Three-time All-Star Larry Nance captured the inaugural 1984 Slam Dunk Contest with his revolutionary cradle dunk, cementing his legacy as one of basketball’s most creative and athletic finishers throughout his 13 seasons. Thirty-four years later in the 2018 Dunk Contest, his son Larry Nance Jr. paid homage by wearing his father’s Phoenix Suns jersey and perfectly recreating the famous dunk with his dad watching courtside, bridging generations through aerial artistry and family pride across 1,466 combined games to date. · Jan 28, 1984