A new slam dunk champion will be crowned when four aerial acrobats take flight in the 2023 AT&T Slam Dunk on All-Star Saturday Night at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City. The Slam Dunk will be the third and final event on All-Star Saturday Night, which begins at 8 p.m. ET and also includes the Kia Skills Challenge and Starry 3-Point Contest. 

Philadelphia 76ers guard Mac McClung is the favorite in the 2023 Slam Dunk contest odds at +100. Kenyon Martin Jr. is next at +320, followed by Jerico Sims (+380) and Trey Murphy III (+410).

Before making any 2023 Slam Dunk picks or All-Star weekend predictions, see the picks from SportsLine's NBA expert Mike Barner.

A respected NBA Fantasy expert, both seasonlong and daily, Barner's work has appeared in Sports Illustrated and on Yahoo, RotoWire and KFFL. He's also been featured on ESPN Radio. Barner digs deep into the data, examining team trends and projecting game outcomes.

Barner's expertise has been on full display over a wide sample. Over the past three seasons at SportsLine, Mike has crushed sportsbooks with a 425-343-12 record, returning $4,416 to $100 bettors on against-the-spread picks. He also has an incredible feel for NBA All-Star Weekend. In 2021, Barner correctly picked Anfernee Simons to win the Slam Dunk contest. Anybody who followed Barner's picks has seen some big returns.

Now he has analyzed the 2023 Slam Dunk contest from all angles and is delivering his picks for SportsLine. We can tell you that Barner is fading McClung, even though he is one of the favorites. "McClung has provided some exciting dunks in the G League, but he'll have his work cut out for him competing against three more established players," Barner told SportsLine. Barner prefers another player over McClung.

Instead, Barner's Slam Dunk winner is a player he describes as "explosive." He is including this player in his All-Star weekend bets, and so should you. You ABSOLUTELY need to see who it is before locking in any picks of your own.

So who wins the 2023 Slam Dunk contest? ... Join SportsLine right now to get Saturday's 2023 Slam Dunk pick, all from the SportsLine expert who nailed Simons winning two years ago!