With everything most people know about Kobe Bryant, it is still a little-known fact that Bean comes from a basketball family. Kobe’s father, Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, played eight seasons in the NBA ...

Kobe Bryant will retire after tonight’s Lakers – Jazz game. Before he was a fading star on a sinking ship, he was an awesome basketball player whose signature move appears to be the 360-degree dunk.

Kobe Bryant believed LeBron James could not win in a 2010 Slam Dunk Contest: "He would come in a close second" originally appeared on Basketball Network. In early 2010, Shaquille O'Neal urged his ...

It's not often that you see LeBron James miss a wide-open dunk. He's done it on several occasions in the past. But for the most part, LeBron usually finishes when he gets an uncontested look at the ...

The NBA is well aware the public perception of its dunk contest is floundering, but the league's efforts to revive superstar interest in the contest have not gone well thus far. Vince Carter, whose ...