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Slam Dunk Contest: History, All-time participants & 2000s

The NBA Slam Dunk Contest (officially known as the AT&T Slam Dunk) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend.

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Slam Dunk Contest topic overview

The analysis highlights History, All-time participants and 2000s as prominent areas in the source structure around Slam Dunk Contest.

Related topics
277
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
287
Extracted relationships
279
Concept neighborhoods
39
Bridge connections
287

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 133 topics
All-time participants · 80 topics
2000s · 12 topics
1990s · 11 topics
2010s · 11 topics
Overview · 10 topics
1980s · 7 topics
2020s · 6 topics
Criticism and controversies · 6 topics
Records · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Competition
National Basketball Association
Discipline
Dunking
First award
Julius Erving, 1976
Most recent
Keshad Johnson, 2026
Most wins
Mac McClung · Nate Robinson
Sponsored by
AT&T

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Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

1980s

  • 1984 1984 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1985 1985 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1986 1986 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1987 1987 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1988 1988 NBA All-Star Game
  • Ron Harper
  • 1989 1989 NBA All-Star Game

1990s

  • 1990 1990 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1991 1991 NBA All–Star Game
  • 1992 1992 NBA All-Star Game
  • Shawn Kemp
  • Seattle Seattle SuperSonics
  • 1994 1994 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1995 1995 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1996 1996 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1997 1997 NBA All-Star Game
  • 1998 1998 NBA All-Star Game
  • Lockout Lockout (industry)

2000s

2010s

  • 2010 2010 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2011 2011 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2012 2012 NBA All-Star Game
  • Twitter
  • 2013 2013 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2014 2014 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2015 2015 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2016 2016 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2017 2017 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2018 2018 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2019 2019 NBA All-Star Game

2020s

  • 2020 2020 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2021 2021 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2022 2022 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2023 2023 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2024 2024 NBA All-Star Game
  • 2025 2025 NBA All-Star Game

All-time participants

Criticism and controversies

Records

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Slam Dunk Contest connects Entity context

The extracted context around Slam Dunk Contest shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Slam Dunk Contest → Aaron Gordon, ABA All Star Game, Amar'e Stoudemire, Andre Iguodala, At, Award, Boston Celtics, Brent Barry, Carter Bryant, Cedric Ceballos, Dee Brown, DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Smith Jr, Derrick Jones Jr, Desmond Mason, Dominique Wilkins, Donovan Mitchell, Due, Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard Another extracted example is Slam Dunk Contest → All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Chicago's Michael Jordan, Denver, Dominique Wilkins, Drexler, Dunk, Extensive, Gale Sayers, His, Houston, However, Jordan, Jordan's, Julius Erving, Nance, NBA. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Slam Dunk Contest

Top relations

related to Records · 61
Slam Dunk Contest → Aaron Gordon, ABA All Star Game, Amar'e Stoudemire, Andre Iguodala, At, Award, Boston Celtics, Brent Barry, Carter Bryant, Cedric Ceballos, Dee Brown, DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Smith Jr, Derrick Jones Jr, Desmond Mason, Dominique Wilkins, Donovan Mitchell, Due, Dunk Contest, Dwight Howard
related to 1980s · 36
Slam Dunk Contest → All-Star Game, All-Star Weekend, Atlanta Hawks, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Chicago's Michael Jordan, Denver, Dominique Wilkins, Drexler, Dunk, Extensive, Gale Sayers, His, Houston, However, Jordan, Jordan's, Julius Erving, Nance, NBA
related to Criticism and controversies · 31
Slam Dunk Contest → All-Star Weekend, Also, Although, Andre Iguodala, At, Charles Barkley, Consequently, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade, Each, High-profile, Historically, However, In, Julius Erving, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Nate Robinson, NBA
related to 2000s · 27
Slam Dunk Contest → A-list, All-Star Weekend, Amar'e Stoudemire, Bryant, California, Carter, Denver, Desmond Mason, Dominique Wilkins, Houston Rockets' Steve Francis, In, Jason Richardson, Josh Smith, Kenyon Martin, McGrady, Oakland, Smith, Steve Nash, Stoudemire, The
related to 1976 ABA Slam Dunk Contest · 26
Slam Dunk Contest → ABA, ABA All-Star Game, All-Star, At, Bukata, Carl Scheer, Denver, Denver Nuggets, Erving, In, In Remember, It, January, Jim Bukata, Jim Keeler, Julius, KHOW, McNichols Sports Arena, NBA, One
related to 1976–77 NBA Slam Dunk Contest · 25
Slam Dunk Contest → Alex English, Although, Arthur Erhat, Darnell, David Thompson, Dr, Dunk, During, Elvin Hayes, Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Former ABA, George Gervin, Golden State Warriors' Larry, Hall, Hillman, In, Julius Erving, June, McNeill, Moses Malone
related to 2010s · 25
Slam Dunk Contest → Blake Griffin, Charlotte Bobcats, Dallas, DeMar DeRozan, DeRozan, Eric Gordon, February, Gerald Wallace, Griffin, JaVale McGee, Kia, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, McGee, Nate Robinson, Oklahoma City Thunder, Robinson, Robinson's, Serge Ibaka
related to 1990s · 23
Slam Dunk Contest → All-Star Game, As, Atlanta Hawks, Contest, Dominique Wilkins, Drexler, Harold Miner, He, However, In, Isaiah Rider, Jordan, Kenny Smith, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, Miner, NBA, Orlando Woolridge, Rider, Sacramento Kings
related to Authenticity · 10
Slam Dunk Contest → Ben Maller, Blake Griffin, DeMar DeRozan's, Fox Sports Radio, Griffin, It, JaVale McGee, Many, Nate Robinson, NBA
Most wins · 2
Slam Dunk Contest → Mac McClung, Nate Robinson

