Photos of the year's best dunks of NBA season 2008-2009

1. LeBron is Jordanesque with a one-handed tomahawk jam. 2. LeBron James gives a preview of his moves for the 2010 Slam Dunk contest -- which he's hinted he may participate in. 3. Dwyane Wade's dunks even look cool from behind. 4. Dwight Howard spares no mercy for the rim, or Anderson Varejao, as he puts it in the hoop. 5. Dwight Howard dunks on a rim that is higher than regulation to display his superhuman jumping ability during the 2009 Slam Dunk contest. 6. Five-foot-9-inch Nate Robinson clears a dunk over 6-foot-11-inch Dwight Howard during the Slam Dunk contest at the 2009 NBA All-Star weekend. 7. An aerial shot of Nate Robinson at the 2009 Slam Dunk contest. Robinson went on to win the contest. 8. Andrew Bynum shows he isn't afraid of contact as he gets attacked by Denver defenders. 9. Finals MVP and four-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant goes in for the sweet one-handed jam. 10. Kobe Bryant with the reverse jam over Spain in the 2008 Summer Olympics. 11. Kevin Garnett shows new meaning to the term "hang time." 12. Kevin Garnett goes in for the dunk with his trademark intensity. 13. The original rim-rocker, Shaquille O'Nea,l shows Dwight Howard and his teammate how it's done. 14. Dwyane Wade does his best Air Jordan impression with the one-handed, legs spread, tounge-slighty-hanging dunk. 15. Before an injury ended his career, Dikembe Mutombo showed he still had some hops left in his veteran legs. 16. Brandon Roy posterizes Yao Ming with an over-the-back dunk. 17. Yao Ming catches some air-time over the Dallas Mavericks.