Denver Nuggets star Aaron Gordon sat down with Newsweek Sports to discuss his new partnership and potentially returning to ...

After entering the league from Lower Merion High School, Kobe Bryant competed in the dunk contest at just 18 years old. Bryant missed two dunks, which put a lot of pressure on the rookie.

The late Kobe Bryant became the youngest player in history to win the Slam Dunk Contest when he was 18 years old while playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Get all the details on the 2025 NBA Slam ...

February 8, 1997: Kobe Bryant (age 18) of the Los Angeles Lakers wins the Nestlé Crunch Slam Dunk Contest in Cleveland. Bryant defeated Chris Carr of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Michael Finley ...

Two years later, Kobe Bryant became the only Laker to ever win the Dunk Contest. Kobe was an 18-year-old rookie at the time, making him the youngest to ever win it. This was one of the first ...

The idea that All-Stars regularly entered the Dunk Contest doesn't align with history, either. Michael Jordan, Dominique Wilkins, Vince Carter and Kobe Bryant had yet to hit the apex of their ...

Mr. Sielski, who in 2022 published a terrific biography of Kobe Bryant, spends considerable time highlighting the dunk as “a revolutionary agent, an expression of Black culture, a tangible ...