1976 ABA Slam Dunk Contest
Before players used cars as props, before Vince Carter was trying to rip down rims, even before Michael Jordan wowed the nation, there was the 1976 ABA Slam Dunk contest — the one that started it all.
Without spoiling anything, let’s just say this was very different from the event basketball fans saw Miami’s Derrick Jones Jr. win back in February. Though there is one spoiler all Nets fans know: then-New York Nets forward Julius Erving was the star of the show.