Kobe Bryant believed LeBron James could not win in a 2010 Slam Dunk Contest: "He would come in a close second" originally appeared on Basketball Network. In early 2010, Shaquille O'Neal urged his ...

For the first time since winning the event in 2008, Dwight Howard was back in action at the dunk contest - this time as a part of All-Star Saturday in Chicago. His round one slam - a tricked out 360 ...

(AP) — Kobe Bryant is taking a pass on the slam dunk contest, no matter what Shaquille O'Neal has in mind. Bryant nearly burst out laughing Thursday when asked about O'Neal's idea that the Lakers ...

LOS ANGELES -- When Dwight Howard got word on his phone that Kobe Bryant had died in a helicopter accident while the Los Angeles Lakers were on a flight of their own cross-country back to L.A., he ...