LKL Slam Dunk Contest

Slam Dunk Contest

Award details

Sport

Lietuvos krepšinio lyga

Local name

Oro Karalius (Lithuanian)

History

First award

Gary Arrington, 1994

Most wins

Darius Sirtautas: 3 times

Most recent

Gediminas Žitlinskas

Past winners
1994 Gary Arrington 1995 Darius Sirtautas 1996 No contest held 1997 Darius Sirtautas 1998 Darius Sirtautas 1999 Eurelijus Žukauskas 2000 Robertas Javtokas 2001 Robertas Javtokas 2002 Dainius Šalenga 2003 Aaron Lucas 2004 Marco Spears 2005 Antonio Grant 2006 No contest held 2007 Aivaras Kiaušas 2008 Mantas Kalnietis 2009 Arvydas Šikšnius 2010 Aron Baynes 2011 Algirdas Palaima 2012 Sonny Weems 2013 Šarūnas Beniušis 2014 Travis Leslie 2015 Travis Leslie 2016 Rafal Lipinski 2017 Gediminas Žitlinskas

The LKL Slam Dunk Contest is an annual Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) competition held during the LKL All-Star Day and later King Mindaugas Cup. The contest was held almost every year from the first All-Star Day.

Throughout the history contest witnessed many famous moment, most noticeable being 2001 contest in Kaunas, where Robertas Javtokas (representing Lietuvos rytas) repeated the World Record for highest Slam Dunk, when he dunked a basketball on a goal set at 3.65m (12 feet) from the floor.^[1]

The very first slam dunk contest was won by Gary Arrington of the BC Statyba at the 1994 LKL All-Star Day in Panevėžys.^[2] The current champion of the LKL Dunk Contest is Gediminas Žitlinskas who participated as a guest.^[3]

Slam Dunk Contest champions

Year	Player	Nationality	Team
1994 (Panevėžys)	Gary Arrington	United States	Statyba
1995 (Alytus)	Darius Sirtautas	Lithuania	Atletas
1997 (Kaunas)	Darius Sirtautas (2)	Lithuania	Žalgiris
1998 (Vilnius)	Darius Sirtautas (3)	Lithuania	Žalgiris
1999 (Kaunas)	Eurelijus Žukauskas	Lithuania	Žalgiris
2000 (Kaunas)	Robertas Javtokas	Lithuania	Lietuvos rytas
2001 (Kaunas)	Robertas Javtokas (2)	Lithuania	Lietuvos rytas
2002 (Kaunas)	Dainius Šalenga	Lithuania	Žalgiris
2003 (Kaunas)	Aaron Lucas	United States	Lietuvos rytas
2004 (Kaunas)	Marco Spears	United States	Alita
2005 (Vilnius)	Antonio Grant	United States	Neptūnas
2007 (Vilnius)	Aivaras Kiaušas	Lithuania	Sakalai
2008 (Šiauliai)	Mantas Kalnietis	Lithuania	Žalgiris
2009 (Šiauliai)	Arvydas Šikšnius	Lithuania	Sakalai
2010 (Panevėžys)	Aron Baynes	Australia	Lietuvos rytas
2011 (Šiauliai)	Algirdas Palaima	Lithuania	Vilnius Pedagogical University, LSKL
2012 (Klaipėda)	Sonny Weems	United States	Žalgiris
2013 (Šiauliai)	Šarūnas Beniušis	Lithuania	LSU-Baltai
2014 (Klaipėda)	Travis Leslie	United States	Šiauliai
2015 (Vilnius)	Travis Leslie (2)	United States	Lietuvos rytas
2016 (Vilnius)	Rafal Lipinski	Poland	Guest
2017 (Kaunas)	Gediminas Žitlinskas	Lithuania	Guest

References

↑ "Nuo rekordo iki kuriozo: įsimintiniausi LKL Žvaigždžių dienos dėjimai". alfa.lt (in Lithuanian). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
↑ Ramoška, Saulius (18 February 2017). "Rankas smailina tritaškininkai ir dėjikai". Lietuvos žinios (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 18 February 2017.
↑ "KMT „Oro karaliumi“ tapo A.Bestą nurungęs 175 cm ūgio G.Žitlinskas". Krepsinis.net (in Lithuanian). 18 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

Lietuvos Krepšinio Lyga
Teams	Dzūkija Juventus Lietkabelis Lietuvos rytas Neptūnas Nevėžis Pieno žvaigždės Šiauliai Vytautas Žalgiris
Seasons	1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Finals	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Annual events	All-Star Day All-Star Game (MVP) Slam Dunk Contest Three-point Shootout
Other	Awards LKF Cup Karaliaus Mindaugo taurė

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