The NBA All-Star Weekend in San Francisco was a celebration of basketball's finest, with an array of events bringing together the league's elite athletes. One of the weekend’s highlights was the All-Star Game, where the NBA debuted a new tournament-style ...

Kobe Bryant believed LeBron James could not win in a 2010 Slam Dunk Contest: "He would come in a close second" originally appeared on Basketball Network. In early 2010, Shaquille O'Neal urged his former congenial partner, Kobe Bryant, to enter the NBA Slam ...

Jason Richardson, a two-time NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion and one of the most electrifying high-flyers of his era, recently voiced his disappointment over a long-standing All-Star Weekend letdown, LeBron James’ refusal to ever participate in the Slam ...

Throughout his significant 22-year NBA journey, Lebron James has achieved almost everything imaginable, including MVP awards, championships, scoring titles, and consistent All-Star selections. However, in one popular event, the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, he ...

21-time All-NBA Los Angeles Lakers power forward LeBron James remains a potent force in the league, even as its oldest active player for the past two seasons. The 40-year-old is slated to embark on his record-breaking 23rd year in the NBA, having opted ...

LeBron James has redefined athleticism for an entire generation, but according to Former Los Angeles Lakers star and the 1992 NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion Cedric Ceballos, one crown was never meant for the King: the All-Star Weekend’s high-flying dunk ...

Are you disappointed that LeBron James never participated in the Slam Dunk Contest? Jason Richardson: I was a little bit because if you look back at the history of the Slam Dunk Contest even when I was kid, if you were a high flyer or if you were a ...