When Dr. Nai-Smith first invented the sport of basketball, he just hoped that the children could have a sport when it was cloudy and rainy, so he found a post indoors and hung a frame, and asked the children to raise their heads to pitch the ball.

But speaking of which, the reason why basketball is so attractive is thanks to these hooligans, and if it weren't for the dunk, would the NBA still be as exciting and passionate as it is today? Without the dunk, would fans still be able to see the limits of the human body during All-Star Weekend?

In fact, the slam dunk contest did not originate in the NBA, but the ABA, the first slam dunk contest in 1976, the ABA was about to be acquired by the NBA at that time, but at that time, they came up with such a game model that could make basketball sell well around the world.

The first slam dunk contest was actually a superstar, the Spurs' first superstar Iceman George Gervin, Skywalker David Thompson, and Dr. J Irving, these people were still ABA stars at that time, and most of these people really became famous in the NBA period: later entered the NBA, Gervin played a miracle of 73 points in a single game, and Thompson also had 33 points in a single quarter, but this qiē is not as good as Irving's table on the night of the first slam dunk contest.

Dr. J's free-throw line gliding jump dunk was a groundbreaking slam in the dunk world, even when Gervin and Thompson played a 360-degree turnaround windmill and a 360-degree turn. Later, the ABA disappeared and was replaced by the NBA, which would be the leader of the world basketball world.

The All-Star in 1984 was a grand event, at that time, the slam dunk contest and the three-point contest were still very new, so the superstars were happy to run out to compete, which is like now, the most accurate three-point Peja and Junzi Lei do not participate in the three-point contest, and the highly-expected dunk warrior LeBron James has repeatedly rejected the invitation of the NBA and is far away from the dunk contest.

In the early days of the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, Dr. J, the Emperor, the essence of human movies, and gliders lined up to participate in the dunk contest, and after winning once, they didn't enjoy it and went to play for the second time, and some had a third and fourth time, such as potatoes. Now it seems that this is all part of the hooliganism of the five permanent members: they used their strong muscles to play a nuclear monopoly, and the big stars monopolized the title of slam dunk king.

But think about it, it is the love of those supergiants for dunking that has pushed this sport to the peak, in the face of so many strong people who are eyeing me, these supergiants are so domineering that people can't help but admire, what is a superstar? The superstar is Jordan, who has a three-point shooting rate of only 18 percent, to participate in the three-point contest, and after losing, he will try his courage and finally dominate the world!

James is rampant in the NBA, usually likes to dunk the game the most, and when he has the opportunity, he will ravage the opponent's basket as if the basket brought him a green hat. But he just didn't participate in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, all eyes and fans looked forward to it, no matter who persuaded him, he didn't participate in this game, what was the reason? James said he didn't need a slam dunk contest to prove himself.

The purpose of the All-Star is entertainment, and there is no one to prove his ability at all, does Jordan need a slam dunk contest to prove his ability? Does Kobe Bryant need a slam dunk contest to prove his ability? Does Carter, who is at his peak, need a slam dunk contest to prove his ability? Last season, Chamberlain took the initiative to participate in this event and won the championship with a dunk of love, so no matter how much he likes to ravage the opponent's hoop in the game now, opponents have to admit that he is the king of dunks, and it is natural that he dunks well.

James can't get this respect, every time he plays a top ten height dunk in the game, there are always unconvinced people in the opponent who say to him: If you have the ability, you can force you to play in the dunk contest, so that the fans can see how good you are at dunking.

However, you can't blame the new generation of stars for being reluctant to shoot, mainly because the seniors have played everything they can, and the people behind them have a bit of a dog's tail and mink feeling when they play again, and everyone likes to say 'throwing bricks and leading jade', but if you really make bricks yourself, it will be too embarrassing.

With Jordan floating, Wilkinson domineering, and Webb gorgeous, in the 90s, the star dunks couldn't play technical work, and could only use their imagination to do wonders: Dee Brown won the championship with a blindfolded dunk with his left hand blindfolded in 1991, Ceballos blindfolded himself with a strip of cloth in 1992, and in 1996, Brent Barry unbuttoned his jacket after hitting the free-throw line dunk, revealing the words "white people can fly" on his jersey to add points to himself.

All in all, now fans generally think that the slam dunk contest is getting worse and worse, and now the dunk generals can only play some gimmicks and use props to add points to themselves, unlike those fierce people in the past, who were born in tough battles.

In recent years, the All-Stars may only be called wonderful in the 2000 slam dunk contest, at least they can still be talked about today, Carter, Maddie and Francis who participated in the slam dunk contest that year are all registered dunks in history, and the games were all real guns at that time. In addition, compared to the current situation of these children, Carter, Maddie and Francis are the real kings, and this kind of king is not about ability, but about charisma.

What is the best dunk? A dunk that ignites the blood of the fans! Now fans still remember how exciting Carter's posture of raising his finger on the big screen was in 2000, that is, a kind of court control, before Carter raised his hand, the fans were lazy, but when he held up the big screen to make a gesture of preparing to dunk, everyone stood up for the first time, and the atmosphere of the whole court was directly ignited!

That kind of court control, no one in the NBA has shown it since, Chamberlain has a chance, but he used it too early, he was still a rookie last season, and the fans didn't pee on him, if he waited a few more years to participate in the slam dunk contest, then he could also control the atmosphere of the court to reach the Cheng dù of his predecessors - Lao Tzu wants to make you quiet, you don't want to speak, Lao Tzu wants to make you boil, your hormones will burn from head to toe!

