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The 2026 NBA Slam Dunk Contest will have four new players showing their best dunks. Carter Bryant is the top favorite to win this year. Jaxson Hayes, Keshad Johnson, and Jase Richardson are also in the contest,

The NBA All-Star Weekend is here with the dunk and 3-point events. Here are the participants, time and how to watch the events with live updates.

Damian Lillard won his third career 3-point Contest on a repaired Achilles and a little-known Heat player won the Dunk Contest

Miami's Keshad Johnson won the Slam Dunk Contest and Damian Lillard won his third 3-Point Contest while still rehabbing his torn Achilles.

The first-ever Dunk Contest was held on January 27, 1976, at halftime of that year’s ABA All-Star Game, featuring George “Iceman” Gervin and Julius “Dr. J” Erving in what was the final season before the ABA-NBA merger