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Nance, Carter, Griffin and the rest of the 'Dunk' champs

Tuesday February 21, 2012 2:45 PM By Bobby Bonett

JOSH SMITH, ATLANTA HAWKS Dunk contests won: 2005

Photo credit: AP

This year's Slam Dunk Contest field? Weak.

Maybe the weakest all-time, rivaling the 1996 group that included sharpshooters . . . err . . . high-fliers Brent Barry, Michael Finley, Greg Minor, Jerry Stackhouse, Doug Christie, and the title holder of "worst dunk contest performance ever," Darrell Armstrong.

Point being? There's not much that can be done to hype up this year's...

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