Dwight Howard doesn't expect to compete in this season's dunk contest and he doesn't think LeBron James will either.

"Me and him are talking,'' Howard said. "I don't know if he wants to do it. We do a lot of dunking during the season so those dunk contests take a lot out of you. ... I would love to see him get in one. But I doubt he does. I don't think he's going to do it.''

James vowed to participate in this year's dunk contest while watching the 2009 contest in Phoenix.