2002 NBA Slam Dunk Contest

The 2002 NBA Slam Dunk Contest featured 4 competitors; Desmond Mason of the Seattle Sonics, Jason Richardson of the Golden State Warriors, Gerald Wallace of the Sacramento Kings, and Steve Francis of the Houston Rockets. The 2002 Dunk Competition featured a head to head format and the wheel of Dunk which selected the dunk that the competitor must complete. Going into the final dunk Jason Richardson needed a 45 to secure the victory and was able to win the competition with a reverse dunk off the bounce to become the 2002 NBA Slam Dunk Contest.
Bracket A
First Round - Dunk 1
Desmond Mason - One Hand Windmill Dunk - Score 41
Jason Richardson - 360 Dunk - Score 48
First Round - Dunk 2
Desmond Mason - Dunk off the glass over Earl Watson - Score 43
Jason Richardson - Missed Dunk - Score 31
First Round - Dunk 3 (Wheel of Dunk)
Desmond Mason - Dr. J Cradle Dunk - Score 36
Jason Richardson - Dominique Wilkins Windmill - Score 50
Bracket B
First Round - Dunk 1
Gerald Wallace - Missed Dunk - Score 41
Steve Francis - Missed Dunk - Score 31
First Round - Dunk 2
Gerald Wallace - Windmill Dunk over Chris Webber - Score 43
Steve Francis - One Handed Dunk from Cuttino Mobley - Score 40
First Round - Dunk 3 (Wheel of Dunk)
Gerald Wallace - Dr. J Reverse Dunk - Score 36
Steve Francis - Tyler Stansbury Statue of Liberty 360 - Score 37
Final Round - Dunk 1
Gerald Wallace - Dr. J Free Throw Line Dunk - Score 44
Jason Richardson - Dr. J Free throw line Dunk - Score 36
Final Round - Dunk 2 (Wheel of Dunk)
Gerald Wallace - Does the Vince Carter Elbow in Rim Dunk - Score 36
Jason Richardson - Does the Reverse Dunk off the bounce - Score 49
Champion - Jason Richardson

[@patrickbateman3610]

The winning dunk was one of the most underrated, sickest dunks in the history of the contest. It's insanely hard to do what he did.

[@nbarealtalker]

That winning dunk was low key one of the greatest dunks in history. The contortion to accomplish that was nuts.

[@skyiestosunsetrise2886]

That last dunk j rich did was so pretty.. that was nice

[@SwishScopeOfficial]

20:00 Calvin Cambridge being filmed for Like Mike

[@boomsoundfactory]

fax

[@thomashicks2147]

Jason Richardson is a top 3 dunker of all time greats, creativity, explosiveness and power, only Zack Levine and Vince is ahead of him!

[@Deeboy1214]

Nah Aaron Gordon tops them all.

[@SlapSoCold]

​@marksarmiento8921 Yeah You smoke cracc

[@LoneStarOMGTX]

This was a bad dunk contest because that weak as wheel.

[@lathakidd1805]

They should've showed Calvin Cambridge dunk😂

[@bsesharky2106]

R.i.h. Craig Sager 🙏🏿🙏🏿😢😢😢

[@BSA_est94]

this contest would've been bad if it wasn't for jrich

[@TheOneKeyToLife]

16:04 “he can do it off of two then” “from the free throw line?!?!” 😂😂😂😂

[@T2dj]

0:50 Grandmama Larry Johnson did this in 1992 slamdunk contest.

[@matthew152]

He did change his mind in mid air. That was sick.

[@master-kq3nw]

Fantastic slam.dunk.contest

[@letmebe100]

Never should have the commentators on the big speakers

[@nystagmus]

The old school dunkers on the film were doing the dunks better than the contestants

[@jarred1k579]

nystagmus because they invited those dunk and you can’t really replicate something that’s already done before

[@rece5232]

@@jarred1k579 exactly they could of pulled out some original better shit

[@Deeboy1214]

@Jarred 1K but the contestants do way better dunks than the oldschool. Niguel all he did was windmills boring. And Dr J all he had was the free throw line that its.

[@marcolucchetti9101]

Desmond also was a sick dunker

[@jarred1k579]

Like Mike brought me back here

[@samwelsh8241]

the problem with the wheel is there's no element of surprise because I already know what you're going to do (at least try to do)

[@carsisbest]

Didn’t they use actual recordings of the dunk contest for the Like Mike film?

