I grew up as a huge fan of the dunk contest in the late 80's/early 90's-M.J., 'Nique, Grandmama, Baby Jordan, Dee Brown, Ced Ceballos, J.R./Isaiah Rider, Kobe, etc. It was the ultimate spectacle event for a kid -- seeing your favorite players go "Can you top this?" with amazing dunks.
I remember a "Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers" video tape (when that was a thing) from about 1990 (with Marv Alberts and Frank Layden), which I watched like 900 times, with, among others, all the classic Jordan/Wilkins battles. In fact, for me, All-Star Saturday Night was always a much bigger deal than the actual All-Star Game on Sunday.