It has been nearly a decade since a Houston Rockets player participated in the dunk contest. RALPH SAMPSON, 1984Ralph Sampson is the first Houston Rocket to participate in the dunk contest, and the seven-footer unleashed a 360-dunk in the early iteration of the event. KENNY SMITH, 1991, 1993The Jet showed out in two tries as a Rocket in the dunk contest. The two-time NBA Champion got runner-up honors in 1990 as a Sacramento King, then came to Houston and showed off his hops. CHASE BUDINGER, 2012The former Arizona Wildcat and volleyball player showed up to a relatively low-star wattage contest, won by Jeremy Evans.