TV NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest 5.5/10 by 4 users The NBA Slam Dunk Contest is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) competition held during the NBA All-Star Weekend. The contest was inaugurated by the American Basketball Association (ABA) at its All-Star Game in 1976 in Denver, the same year the slam dunk was legalized in the NCAA. As a result of the ABA–NBA merger later that year there would not be another slam dunk contest at the professional level until 1984. The contest has adopted several formats over the years, including, until 2014, the use of fan voting, via text-messaging, to determine the winner of the final round. Details Casts Posters Images Title NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest Alternative Titles First Air Date 1976-01-27 Last Air Date 1993-02-20 Number of Episodes 11 Number of Seasons 1 Genres Reality, Networks NBA TV, Casts Spud Webb, Dominique Wilkins, Michael Jordan, Julius Erving Plot Keywords transsexual, Self Spud Webb Self Dominique Wilkins Self Michael Jordan Self Julius Erving