The Dunk Contest once sold itself to fans across the globe. Now, it is fighting to stay alive, and Julius Erving knows why. Erving talked about the current state of the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during a ...

The NBA Dunk Contest is on relevancy life support ... but Julius Erving, the first-ever winner in the event, has a way to save it -- telling TMZ Sports it's time for the league's biggest stars to ...

It has been five decades since the night the Slam Dunk Contest was born, but David Thompson remembers it like it happened yesterday. Thompson, one of five players to compete in the first Slam Dunk ...

Since many of the NBA’s best dunkers have refused to participate in the Dunk Contest for years, some fans have proposed that the league should make participation mandatory so the front office can ...

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest used to mean something. It featured the league’s best players going head-to-head in front of roaring crowds during All-Star Weekend. Julius Erving was right in the middle of ...

MJ from the free throw line. Vince Carter declaring “it’s over.” Dwight Howard flying like Superman. The NBA Slam Dunk Contest has featured some of the most memorable moments in league history. While ...

When people talk about the most iconic dunkers in the history of the game, most would say it's Julius Erving and Michael Jordan. Erving won the first-ever professional dunk contest at the 1976 ABA All ...

One week after a busy trade deadline shook up the league, the NBA's best players are in Salt Lake City for the 2023 NBA All-Star Weekend. Follow here as The Athletic's staff offers insights and ...

The 2025 NBA All-Star Game left fans underwhelmed, as many of the league's biggest stars showed little effort and lacked the intensity once expected from the annual spectacle. Fans were treated to the ...

"No one has ever controlled and conquered the air above pro basketball like Julius Erving, the incomparable Dr. J," wrote Pete Axthelm in Newsweek. "The Doctor not only leaps and stays aloft longer ...