1989 NBA Slam Dunk Competition

[@DSerrador]

The most underrated contest of all time. Kenny was just sky walking...

[@weinerjay]

Kenny Sky Walker with some sweet movement in the sky....one of the last great dunk contests before tricks and props took over. Artistry in the air beats props/tricks any day.

[@MoBaker72]

They didn't even give Kenny Walker an honorable mention this past slam dunk contest. And look who he was up against. Spud Webb who won one the year before and Clyde Drexler a veteran slam dunker. Definitely an underrated dunker.

[@mcmikey7]

Walker had the throw down power...The way he held the ball you knew he was gonna do some damage to the rim...

[@exscuseme]

i miss old school dunk styles, way more stylish than today's typical power dunks, albeit still fun and exciting just different

[@23FLIGHTCLUB]

kenny killed it that year no question!

[@FloridaFormula5]

What isn't mentioned here is the fact that Kenny Walker dedicated his dunk contest victory to his late father, who had died only days before this competition. You kinda wish that along with all the dunk highlights, the NBA would include the post-contest interview Kenny did with TNT's Craig Sager, in which he verbally paid tribute to his dad.

[@mcmikey7]

Kenny Walker dominated this sh*t so hard....

[@RDNKThrasher]

"First man i ever seen fly"

[@ry03pn]

Skywalkers dunk at 3:40 is one of the best dunks ive ever seen!

[@mounttrack]

i am spud webb height back then, i am still trying to dunk like him! its amazing

[@eraserheads78]

much RESPECT to Kenny "SKY" Walker from P.I. here

[@aldearey]

My speakers almost explode at the beginning of the video,damn.

[@pkhty]

Spudd Webb was BAD ASS

[@thunderstruck665]

Kenny "Sky" Walker! He was awesome! It's a shame his knees couldn't take the pounding after a while though.

[@43captrexkramer]

That was about all he accomplished in the NBA.

[@TriXelOne]

@pskidmore1986 it was straight inspiration for vince's 2000 360 vert windmill

[@q8indy]

Drexler is one of my favourite players, but I believe that this competetion belongs to Skywalker.

[@xekit]

wow thats a good dunk contest, skywalker is a beaassst

[@kenwalker5992]

Walker's last dunk was aiight in regular speed. But when you see it in slow motion you realize how nasty it was. This was the second dunk contest I watched after the 88' contest with Nique and MJ. I was so geeked up about this one after the seeing the GOAT, and it didn't disappoint

[@jaranarm]

How was Drexler sick? He was a smooth dunker but lacked the style and power to win any contest. Spud is amazing as always because of his height but Walker's creativity, especially in the final round, was what made him win.

[@Ekis86]

What THE HELL is up with that noise at the beginning?? almost blew my speakers out..!

[@sarangbiachh]

i think clyde drexler grew up liking windmills lol

[@rakatak1000]

i saw kenny skywalker today

[@creoleDJ]

To the author (Dunkers23): For Christsakes, Turn the fucking volume down at the beginning, will ya??!!! Hell, I almost woke up my niece!

[@mattylga01]

that kenny walker dunk in the end is still to me, the best dunk. And in slow motion, it looks amazing.

[@oldmanwithers1]

that intro is an insult to audio mixing rules

[@biggcee215]

FOR KENNY "SKY" WALKER TO REPLACE JORDAN IN THE SLAM DUNK CONTEST IN 1989, AND TO WIN IT, IT HAD TO BE A SIGN.

[@BryanX64]

Spud Webb should have won. He had the best dunks

[@jsmidash]

Kenny Walker did the ill hop, skip and a jump 360

[@Observedjoshua]

the only thing clyde does, is doing a windmill dunk>>>

[@brianmarquet2602]

Drexler really was awesome at this dunk contest -He had some sick dunks here .

[@GIN.356.A]

@juanparty lol better than the 2010 slam dunk contest...

[@victorinophiladelphia929]

2018 DAMN so that's why they called this guy #SKYWALKER he was #GREATNESS...

[@nojokefyt]

3:37 that clyde dunk was just ughhhhhhhhh .....too nice

[@DelDrew]

clyde should have beaten kenny walker? you're kidding, right???

[@MizNelson]

Tim Perry and Chris Morris couldn't do jackdiddly in actual games, either.

[@carlosw545]

Kenny Sky Walker my man

[@wesleysnipessss]

whats the song at the end called?

[@master-kq3nw]

one of the best slam dunk ever.

[@Giqqsz123]

wats the songs name at the end

[@GeniusDoesIt]

Loved it.. No props, no flight attendants... JUST DUNKS!!!

[@cflo1386]

Top five dunk contest and Kenny won it for his dad.

[@creoleDJ]

Ron Harper. Always was a great game dunker, but couldn't do shit in the contests. Same goes for Tim Perry & Chris Morris.

[@JDAOUD1203]

hands down spud webb is ridiculous ...

[@Bradman77]

@niospecv yeah like kenny walker is a well known name

[@ReelAnts]

just found out ron harper is my cousin thts cool

[@alexmauro2007]

the year was 1987

[@ratsplayingbasketbal]

Clyde the glide should have won, him or spud.

[@robhansen6553]

at the end he shakes hands with Patrick and sadly thats the closest Patrick would get to any NBA championship, having the Dunk Champion on his team, poor Patrick, feel bad for him.

[@cflo1386]

That's just wrong, but funny.

[@Ldale11]

True. They Knicks front office thought Ewing was enough. "We'll just put some decent players around him and that'll be enough to win championships". Nope, not in the era of the Celtics, Pistons and then the Bulls. Gotta give him better than Greg Anthony, Derek Harper, Anthony Mason and Oakley. Sadly, they did get Houston and crazy ass Sprewell, but Ewing was past his prime and inured much of that time.

[@LetsGoMetsGo33]

Starks, Vandeweghe, Johnny Newman, X-Man McDaniel... no not enough, but good some teams.

[@togonumber]

@pskidmore1986 oh for real ? ha ha

[@LinkRocks]

Gotta calm down on that intro, bro.

[@nojokefyt]

but when we see these same dunks today, its considered weak af ..Kenny Walker dunk and Vince dunk best I've seen yet ...

[@togonumber]

@creoleDJ LOL HAHA

[@nojokefyt]

but at 3:56 one of the best I've seen next to vince carter Sky walker

[@davonbenson1927]

Og Swank Gaad. What about the one at 2:16 in slow motion?

[@togonumber]

@oldmanwithers1 HA HA

[@imsljr420]

yeah but i think vince carter did it better

[@dalequeva74]

the worst intro of the history in KZbin

[@007nites]

Tim Perry was horrible

[@wuzumaki]

The intro of this video sucks big time!

[@mcmikey7]

Walker had the throw down power...The way he held the ball you knew he was gonna do some damage to the rim...