ALL STAR PARTICIPANTS ANNOUNCED:

3 PT CONTEST: Steve Novak (NYK), Paul George (IND), Matt Bonner (SAS), Kyrie Irving (CLE), Stephon Curry (GSW), Ryan Anderson (ORL).

DUNK CONTEST: Kenneth Faried (DEN), Gerald Green(IND), James White (NYK), Eric Bledsoe (LAC), Terrance Ross (TOR), Jeremy Evans(UTA).

SKILLS CHALLENGE: Damian Lillard (POR), Jeremy Lin (HOU), Tony Parker (SAS), Jrue Holiday (PHI), Brandon Knight (DET), Jeff Teague (ATL).


RISING STARS CHALLENGE: TEAM CHUCK VS TEAM SHAQ:

TEAM CHUCK - Anthony Davis, Kenneth Faried, Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Ricky Rubio, Tristan Thompson, Nikola Vucevic, Brandon Knight, Isaiah Thomas, Alexey Shved.

TEAM SHAQ - Damian Lillard, Kyrie Irving, Andre Drummond, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Chandler Parsons, Dion Waiters, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Tyler Zeller, Kemba Walker.


Who you got?

[This message has been edited by Sher Thing (edited 2/7/2013 6:51p).]

3 PT Contest: Novak over Curry
Slam Dunk: James White over Ross
Skills: Jrue Holliday over Lillard

Again a lame dunk contest

Not lame at all. James White, Terrance Ross, and Gerald Green are probably the 3 best dunkers in the league. Should be a great show.

White, Green and Ross will be pretty sweet to watch.

This is much better than having some huge marquee name involved who is going to win regardless of what he does.

The best dunks will win this contest, not popularity for once.

Every dunk has been done. Stars no longer participate. There is no Jordan, Wilkins, Carter, etc. We deserve a wade, Lebron, melo, Durant type contest. (Yes i know it wont happen) but THAT would be a show

That's never going to happen.

I'm saying having "no name" participants who are fantastic dunkers (a lot better than most the guys you just named off) is much better then having 3 no names and dwight howard or 3 no names and blake griffin because you already know who's going to win before the thing even starts just because of their popularity. There is no bias with these guys. It should be a good contest with White and Green in there.

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Again a lame dunk contest

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You don't know. This is one of the best line-ups in years.

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We deserve a wade, Lebron, melo, Durant type contest.

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This would be the worst contest of all-time.

Great line up, including dunk contest. Cant wait to see flight white take off from a foot behind the free throw line.

Lebron is the only one of the marquee guys named who would be interesting in a dunk contest. The actual lineup is really good. No gimmicks like Nate Robinson or random stars like Dwight Howard, just great dunkers.

[This message has been edited by Ulrich (edited 2/7/2013 11:11p).]

Happy for Matty. He's the least deserving out of the candidates this year, but he should have been in it the last three years. He should do really well. Tony's seen him go 50/50 before. He's my pick for the contest.

I'll take James White for the dunk contest.

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“I hope I’m not so excited I airball the entire first round,” Bonner said.

“I guarantee nobody in the history of the 3-point contest has been as excited as I am to be there,” Bonner said. “I don’t know how I’m going to sleep between now and then.”

“I’m going to do my best to enjoy the moment,” Bonner said. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing for me.”

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I'm worried that Bonner's shot is too slow to be a real contender. It takes a quick release to get all the way through without rushing the shot.

I'm going to go with Steph Curry over Steve Novak, but cheering for Bonner.

Yea I'm kind of worried about his release too, but something tells me he's practiced the scenario and has it down.

I hope Matty wins but I'm not betting on it. We all know how he is under pressure situations.

Early Vegas Odds:

3PT CONTEST:

Curry - 2.5/1
Irving - 3/1
Novak - 3.5/1
Anderson - 4/1
Bonner - 5/1
George - 5/1

DUNK CONTEST:

White - 2.5/1
Evans - 3/1
Green - 3/1
Bledsoe - 4/1
Faried - 5/1
Ross - 6/1

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