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G-Leaguer Mac McClung takes home the 2025 Slam Dunk trophy and becomes the first player to 3-peat the Contest

February 16, 2025

Mac McClung, a G League player for the Orlando Magic, just became the first player to win the NBA Slam Dunk Contest three times in a row. Prior to this year’s win, McClung was one of only five players to win the Slam Dunk Contest in consecutive years. However, Nate Robinson won the contest three times, first in 2006 and then in 2009 and 2010.

  • Michael Jordan (1987-1988)
  • Jason Richardson (2002-2003)
  • Nate Robinson (2009-2010)
  • Zach LaVine (2015-2016)

Here’s the full video of the 2025 Slam Dunk contest;

NBA to use LED Court at the NBA All-Star 2024

February 9, 2024

NBA just announced that they will be using the recently introduced LED Court by International Basketball Federation (FIBA) last year. The LED court was developed by ASB GlassFloor, that will be used for NBA All-Star 2024 events taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium.

The events includes the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game on Feb. 16th, and all the events happening on the All-Star Saturday Night on Feb. 17th, consisting of the Skills Challenge, the 3-Point Contest, the β€œStephen vs. Sabrina,” the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Point Challenge and Slam Dunk.

This will be the first time that the NBA will using a different kind of materials for the courts, they previously use a different design of the recently concluded Play-In Tournament but the materials are still wood, compare to the glass and LED that will be use at the NBA All-Star 2024.

The league even published a 22 seconds video showcasing the LED court that they will be using at the NBA All-Star 2024;

The NBA today unveiled the state-of-the-art full video LED court that will be used for #NBAAllStar 2024 events taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium, which include the #RufflesCelebGame (Feb. 16, 7pm/et on ESPN) and #StateFarmSaturday Night (Feb. 17, 8pm/et on TNT), consisting of #KiaSkills, #Starry3PT, β€œStephen vs. Sabrina,” the first-ever NBA vs. WNBA 3-Point Challenge and #ATTSlamDunk.

The high-performance, immersive sports floor is designed to enhance the fan experience in-arena and on broadcast through its interactive displays. During each event, visual effects displayed on the court will include the following:

β–ͺ️ Design and color changes
β–ͺ️ Live replays and other video content
β–ͺ️ Real-time game stats
β–ͺ️ Location-based player tracking animations
β–ͺ️ Interactive games for fans during timeouts
β–ͺ️ Immersive animations following key plays and moments

Mac McClung wins that 2023 NBA Slam Dunk Contest

February 19, 2023

Mac McClung just became the first NBA G-Leaguers to win the NBA Slam Dunk contest, beating out fellow dunkers, Kenyon Martin Jr. of the Houston Rockets, Trey Murphy III from the New Orleans Pelicans and Jericho Sims of the New York Knicks. If not for the 9 points given by Lisa Leslie, he would have scored a perfect 50 on all rounds of the contest.

His final dunk, is a 360-degree plus (above), were he added a few more degrees in his 360 dunk, then after landing giving a “ITS OVER” sign ala Vince Carter. His final dunk earned him a hug from Dominique Wilkins, a two-time dunk contest winner and one of the judges.

Even though McClung only played in 4 NBA games, the Philadelphia 76ers gave him a 2 way contract for the rest of the season.

Here’s the full highlights of Mac MacClung’s NBA Slam Dunk contest;

First trailer of the New Slam Dunk Film Now Available

November 9, 2022
First trailer of the New Slam Dunk Film Now Available

Toei Animation / Dandelion Animation Studio just drop the first full trailer (embedded below) of The First Slam Dunk, an upcoming Japanese computer-animated sports film directed and written by Takehiko Inoue. The film is based on the Slam Dunk manga series written and illustrated by Inoue. The First Slam Dunk is scheduled to be released theatrically in Japan in December 2022.

The 74-second video initially show two kids playing basketball in the play ground, then quickly shows the five starting members of Shohoku High School – Sakuragi Hanamichi, Akagi Takenori, Miyagi Ryota, Rukawa Kaede, and Hisashi Mitsui – in a huddle and playing basketball, then a slam dunk before the clip ends.

Here’s the translated description of the video;

Movie “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” released on December 3, 2022

Long Feature Film “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK”
Release in Japan: December 3 2022

[Work information]
Original story/screenplay/director: Takehiko Inoue
Director: Naoki Miyahara, Katsuhiko Kitada, Akio Ohashi, Yasuhiro Motoda, Fumihiko Suganuma, Yu Kamatani
Character design: Takehiko Inoue, Yasuyuki Ehara, CG director: Daiki Nakazawa, Animation director: Yasuyuki Ehara
Art Director: Kazuo Ogura Color Design: Shiori Kosei Director of Photography: Shunsuke Nakamura Editing: Ryuichi Takita Sound Director: Koji Kasamatsu
Animation Producer: Kazuhiro Nishikawa Producer: Toshiyuki Matsui

Voiced by: Sogo Nakamura, Jun Kasama, Shinichiro Kamio, Subaru Kimura, Kenta Miyake

Opening theme song: The Birthday (UNIVERSAL SIGMA)γ€€
Ending theme song: 10-FEET (EMI Records)γ€€
Music: Satoshi Takebe, TAKUMA (10-FEET)

Production: 2022 THE FIRST SLAM DUNK Film Partners
Animation Production: Toei Animation / Dandelion Animation Studio

Participants for the NBA 2022 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest

February 11, 2022
Participants for the NBA 2022 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest

Here are the participants for this year’s NBA 2022 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, that will happen on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. ET (TNT) at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

Here the complete list;
β€’ Cole Anthony, Orlando Magic
β€’ Juan Toscano-Anderson, Golden State Warriors
β€’ Obi Toppin, New York Knicks
β€’ Jalen Green, Houston Rockets

This year’s slam dunk contest will be free for all, since there’s no clear winner and will probably come down to whoever execute the most creative dunk.

Here’s the highlight of last year’s contest.