Kobe triumphs but the dunk contest is no more (1997 NBA Slam Dunk Contest)

Published: March 1, 2022, 4:23 p.m.

Budding superstar Kobe Bryant wins the 1997 NBA slam-dunk contest—the first bullet on what would become his extensive resume—but the competition is an utter disaster leading the NBA to do the unthinkable: cancel the slam-dunk contest. 

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