A new NBA Shooting Stars champion will be crowned as teams representing Atlanta, Los Angeles, Sacramento and the state of Texas take the floor on Feb. 13, as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night at American Airlines Center in Dallas. For the first time in the event's history, TNT and NBA TV analysts will participate in the event, each serving as the NBA Legend on one of the four respective teams.
Team Los Angeles, which won the inaugural All-Star Shooting Stars competition in 2004, is comprised of Pau Gasol, who will be making his third NBA All-Star Game appearance in 2010; Marie Ferdinand-Harris of the Los Angeles Sparks, who is a three-time WNBA All-Star; and NBA TV analyst Brent Barry, winner of the 1996 Sprite Slam Dunk Contest as a member of the Clippers.
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At first, I thought it was pretty weird, but it seems that each team has a TNT or NBATV analyst representative.
Sacramento = Chris Webber
Atlanta = Steve Smith
Texas = Kenny Smith
Los Angeles = Brent Barry
