Clyde Drexler skies in the 1987 Dunk Contest. (Walter Iooss Jr./Sports Illustrated Classic) There is only one man who tried and failed to win the Dunk Contest more times than Kemp.

Dunk contest participants: Clyde Drexler, Darrell Griffith, Dominique Wilkins, Edgar Jones, Julius Erving, Larry Nance, Michael Cooper, Orlando Woolridge, Ralph Sampson 2009 dunk contest: 16.46 ppg ...

Portland's first representative in the Slam Dunk Contest came in 1984 with Clyde Drexler. Drexler’s selection was hardly a surprise, as he was known for his impressive athleticism, leaping ...

The 2014 NBA Slam Dunk Contest has one of its best fields in years yet the league still keeps fucking with the rules.They've chosen to have a team system where it's East vs. West or whatever. We ...

And it's not like LeBron never did a dunk contest before. In fact, he won the McDonald's All-American Game's Powerade Jam Fest just months before he entered the NBA, defeating future NBA high ...

Case in point: watch this slam by J.R. Smith from the 2005 Dunk Contest. It’s a dunk that has been forgotten by time. You might not have seen it if you’re a younger NBA fan.

Despite his aerial artistry, Drexler never won a dunk contest, partly because his jams were more graceful, Bob Beamon-esque broad jumps through the air than explosive throw-downs, and partly ...

Michael Jordan admitted the 1988 Dunk Contest win over Dominique Wilkins may have been influenced by the Chicago crowd. ... Surpassing the likes of Spud Webb, Otis Smith, and Clyde Drexler, ...

When Wilkins won his first dunking hardware in 1985, he beat out three other Hall of Famers in Jordan, Julius “Dr. J” Erving, and Clyde Drexler. In 2023, the Dunk Contest was won by Mac ...

Legends Dominque Wilkins and Clyde Drexler were in the dunk contest the most at five times apiece. The aforementioned Robinson, Virginia native Jerome Kersey, Dwight Howard and Shawn Kemp each ...

Portland's first representative in the Slam Dunk Contest came in 1984 with Clyde Drexler. Drexler’s selection was hardly a surprise, as he was known for his impressive athleticism, leaping ...