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Do you have what it takes? Submit your own dunk video showcasing your skills. All you need to do is:

Submit a video no longer than :30 seconds showcasing creativity, athleticism, and difficulty.

Demonstrate your skills on a 10 foot hoop using an official regulation size basketball
Videos must be submitted in .mov, .avi, or .wmv format and cannot exceed 50mb in size

LeBron James will decide if you've got game!

Over the weekend, the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown made its stop in L.A. The event rode into the city as part of the NBA Nation mobile basketball tour which brings basketball fans together in a virtual Hoops paradise. Fans can explore the 18 wheeler show truck or even get the chance to have a 3 point shoot out against one of the league's stars, on deck for my visit was L.A. Clippers rookie Eric Gordon. The highlight of the day is of course the dunk contest!

This report is from Saturday May 9th we have another report coming from Friday and Sunday.

SkyHigh & Haneef in Atlanta for the Sprite SlamDunk Showdown

With the help of Lebron James, the NBA and Sprite teamed up together and brought out the best amateur dunkers in Atlanta on Saturday May 9, 2009. The contest was held at Atlanta's own, Sweet Auburn Festival. This annual celebration was held in the heart of Atlanta's African American community.

The NBA and Sprite, with the help of LeBron James, are bringing the best amateur dunkers in the U.S. to the NBA All-Star Weekend 2010 in Dallas to crown a Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown champion. It's time to put non-NBA dunkers with the skills on the big stage!

Besides being personally invited to the inauguration by President Barack Obama himself, what does All-Star Dunk Champion, Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic have going for himself that other All-Star team members don't? How about the most votes by any player in All-Star game history! Of the 66 starters and reserves, Howard shattered All-Star ballot records by being the first player to reach the 3 million vote mark in All-Star game's 58 year history! Howard had a whopping 3,150,181 votes, followed by Lebron at 2,940,823 votes, Kobe at 2,805,397 votes, D-Wade at 2,741,413 votes and Tim Duncan at 2,578,168 votes to round out the top five most voted players.

People weighed in around the world to cast their vote for their favorite player(s) for the Eastern Conference vs Western Conference showdown aka NBA All-Star Game taking place Sunday, February 15th in Phoenix.

In case the words "Superman Dunk" don't mean anything to you, you might want to check out these highlights from last year's dunk contest. You might just learn something!

Dwight Howard 2008 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest - "Superman Dunk"

You see that vertical? SUPERMAN! Dan-dan-da-duhhhh, dun-dun-da-da-duhhhhh, dan-dan-da-duh-duh-duh-da-duhh!!!! (*playing Superman theme music)

Rudy Fernandez has won the 4th dunker spot in the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk contest. With 251,868 votes, Portland's Fernandez edged Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook (147,279) and Milwaukee's Joe Alexander (114,963).

Rudy thanks the fans and shows off some dunks in this new video:

Now that the rookie representative has been chosen, the three other dunkers in this year's contest have released intro videos explaining why they think they will be this year's Sprite Slam Dunk champion. Take a look below:

Ladies and Gentlemen Sprite and the NBA asked BlackSportsOnline to help support the 2009 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest check out the information below:

The Sprite Slam Dunk contest is always a highly anticipated part of NBA All Star Weekend -- but 2009 will be even better because they dunk, but YOU decide.

When fans visit the Sprite Slam Dunk NBA website, they can choose from three outstanding rookies to compete as the 4th dunker: http://www.nba.com/dunk

Not sure who to pick? Watch their video plea:

Check out the complete NBA Sprite Slam Dunk playlist for more:

Sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words.