It's time to look into this year's Slam Dunk contest at the NBA All Star Weekend 2008 - a three-day spectacular in New Orleans on February 16.

The participants will be last year's champion, Gerald Green (Minnesota Timberwolves), Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies), Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) and Jamario Moon (Toronto Raptors). We saw a lot of Green last year and it would only be the third time in history if he could put together back-to-back victories. Jason Richardson in 2002 and 2003, and Michael Jordan in 1987 and 1988, are the only previous players to have done it.

I honestly don't see a repeat coming this year. With two newcomers in Gay and Moon, I think there will be enough new stuff to assure us of a new champ. I think it could be either Gay or Moon taking it away.

'It's amazing how these guys can come up each year and raise the bar one more level'

It's amazing how these guys can come up each year and raise the bar one more level. It is tough to beat the best of previous years, but every succeeding year we see a new dimension added. It's really unbelievable what these guys can do.