LaVine started his list with Michael Jordan, who won the Slam Dunk Contest in back-to-back years in 1987 and 1988. Then, he went on to name Kobe Bryant, who won in 1997. Third on his list was ...

Kawhi Leonard scores 30 and earns the Kobe Bryant MVP award to lift Team LeBron ... his fourth dunk in the finals of the 2020 AT&T Slam Dunk. Derrick Jones, Jr. battles Aaron Gordon in an ...

Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia ... After becoming the youngest ever Slam Dunk Contest winner in 1997, Bryant goes on to play in the All-Star game a year later to become the youngest ...

NBATV's Steve Smith and Isiah Thomas share some of their memories of Kobe Bryant at past All-Star weekends. Re-live one of the best slam dunk contests in NBA History as Miami's Derrick Jones Jr ...

LaVine's inclusion of Bryant surprised the ... he was also a slam dunk champion. And as "Young Hollywood" put it, Kobe was "trying to dunk on everybody." LaVine putting James and Kemp on his ...