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It is official. Kobe Bryant and Richard Hamilton will both be in the 3 pt contest along with Gibson, Kapono, Steve Nash and Peja.

Looks like the 3pt contest just got interesting again.

http://www.nba.com/allstar2008/three_po ... 80206.html

Edited title so this can be the official 3-point competition thread.

-miller

Peja is in it as well.

very little chance Kobe or Rip win it but i think both are doing it for fun anyway. my money is on Kapono

why is rip in the contest please tell WHY?

no james jones
anthony parker
jason richardson


at least take out nash since he's already in that skills contest

Kobe's an idiot. How do you shoot 3s with a dislocated finger?

No Jason Richardson? Why, he's not leading the league in 3PM or anything is he?

Jules Winnfield wrote:Kobe's an idiot. How do you shoot 3s with a dislocated finger?

who cares he's doing it for fun

Just to make it interesting kobe said he will shoot threes with turn around fade away.

Kobe is freaking 74th in 3pt Percentage. WTF

Bustabucket wrote:Kobe is freaking 74th in 3pt Percentage. WTF

He also holds the record for most 3's made in NBA history and most consecutive 3's made.

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He also holds the record for most 3's made in NBA history and most consecutive 3's made.

Yes, but we're not talking NBA History, we're talking THIS SEASON.

Hell, if we're going by NBA history, let's get Bird, Reggie, Kerr, etc out on the field.

Optimism Prime wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Yes, but we're not talking NBA History, we're talking THIS SEASON.

Hell, if we're going by NBA history, let's get Bird, Reggie, Kerr, etc out on the field.

Kobe's probably doing this just for fun but who knows. Maybe he's forreal this time unlike the Skills Challenge.

Optimism Prime wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



Yes, but we're not talking NBA History, we're talking THIS SEASON.

Hell, if we're going by NBA history, let's get Bird, Reggie, Kerr, etc out on the field.

Ya since when does what a player has **** done over their career matter for a damn seasonal event like the 3pt shoot out?

Forget the guys that deserve to be there, lets go get damn kobe.

No James Jones
No Jason Richardson
No Anthony Parker

Bustabucket wrote:Forget the guys that deserve to be there, lets go get damn kobe.

No James Jones
No Jason Richardson
No Anthony Parker

No one is going to watch those 3 players. Everyone will watch because of Kobe. It's all about business.

but i would have loved j rich in the competition.
he could have been the first player to win both the dunk and the three contest.

I don't give a crap if Parker, Jones and J-Rich don't make it. I'd rather see Tmac, Vince, Kobe, Lebron in the 3 point shootout than have these those guys.

I think Kobe has a very good chance to win.

I'm a Laker Fan and I don't think Kobe will win, but on the other hand if he gets hot he can set a new record. Kobe is just a beast like that. Who knows what will happen? I would not normally give a crap about the 3pt contest but the bigger the names the more people will watch and the NBA knows that. Hell even MJ was in the 3pt contest and he sucked making like only a couple shots but it was fun just to have MJ a part of it.

D-Wags#13 wrote:but i would have loved j rich in the competition.
he could have been the first player to win both the dunk and the three contest.

Brent Berry done it