NBA dunk contest could use some star power. Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images INGLEWOOD, Calif ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — If you still didn’t like the NBA’s newest All-Star Game format, you probably just don’t like All-Star games. That seemed to be the sports sphere’s consensus after the ...