8. Armstrong

At the 1996 Slam Dunk Contest, Armstrong "dunked" a rare 25.5 points, which was regarded as the most embarrassing performance in history. But it's not all his fault, Armstrong wore shorts that day bigger than the five he usually wears, and as a result, he rushed into battle and chose to end the battle with a layup after three dunks, and the whole court was overturned.

Howard was embarrassed more than once in the dunk contest, and in 2009 he tried to raise the basket to add points to himself, but the judges didn't buy it. One of the big reasons for Howard's loss that year was that his opponent, Nate Robinson was one of the shortest dunkers of all time, and using elevation as a tactic to defeat him was a bit of a win in the eyes of the judges.

Howard is the first true inside dunk king in history, but his dunk in Superman's cape was a bit embarrassing. Slow motion shows Howard throwing the ball into the basket in the air, which is not technically a dunk

Perhaps it was after the 1994 slam dunk contest that Alan Houston decided to practice shooting and gave up the sport of dunking. During the game, Houston walked to the basket, put the basketball on his head, and made a two-handed dunk, which made many celebrities on the sidelines laugh a little stiff.

Finley was also once a physical swingman, but he didn't dare to compliment his performance in the slam dunk contest. In the 1997 slam dunk contest, Finley played a somersault dunk, but his gymnastic movements looked like he was crawling on the ground and didn't make the dunk.

Before Wei Shao's rise, Davis was a representative of violent point guards. However, in the 2001 slam dunk contest, his blindfolded dunk was a big eye. His take-off and swing were perfect, but he didn't dunk the ball to the basket at all, and he dunked the outside of the basket.

is also a short dunk general, and "Little Potato" also had funny scenes in the slam dunk contest. In 1986, one of his lever buckles actually went in, but the ball hit his head and bounced off the basket.

Robinson is the only three-time slam dunk contest winner in NBA history, winning the championship in his first slam dunk contest in 2006, though that time his title was controversial. He made 14 attempts on his final dunk before scoring the ball on the 15th time, which directly led to the league later changing the dunk contest back to a countdown instead of a dunk

But to be honest, if it weren't for LaVine's appearance, especially his summit showdown with Aaron Gordon in 2016, this most frustrating game would have been forgotten long ago. Especially since Griffin, there is no star and no gimmick slam dunk contest, no matter how the official changes the rules to try to get a new focus, the event is almost dead, especially in 2014, Wall's championship was chaotic like a farce. Now, the audience's last glimmer of interest is pinned on Aaron Gordon, hoping that he can have another amazing work after 2016.

When it comes to the history of the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Las Vegas in 2007 was a watershed moment, because from that year, the Slam Dunk Contest entered a new stage - the era of props. And the founder of this new era is the big living treasure "Warcraft" Howard.

In the 2007 slam dunk contest, his second dunk was a little inexplicable, because the difficulty was extremely low and there was nothing to watch, until the slow-motion replay everyone saw that he had put his head sticker close to the top edge of the rebound, and he also signed the sticker.

Teammate Nelson also took out a ruler to measure the height. Kenny Smith and Barkley, who were commentators at the time, were both impressed, but the ball was a match for the strictest judges in history, and he only scored 42 points (including 9 for Kobe Bryant and Jordan only 8 for 8), predicting that he would be eliminated without scoring in the finals after two deductions.

After a small test in 2007, Howard made a comeback in 2008, and everyone believes that everyone still has the impression of the drama staged this time, that is, Superman is back. When he took off his jersey to reveal the superman vest and put on the red cloak with the help of the strongest assistant Nelson, the whole court stood up, and that slam dunk was irrelevant, Wilkins even stood up and shook off the scoreboard, yes, at this moment, Howard had won.

And this year's is not only Warcraft playing props, Moon's tape paper, Green's cupcakes and blowing candles are all playing props, and Rudy Gay, who is not engaged in props, is at the bottom. It's just that Howard was so impressed that he couldn't remember the others at all.

In 2009, Warcraft participated for the third year in a row, and this time as the defending champion, he raised the props to the scale of a large-scale stage play, changing the phone booth into a straitjacket to become Superman, and using a forklift to artificially create a basket 30 centimeters higher than the normal specification. As an opponent, Nate Robinson is not far behind, getting a green outfit and even a basketball green, using the concept of Kryptonian to try to defeat Superman. Eventually, that flying Howard dunk re-crowned Robinson.

In the Hawks' playoff series against the Wizards, Howard weighed 285 pounds, had 12% body fat, and was considered "fat", and he only had 8 points and 10.7 rebounds in this series, which was the worst year of his career. "People want him to be strong, and if you haven't noticed, he's already that," said Downs, Howard's trainer, "and as the league game changes, the pace is so much faster, and you can't let a 6-foot-11" player weigh 285 pounds so he can't run fast. ”

In 2011, although Howard was no longer competing, the matchup between Griffin and McGee was also wonderful, and their dunk ideas were good, and the ideas all came from props. McGee dunked 2 balls and then 3 balls, while Griffin brought in a car and a choir and sang "I believe I can fly".

Compared to Griffin and McGee, Ibaka's props are still a little smaller

This year's slam dunk contest has played props to the extreme, and even big objects like cars are coming. Don't forget that in the preliminaries, there was also a prop master, Serge Ibaka, who planted a few African flags and then helped the children find toys.

The rampant props do increase the visibility and make the dunk contest a lot fuller and less boring, but to be honest, it also reduces the charm of the dunk contest itself, and it feels a bit noisy. But this is what the slam dunk contest looked like in those years, blindly pursuing fancy novelty on the surface, and diluting the beauty of human mechanics pursued by the slam dunk contest. Until the appearance of Zach LaVine, he didn't have any props, all on his body, or spread his wings or leap, and the 2015 slam dunk contest made people see the essence of what is called a slam dunk contest return. And the 2016 slam dunk contest is definitely the first in history, Aaron Gordon's violent aesthetics and LaVine's extreme elegance are two extreme displays, although LaVine won in the end, but it really should be awarded to Gordon, this year's slam dunk contest is worth watching hundreds and eighty times,