Under the new team format, they dominated the Freestyle Round, capping it off with a pass off the backboard from Ross to Wall, then off the shot clock from Wall to George for the finish.
Erving and Nance received first-round byes as they were the finalists from the previous year.
Nate Robinson is an inspiration for many sub 6 ft tall basketball players around the world who dream of one day throwing down their first dunk. To the delight of NBA fans, the 2015 contest was changed back to its original format, as the Freestyle Round as well as the teams were taken out.
Many fans argue that Iguodala should have won the contest, as it took Robinson fourteen attempts before finally completing his dunk. His victory over Wilkins in 1988 in Chicago finished with a perfect 50 dunk from the free-throw line for his third dunk to win the contest.
2000 Take a look back at each of the winners…. Ralph Sampson, at 7'4", is the tallest player to compete in the dunk contest, while Dwight Howard is the tallest winner, at 6'11", though he is now listed at 6'10". Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks participates in the Slam Dunk Contest. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk Contest for sponsorship reasons) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend.
2010The final round was decided by fan voting via text messaging. [citation needed] Although a longtime critic, LeBron James said he would perform in the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest. Carter won after performing a number of very impressive dunks, including two 360 windmills, a honey dip, and a between-the-legs dunk off a bounced alley-oop from McGrady.
[3] With teammate Jameer Nelson's assistance he would make a leaping dunk from just in front of the free-throw line after a running start, throwing the ball through the rim from a few feet away. The following year in Houston, New York's Kenny "Sky" Walker, a last-minute replacement whose father died just days beforehand, upset Portland's Clyde Drexler, the hometown favorite and Houston native who was seen as the favorite, being that Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins were not competing. Jeremy Evans won the 2012 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest by performing a dunk over Kevin Hart on February 25 in Orlando, Florida with 29% of the votes. [4] Other noteworthy dunks included the first round slam by Jamario Moon while the previous year's winner, Gerald Green, relied heavily on theatrics by blowing out a cupcake with a birthday candle on the rim before dunking (a jam he termed "The Birthday Cake"). At 5'7", Spud Webb is the shortest player to win the NBA slam dunk contest (Nate Robinson is 5'9"). With the change in the rules requiring an additional teammate starting in the second round, they proved there were indeed many ways to dunk a]] took the title with a great dunk-off. As the 1990s progressed, stars such as Jordan, Wilkins and Drexler sometimes declined to participate and were replaced by less-known players. Other noteworthy dunks include a dunk by Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, who, while making his dunk, stuck a sticker with his smiling face on the backboard a reported 12'6" from the ground, two and a half feet beyond the regulation NBA rim.[2]. One of his most exciting dunks was a high-flying dunk over former Slam Dunk Contest winner, 5'7" Spud Webb.
A tournament format was adopted for this year. Team East, composed of dunkers Paul George, defending champion Terrence Ross, and John Wall won the 2014 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest in commanding fashion. Jun 23, 2013 - Robinson won the 2010 Slam Dunk Contest, becoming the first three-time Slam Dunk champion. On January 27, 1976 at McNichols Sports Arena during halftime of the 1976 ABA All Star Game the first-ever Slam Dunk Contest was held, which was won by Julius Erving of the New York Nets over David Thompson of the Denver Nuggets, Artis Gilmore of the Kentucky Colonels, and George Gervin and Larry Kenon of the San Antonio Spurs. Iguodala pulled off a dunk where he started out of bounds from the right side of the baseline while teammate Allen Iverson bounced the ball off the back of the right side of the backboard. 2012The format for this season was changed so that each participant had 3 dunks, and the results would be entirely decided by fan voting online, via text messaging, and (for the first time) via Twitter. [16] Prior to the 2007 competition, the NBA changed a few rules to prevent excessive dunk attempts. | CelticsLife.com – Boston Celtics Fan Site, Blog, T-shirts", "Blake Griffin Won the NBA Dunk Contest: Too Bad It Was Fixed", "Nate Robinson thinks the dunk contest is rigged", "Blake Griffin COULDN'T lose Slam Dunk contest? With the spectacular dunks of prior contests, there was buzz[citation needed] that the dunk competition could regain the popularity it had in the 1980s. Nate Robinson looks like he could still win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest Alex Myers 10/11/2018. Though Jordan & Wilkins still played in the All-Star Game, Jordan chose not to compete due to a minor injury, and Wilkins did not compete in the competition due to a hand injury.[1].
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