Cleveland ? Usually the one with his feet off the floor, LeBron James has everyone else hanging.

With the NBA’s All-Star dunk contest just two days away in Denver, the Cleveland Cavaliers forward hasn’t decided whether he’ll take part against the league’s other premier leapers.

“It is a ‘yes or no’ answer,” said James, who has been pressed about a decision nearly every day for the past few weeks. “I just haven’t decided if I’ll do it or not. You know me, I’m a last-minute person.”

James skipped last year’s dunk contest in Los Angeles, partially because he was upset at not being picked as a reserve for the Eastern Conference’s All-Star team as a rookie.

James, who recently missed a few games because of a sprained ankle, may wait until Friday before he makes up his mind.

The league officially announced at least four participants for Saturday night’s dunk contest, at one time the highlight of All-Star Weekend festivities. Atlanta rookie Josh Smith will compete along with J.R. Smith and Chris Andersen of New Orleans and Amare Stoudemire of Phoenix.

“I’m excited about it,” Josh Smith said before Wednesday night’s game against the Cavaliers. “It’s a big deal for me. I’ve talked to Dominique (Wilkins) a little about what it was like in his day.”

Denver was the site of the NBA’s first dunk contest in 1984 and the ABA dunk-off between Julius Erving and David Thompson in 1976.

James has a standing invitation from the league, which would love to see him compete and possibly help fans forget about some of the turbulence from the first half of the 2004-05 season.