Last year there was a center battle between Chamberlain and Howard, and the four players participating in this year's slam dunk contest are Dwight Howard and Nate Robinson, who have already won championships, as well as J.R. Smith and rookie Ibaka.

Howard and Robertson are old faces, fans are honestly tired of watching crookedly, Smith and Ibaka lack of appeal, so although it is about to start the highlight of the slam dunk contest, the fans have no spirit, and the atmosphere in the arena is not as good as the previous H-O-R-S-E shooting game.

In the first round of the preliminaries, Smith took the lead in the game, he took the ball from the referee and threw it high near the left side of the midfield, the ball bounced off the left corner of the penalty area, and after bounced twice, Smith ran to the basket to catch the ball while the ball was falling, and then flew sideways to complete a one-arm dunk of the big windmill, resulting in three 9 points, two 8 points, and a total of 43 points.

Ibaka appeared for the second time, Chamberlain, Thurmond, Nelson Sr. and others took great pains for his game, because it was difficult for Ibaka to win the dunk king as a rookie, and now the finals are voted by the fans for the slam dunk king, so it must be surprisingly winning to impress the fans, if it wasn't for Chamberlain's love card last season and playing a double-ball dunk and a three-ball dunk when he played in the front, then he would never have been able to beat Howard.

In particular, Ibaka is not an American yet, and the fans are very patriotic, which is not reflected in the war years, and voting at this time can be more patriotic than the other, so the other three have an advantage over Ibaka.

Several people set up a plot for Ibaka, the doll came forward to paste a toy of Winnie the Pooh to the bottom edge of the rebound, Ibaka came out with a crotch change hand dunk, before dunking he took off the teddy bear with his mouth, and returned it to the doll after dunking.

The dunk was not difficult, but it was creative, and Kobe Bryant and the other referees laughed, and they all gave nine points, for a total of 45 points.

Robinson then came on the court, his first dunk was unsuccessful, the second time he threw the ball from the right side of the three-point line, the ball bounced off the ground, and then he caught the ball in the air and made a big windmill dunk around a circle, this dunk was full of explosive tension, the small man dunk is good-looking, but the difficulty is actually very small, the referees gave a score of 46 points.

Howard was the last to play, he walked directly behind the rebound, then threw the ball high over the rebound, jumped up and then caught the ball and dunked, but the first time the ball failed to reach a reasonable position, the second time it didn't work, until the fourth time, he threw the ball on the left side of the rebound, and after flying over the rebound, the ball bounced on the floor, Howard received the ball on the right side in front of the hoop, and came to a big windmill slam dunk.

The judges all gave 10 points, and Howard got the first perfect dunk.

Seeing this scene, the fans were in an uproar, especially the Warriors' group of birdmen, Iverson jumped up and shouted: "This is plagiarism, this is plagiarism!" Iguodala did the same in 2006, and he could score 50 points with such a ball? ”

Although there are two rounds of preliminaries in the slam dunk contest, Howard is too obviously taken care of, and it is impossible for Ibaka to win him, he can only find a way to win small potatoes, and considering the inherent disadvantage of power forwards and guards in size, it is very difficult, so the Warriors players are so excited, and Ibaka is basically going to be eliminated.

Smith, who scored the lowest score in the first round, found someone to help, let his teammates stand in the free throw circle to cooperate with him, teammates smashed the ball on the floor, Smith flew over the right baseline, and then prepared to use a back-to-back lever dunk, this ball is high enough regardless of creativity or difficulty, if he can really dunk it, he can definitely score five points, which is a rare hard dunk in recent years!

But this dunk was too difficult, Smith lost confidence after dunking twice and did not finish it, directly changed his movements, and still cooperated with his teammates, he asked his teammates to throw a pass for him in the audience on the second floor, Smith only received the ball on the fourth time and dunked it with both hands, and finally he scored 42 points, a total of 85 points.

Then Ibaka came out, accompanied by Chamberlain, who was the last slam dunk king after all, and his appearance mobilized the emotions of the fans, Chamberlain took off his jacket directly after he came on the court to reveal his angular upper body, but seeing his chest muscles as solid as a rock, abdominal muscles condensed like a mold pressing, the explosive force contained in it made fans can't help but scream.

The doll who appeared before presented Chamberlain with a trophy, it was the Russell Cup for the best defensive player he won last season, Chamberlain held the trophy and knelt on one knee and half on the ground, he raised his hands at the same time, the ball in his right hand and the Russell Cup in his left hand, seeing that the referees have understood his intentions, this is to play a cross-man dunk.

Cross-dunks are really common in the NBA, and the first time Nate Robertson won the dunk king was when he dunked the former dunk king potato Webb. This time Ibaka's dunk had only one gimmick, and that was that he was going to step over the best defensive player.

Chamberlain was half-kneeling, although the height was nothing, he was extremely strong, and even when he was half-kneeling, he was still full of oppressive force.

Even though they had practiced together a few times before, this time under the watchful eye, Ibaka was still a little timid, and in the end there was no way, Chamberlain could only turn his back to Ibaka, so that the latter started from outside the three-point line, and flew over Chamberlain's head and Chamberlain took the opportunity to throw the ball in his hand, Ibaka received the ball and raised his arms high to make a tomahawk dunk.

The referees looked at each other and gave a 45 points.

Chamberlain and others are helpless, this score is a bit low, but considering the xenophobia of the NBA, this is already considered normal. When he and his teammate Wilson Chandler walked onto the court, the depressed Chamberlain and others suddenly became happy: "Hey, boy, Ibaka is the best defensive player, what is this rookie thing you want to cross?" ”