In a 2023 episode of “First Take,” ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith caused controversy by claiming that LeBron James is to blame for the decline of the dunk contest. Smith explained that, over the past ...

NBA trades are not all that uncommon, but when they involve superstar players, it certainly is big news and can be unexpected.

He's currently the Associate Director of Programing. The 2025 NBA Dunk Contest participants have been announced, and it might be the weakest field ever in terms of name recognition. As the dunk ...

I am pro-NBA dunk contest. Even in 2025. I understand the criticism of it. I understand that we want stars to be in it. I understand that, at times, it feels like the best dunks have been done and ...

The dunk contest that most sports fans have been waiting for won't take place until Feb. 15 with the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest. But there's another annual dunk contest that shouldn't be slept ...

The NBA’s All-Star Weekend is quickly approaching, and the field for the 2025 NBA Slam Dunk Contest has been finalized. Orlando Magic guard Mac McClung will aim to win his third straight dunk ...

NEW YORK — Aaron Gordon rejoined Denver’s starting lineup ... Cancar, 27, landed awkwardly after a dunk on Nov. 19 and spent two weeks seeking medical advice regarding multiple surgical ...

Aaron Gordon has been hurt for much of the season, Michael Porter Jr. never quite leveled up beyond a solid third wheel, and Jamal Murray has spent a couple years laboring through his own injury bug.

Victor Wembanyama has a new point guard: De'Aaron Fox is on his way out of Sacramento and headed to San Antonio. Fox is one of the centerpieces of a trade agreed to by three teams, one that sends ...