The 42 Most Important Dunks of 2013 (NBA Edition)

You slap his head, he slams it down in your face.

Didn't even see him coming, kid. Didn't even see him coming.

Joakim Noah looking like a little boy on this play.

This is such a white man jam.

JaVale McGee throws alley-oops to himself because JaVale McGee doesn't care for your rules.

Yeah, that seems hard to defend.

Reverse dunks have a special place in my heart. Right next to out-of-date cool sayings like "Booyah!"

Nick Young literally shouted as loud as he could when he slammed this one home. It probably helped.

Terrence Ross: Professional Dunker.

This is the best move you can do in rec league basketball. It also apparently works in the NBA.

Look at this old man throwing it down. Hey, good for you, old man.

"It's ridiculous how athletic this guy is." - Commentator during replay.

I simply do not understand how someone can do this and then shoot a free throw the way Noah shoots a free throw. Why are you so weird, dude?

Windmill Dunks > The Industrial Revolution.

The young talent in Cleveland is pretty impressive.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a stare down. It's a stare down, people.

Birdman down. Birdman down.

This is why Entertainment 720 signed him.

So Kobe's good at basketball.

This dunk was so beautiful it made Drake cry.

Now THAT is going up and over a defender.

Marcin Gortat gave up before the ball even entered the hoop. Marcin Gortat, you make me laugh.

Oh, child, you can't take a charge when a bulldozer is coming at you. Educate yourself, fool.

Man, when JaVale McGee is not screwing everything up, he's actually quite good at basketball.

Razzle dazzle!

Jams it in!

Is that how you get the key to Lob City?

A reverse dunk off an alley-oop? Thank you very much, Mr. Smith.

Okay, I guess you did deserve that slam dunk title.

Does anybody know how to post videos to Facebook?

I'm just going to go ahead and say it, putback dunks are sexy.

Bet you didn't know Prince could still get up like that, huh? I'm sure he surprised himself with this move.

Oh, good lord. How did he do that?

This is the NBA equivalent of monkey in the middle. Only in this case, the monkey was killed by LeBron James.

Haha. Classic Blake Griffin.

To be perfectly honest, no man his size should ever be able to do this. Nate Robinson, you're a freak and I love you.

David Lee slept on the Black Mamba and he paid the price.

Aaaaaand that's a poster. Thank you for trying, Omer Asik. Seriously, thanks. It made the poster a lot better.

I'm not totally sure about this, but I believe this dunk was the inspiration behind R. Kelly's hit single "I Believe I Can Fly."

Mike Miller getting slapped in the face during this dunk will never not be hilarious.

The only thing better than this putback is the hairdo. RIP Iman Shumpert's amazing flat top.

Nothing compares. Nothing compares to you.