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Slam Dunk Contest
Obi Toppin in the 2022 dunk contest
Sport
Basketball
Competition
National Basketball Association
Discipline
Dunking
Sponsored by
AT&T
History
First award
Julius Erving, 1976
Most wins
Nate Robinson: 3 times
Most recent
Mac McClung, 2024
Website
NBA AT&T Slam Dunk
The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend.[1]Sports Illustrated wrote "the dunk contest was the best halftime invention since the bathroom."[2][3]
The contest was conceived of and started by the American Basketball Association (ABA) for its 1976 ABA All-Star Game in Denver.[2] The winner was Julius Erving of the New York Nets.[2] As a result of the ABA–NBA merger later that year, the contest moved to the NBA for the 1976–77 season.[4]
There was not another slam dunk contest at the professional level until 1984.[5] The contest has adopted several formats over the years, including, until 2014, the use of fan voting, via text-messaging, to determine the winner of the final round. The current champion of the Slam Dunk Contest is Mac McClung of the Osceola Magic.[6]
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^"NBA Slam Dunk Contest: A look back at the posterizing dunks by all 30 champs". List Wire: USA Today Sports. 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
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