[@TheFlash3237]

Yes.

[@eccomz76st]

Nobody can do a windmill like Nique. They don't bring the ball down low at all. Respect the human highlight film

[@righthook5789]

COMBkO 76st LLOEC 1 Aaron Gordon Or Williamson

[@NZENZN]

COMBkO 76st LLOEC 1 jason richardson does it 50 times better.

[@theronwright1413]

Vince carter

[@killerineverygame]

Jrich and VC do amazing windmills wat u talkin about

[@eccomz76st]

@@killerineverygame Dominique drop his shoulder when he did it. They just brought it around

[@TwoWay-xX]

Back when good players entered the dunk contest.

[@webvideofan]

7:20 It was as good as Dominique.

[@chuchuchuchia]

Dr.J still look like this lmao

[@Gabe1stt]

chuchuchuchia that man does NOT age!

[@GrantH]

Lol there's echo on the commentary. Were they playing through the stadium speakers? Because that would be hilarious if the players could hear everything the guys were saying about them.

[@purestformofpeace]

GrantH That's what I wondered too. Same thing with the 2015.

[@PorkTips]

GrantH i was about to say the same shit

[@PorkTips]

GrantH lmao the feedback thru the speakers @3:45 cut the fuckin shit 😂😂😂😂...what inbred was in charge of this DC?

[@sdmurphy20]

I think it was broadcast over the stadium speakers. That's what makes it even funnier 🤣

[@thetyaffect7619]

Y’all seen Cavin Cambridge sitting next to Steve Francis They filmed Like Mike this night that’s some real historyyyy

[@eascec8374]

4:16 LOL PRIZE WHEEL!

[@russellgrider4820]

They did Steve Francis wrong lol

[@sdmurphy20]

I felt so bad for him. I'm sure the nba wants to forget the wheel ever happened

[@povmilkwasbanned]

Had to come back to this after this most recent one WOW it’s was bad

[@user-xu4bv6cn8n]

Hello from 2024😂

[@Antbeast23]

re creating old school dunks are cool. but come up with your own lol

[@deshenhwang2704]

J-Rich was the only highlight in this weak SDC.

[@josiahamaze]

I bet he can hear too Charles I’m dead

[@panthersfan919]

the wheel was stupid

[@ucfpiloto]

Tnt squad repping still

[@krazyeman4]

In real life this thing took like an hour because they would give the internet like 2 minutes to vote, so it was a LOT of dead time

[@resw1974]

Kenny a hater 😂😂😂

[@nurebad]

after september 11??no hype for this dunk contest...

[@tigerfist2864]

whatchu mean everyone so hype after 11 cuz get free oil and license to kill in mid east pew pew pew

[@whobitmyname]

This is the dunk contest that ushered in the 4-contestant standard. I hope it burns in hell. Oh, and you know that guy who is already spamming windmills, yeah let's give him the Dominique windmill to do. And let's give the guy who can't palm the ball a dunk he can't physically do.

[@lMagicKaito]

In the last 5 years, the first dunk would be rated by 10, actually good But think about something, the judges that judged Jordan would judge the same way to this contestants? (or to today's) I dont think so, remember how they were in the 1998 contest with Kobe and others but still Kobe won

[@antoniowiley8514]

😎💪👊👉

[@ayenbeedoll7375]

that last dunk of JASON was sick.. much better than those of Lavine who robbed aaron gordon.... LAVINE SUCKS

[@TheManisese]

I’m 13 and I can palm a ball how come he can’t

[@jungleluv4real]

Bringing in that wheel was asinine Leave shit alone an the contestants be creative to thier own personal skill level 💯

[@PhillyCYOSports]

This was when it started to jump the shark. They just gave anything 9's. You realized it didn't matter anymore. It became a clown show.

[@Deeboy1214]

That wheel contest was wack. Is better when contestants do there dunks

[@1manarmy850]

Why was Danny Ainge a commentator -👎

[@philly289]

kenny smith is a hater lol

[@shanewilt1]

So many awkward things about this dunk contest. The commentary over the loud speaker, the post dunk interviews, the wheel. For fucks sake who's making these decisions?

[@sdmurphy20]

Idk fans today would welcome this over the past few dunk contests 😂