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The Slam Dunk Contest: Past, Present and Future

By Various NBA observers (organized by Ted Bauer)

Thursday, February 12, 2009

In college, All-Star Saturday night was always underrated as a social force. You grab some brews, order in a few pies, and watch dudes chucking the long ball and slamming it home for three hours with the melodic voice of Kevin Harlan as your soundtrack. You get into the real world, life's realities crush you, and you hold a special place in your heart and soul for that mid-February weekend night when balls arc and men soar. As such, we're nodding to the past (best dunks ever), the present (who ...

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