Official All Star Weekend Thread

Bruin · Post #1 » by **Bruin** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:41 am

Now that we’ve played our last game before the break, we can turn our focus to the All Star weekend festivities

There’s plenty of Raptors representation this weekend so it should be fun to tune in

Friday, Feb. 18 - Clorox Rising Stars - 9PM ET

Scottie will be playing for Team Payton
Precious will be playing for Team Isiah

Saturday, Feb 19 - State Farm All Star Saturday Night - 8 PM ET

Scottie will be participating in the Skills Challenge (1st event)

Fred will be participating in the 3PT contest (2nd event)

Sunday, Feb. 20 - NBA All Star Game - 8 PM ET

Fred will be making his 1st All Star appearance playing for Team Lebron

Hope all our guys enjoy the break and get some much needed rest

Arkm110 · Post #2 » by **Arkm110** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:50 am

I got Fred winning the 3 PT contest and Team rooks winning the Skills contest

dgr81 · Post #3 » by **dgr81** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:52 am

i don't think fred gets off all his shots in the 3pt contest before time expires :lol:

Bruin · Post #4 » by **Bruin** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 3:55 am

dgr81 wrote:i don't think fred gets off all his shots in the 3pt contest before time expires

I think he’ll cut it close but I’m expecting he’ll have practiced it a bit before Saturday

Cant really be much worse than Lowry did lol

WuTang_CMB · Post #5 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:08 am

I hope pascal enjoys turks and gets some rest. He's been cooking the league for 2 months now without any help from the refs

mdenny · Post #6 » by **mdenny** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 4:46 am

dgr81 wrote:i don't think fred gets off all his shots in the 3pt contest before time expires

My prediction....fred grabs ball and dribbles for 25 seconds before letting fire his first shot from the logo

LoveMyRaps · Post #7 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:08 am

I have way more faith in Freddy for the 3pt contest.

Lowry looked mad nervous.
I had a bad feeling from the jump. :lol:

FVV my pick to win it this year.

Bring the title back home.

LoveMyRaps · Post #8 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:10 am

Which Raptor(s) benefits the most from this much needed break?

I gotta say Siakam & OG.

Bruin · Post #9 » by **Bruin** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:20 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:Which Raptor(s) benefits the most from this much needed break?

I gotta say Siakam & OG.

Those 2 plus Scottie and Thad.

Hopefully Scottie fully rests up after the weekend.

Thad should be able to use this time to continue getting settled in

Tripod · Post #10 » by **Tripod** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:21 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:Which Raptor(s) benefits the most from this much needed break?

I gotta say Siakam & OG.

I think everyone will. At least once tge ASG is over, we don’t play till Friday do even Fred can get dome rest.

Barnes has played a ton of ball this year compared to last year. The ASG will give him a chance to be around real stars and interact with them. That will be valuable. And then a nice break after his duties are done.

Og and PS, for sure. Trent, member.

Young...more time to learn playbook will be big for him.

A well deserved break for everyone.

Kingsway_fan · Post #11 » by **Kingsway_fan** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:38 am

PrinceAli wrote:
dgr81 wrote:i don't think fred gets off all his shots in the 3pt contest before time expires

I think he’ll cut it close but I’m expecting he’ll have practiced it a bit before Saturday

Cant really be much worse than Lowry did lol

Lowry was baaaaad.

But fred has ice veins.. he is clutch .

LoveMyRaps · Post #12 » by **LoveMyRaps** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 8:28 pm

Yo wtf... our return to action schedule is gonna be brutal. 8 games in 8 nights. 3 consecutive sets of back to back games.

Feb 25 - Feb 26: Hornets & Hawks
Feb 28 - March 1st: Nets & Nets
March 3rd - March 4th: Pistons & Magic

douggood · Post #13 » by **douggood** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 9:22 pm

scottie is gonna be busy

also taking part in Clutch Challenge

• In addition, a timed shooting competition called the Clorox Clutch Challenge will take place between Games 2 and 3 of Clorox Rising Stars. A total of eight NBA and NBA G League Ignite players will be divided into four teams of two and compete to make shots from five locations on the court tied to iconic shots made in the NBA Playoffs.

• Teams will break down as follows:

— Desmond Bane/Tyrese Haliburton
— Scottie Barnes/TBD**
— Josh Giddey/Evan Mobley
— Michael Foster Jr./Fanbo Zeng (G League Ignite)

Read on Twitter

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TRik · Post #14 » by **TRik** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 9:40 pm

LoveMyRaps wrote:Yo wtf... our return to action schedule is gonna be brutal. 8 games in 8 nights. 3 consecutive sets of back to back games.

Feb 25 - Feb 26: Hornets & Hawks
Feb 28 - March 1st: Nets & Nets
March 3rd - March 4th: Pistons & Magic

6 games. But yup…..brutal.

Bruin · Post #15 » by **Bruin** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:04 pm

douggood wrote:scottie is gonna be busy

also taking part in Clutch Challenge

• In addition, a timed shooting competition called the Clorox Clutch Challenge will take place between Games 2 and 3 of Clorox Rising Stars. A total of eight NBA and NBA G League Ignite players will be divided into four teams of two and compete to make shots from five locations on the court tied to iconic shots made in the NBA Playoffs.

• Teams will break down as follows:

— Desmond Bane/Tyrese Haliburton
— Scottie Barnes/TBD**
— Josh Giddey/Evan Mobley
— Michael Foster Jr./Fanbo Zeng (G League Ignite)

Read on Twitter
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1489762656881946625%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nba.com%2Fnews%2F2022-clorox-rising-stars

Sucks that Duarte is out. He would’ve been a good partner with Scottie for that challenge.

Hope Cade replaces him

Edit: Nvm he’s being paired with Maxey

WuTang_CMB · Post #16 » by **WuTang_CMB** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:48 pm

Should be a fun weekend. I like that Nurse is going and showing support for his guys.

execoftheyear · Post #17 » by **execoftheyear** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:06 am

LoveMyRaps wrote:Which Raptor(s) benefits the most from this much needed break?

I gotta say Siakam & OG.

mrdressup · Post #18 » by **mrdressup** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 2:01 am

Lowry was extremely shy as three point contestant. Fred is probably betting on himself that he' ll win this.

CANsportsguru · Post #19 » by **CANsportsguru** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:40 am

I can live without the dunk contest and actual All-Star game. The 3-point contest and the skills contest is where the excitement comes from now.

kwajo · Post #20 » by **kwajo** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 12:07 pm

WuTang_OG wrote:Should be a fun weekend. I like that Nurse is going and showing support for his guys.

Nurse is a basketball junkie, I’m not surprised at all that he is going, in fact it wouldn’t surprise me to hear he spent all weekend trying to scout schemes from YMCA pickup games.