Important terminology

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Important terminology

dunk contest slam round final first nba dunks robinson won erving win nate jordan year julius two wilkins winner competition

Slam Dunk Contest relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 279 structured relationships around Slam Dunk Contest. Examples in this analysis include Slam Dunk Contest → Competition → National Basketball Association and Slam Dunk Contest → Discipline → Dunking. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Slam Dunk ContestCompetitionNational Basketball Association1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestDisciplineDunking1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestFirst awardJulius Erving, 19761.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestMost recentKeshad Johnson, 20261.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestMost winsMac McClung1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestMost winsNate Robinson1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestSponsored byAT&T1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestSportBasketball1.00infobox
Slam Dunk ContestWebsiteAT&T Slam Dunk1.00infobox
Jordaninstance ofstars0.80text
Wilkinsinstance ofstars0.80text
Drexler sometimes declined to participateinstance ofstars0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Slam Dunk Contest bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Slam, Contest and Dunk. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Slam Dunk Contest
    • Slam
    • Contest
    • Dunk
    • Nba
    • Won
    • First
    • Robinson
    • Players
    • Competition
    • Nate
    • Win
    • Final
  • slam dunk contest
    • Slam
    • Contest
    • Dunk
    • Nba
    • Won
    • First
    • Win
    • Robinson
    • Nate
    • Players
    • Final
    • Competition
  • nba all-star weekend
    • Slam
    • Denver
    • All-star
    • Nba
    • Competition
    • Players
    • Dunk
    • Contest
    • Aba
    • Michael
    • Jordan
    • Nate
  • 1976 aba all-star game
    • Denver
    • Nba
    • Competition
    • Julius
    • Erving
    • Aba
    • All-star
    • Players
    • Slam
    • Nate
    • Contest
    • Dunk
  • julius erving
    • Erving
    • Julius
    • Bryant
    • Michael
    • Jordan
    • One
    • Mac
    • Mcclung
    • Players
    • Wilkins
    • Nate
    • Denver
  • aba–nba merger
    • Slam
    • All-star
    • Competition
    • Players
    • Dunk
    • Contest
    • Aba
    • Nba
    • Julius
    • Michael
    • Erving
    • Jordan
  • darnell "dr. dunk" hillman
    • Slam
    • Contest
    • Nba
    • First
    • Won
    • Robinson
    • Competition
    • Nate
    • Final
    • Wilkins
    • Erving
    • Jordan
  • michael jordan
    • Michael
    • Bryant
    • Players
    • Lavine
    • Howard
    • Wilkins
    • Dwight
    • Gordon
    • Julius
    • Mac
    • Mcclung
    • Jr

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Slam Dunk Contest, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Slam Dunk Contest with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Slam Dunk ContestHistory · splits 154 ⟂ 134
Slam Dunk ContestAll-time participants · splits 207 ⟂ 81
Slam Dunk Contest2000s · splits 275 ⟂ 13
Slam Dunk Contest1990s · splits 276 ⟂ 12
Slam Dunk Contest2010s · splits 276 ⟂ 12
Slam Dunk ContestOverview · splits 277 ⟂ 11
Slam Dunk Contest1980s · splits 280 ⟂ 8
Slam Dunk Contest2020s · splits 281 ⟂ 7
Slam Dunk ContestCriticism and controversies · splits 281 ⟂ 7

Map overview Semantic statistics

Slam Dunk Contest

Nodes288
Edges287
Triples279
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006944
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Slam Dunk Contest to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, All-time participants & 2000s, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Slam Dunk Contest · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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