NBA Slam Dunk Contest
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Sep 16, 2026
Jason SunkleHOST
No.
Mike KlinzingHOST
Slam Dunk Contest.
Mike KlinzingHOST
Look him up, baby.
Mike KlinzingHOST
Terrence Stansberry, Statue of Liberty.
Mac MillingsGUEST
And so that I definitely would have won, but you know, I've done it to myself.
Mac MillingsGUEST
So instead, I'm going to go with Anthony Jerome Webb, better known as Spud Webb of the Atlanta Hawks, who won the 1986 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
Mac MillingsGUEST
This is my surprise.
Mac MillingsGUEST
The surprise being that he was 5'7 in his footwear and yet won the Slam Dunk Contest, beating his teammate Dominique Wilkins at 6'8".
Wes GoldbergHOST
He made a couple All-Star games, like, more than half a decade ago.
David RamilHOST
Second runner-up in the Slam Dunk Contest, I guess, is.
Wes GoldbergHOST
[laughs] Right.
Wes GoldbergHOST
But look, I, I joke, but you know, we had this conversation about DeMar DeRozan, and you would point out, like, hey, DeRozan had opportunities to go to winning teams but then chose the money over the winning, specifically when he chose to go to Sacramento.
speaker_1HOST
Is looking at that and...
speaker_2HOST
Why are we talking about the Ducks?
speaker_1HOST
No, listen.
speaker_2HOST
I think they got a one-on-one tournament in there.
speaker_2HOST
Why are we talking about the
speaker_1HOST
Ducks? No, no, listen, listen.
speaker_1HOST
They looking at where everything is right now and they're not treating it as competitive.
speaker_1HOST
Right.
AlanHOST
Yep.
AlanHOST
And 5'7 Spud Webb of the Atlanta Hawks wins the NBA Slam Dunk Competition.
AlanHOST
So there you go.
JamieHOST
Spud Webb.
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Even as a skinny young kid, Kobe was fearless from the get-go, relentless in every practice and every game.
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Kobe entered the 1997 Slam Dunk Contest and won.
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His teammates lovingly called him Showboat, but it wasn't all good.
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In his first playoff series, Bryant famously shot four air balls in overtime against Utah.
Austin ElmoreGUEST
problems.
Austin ElmoreGUEST
The Slam Dunk Contest is a good example, too, in the NBA.
Austin ElmoreGUEST
Eventually, stars were just like, I'm not going to do this anymore.
Austin ElmoreGUEST
And so they still do it, and it's with guys from the G League.
Alejandro SolanaHOST
I mean, knock on wood, right? [laughs] Like, I'm not, I'm not trying to put any of that, this out there in the ether, but 82-game regular season, it's grueling, and these things happen.
Alejandro SolanaHOST
Then what? What's the answer for Miami? Kashad Johnson, who won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest a year ago, um, probably looking like he's not coming back to Miami.
Alejandro SolanaHOST
That's still very much on the table, but looking like he's not gonna come back.
Alejandro SolanaHOST
And Miami necessarily outside of that was thin at backup center.
Bobby BonesHOST
And then it, it also comes that you think about the other traditions that used to feel important that we don't really care about anymore, and you guys are with me, we're all around the same age.
Bobby BonesHOST
It used to be not just viewing, where you would sit down and watch, but you would wait for a month for the Slam Dunk Contest.
Chris BrockmanHOST
Yeah.
TJ JeffersonPANELIST
Yeah.
Jordan RichardsHOST
It, it ain't though
Ray GarvinHOST
The Slam Dunk Contest stinks, but the Three-Point Contest is good.
Ray GarvinHOST
Like, that, the fact-
Jordan RichardsHOST
But the only good thing is the Three-Point Contest-
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