In 1997, Kobe Bryant won the NBA All-Star Dunk Contest as a rookie. However, the fact that young Mamba didn't even have to use his best dunk to win the contest is more impressive than becoming the ...

Rider eventually stole the show with one of the contest's most memorable slams, "The East Bay Funk Dunk." Kobe Bryant becomes the youngest Slam Dunk Champion ever as he dominated the ...

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It was at the league's fiftieth anniversary celebration that Kobe Bryant first served notice, capturing the weekend's showcase event with an array of exciting jams.

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Kobe Bean Bryant is born in Philadelphia ... After becoming the youngest ever Slam Dunk Contest winner in 1997, Bryant goes on to play in the All-Star game a year later to become the youngest ...

With Dwight Howard, Metta World Peace, and Pau Gasol all out injured, Kobe Bryant took the game into ... at least five years with a thundering dunk over Wallace and Kris Humphries.