Official 2012 NBA All-Star Wknd Thread

Post #1 » by **The J Rocka** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:44 pm

61st NBA All-Star Game

Main Events Schedule:

Friday, Feb. 24

• BBVA Rising Stars Practice, 10 a.m. ET | NBA TV
• Hall of Fame Press Conference, 11:30 a.m. ET | NBA TV
• NBA GameTime: All-Star Interviews, noon ET | NBA TV
• The Beat, 5 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• The Jump presented by Sprint, 6 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• NBA GameTime: All-Star Interviews, 7 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• Sprint NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, 7 p.m. ET | ESPN
• BBVA Rising Stars Challenge, 9 p.m. ET | TNT
• Inside The NBA, 11 p.m. ET | TNT
• NBA GameTime presented by State Farm, 11:30 p.m. | NBA TV

Saturday, Feb. 25

• All-Star Practice and Player Interviews, 10:30 a.m. ET| NBA TV
• Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown, 1:30 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• 2012 NBA D-League All-Star Game Presented by 26 Seconds,2 p.m. ET| NBA TV
• Commissioner Stern press conference, 7 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• NBA Tip-Off, 8 p.m. ET | TNT
• All-Star Saturday Night presented by State Farm, 8:30 p.m. ET| TNT
- Haier Shooting Stars (1st Event)
- Taco Bell Skills Challenge (2nd Event)
- Foot Locker Three-Point Contest (3rd Event)
- Sprite Slam Dunk (4th Event)
• NBA TV All-Star Weekend Presented by Kia Motors, 11 p.m. ET | NBA TV

Sunday, Feb. 26

• Legends Brunch, noon p.m. ET | NBA TV
• NBA GameTime: All-Star Sunday, 4 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• Sprint Pre-Game Concert at NBA All-Star, 5 p.m. ET | NBA TV
• NBA Tip-Off presented by Autotrader.com, 6 p.m. ET | TNT
• 61st NBA All-Star Game, 7:30 p.m. ET (7:37 p.m. ET tip) | TNT
• Inside the NBA presented by Hyundai, 11 p.m. | NBA TV

http://www.nba.com/allstar/2012/full-ev ... index.html

Eastern Conference depth/roster chart:
Howard/Hibbert
James/Bosh
Anthony/Pierce/Deng
Wade/Iguodala
Rose/Williams/Rondo

Western Conference depth/roster chart:
Bynum/Love/Gasol
Griffin/Nowitzki/Aldridge
Durant
Bryant
Paul/Nash/Westbrook/Parker

http://www.nba.com/allstar/2012/players/index.html

southern wolf · Post #2 » by **southern wolf** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:30 pm

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/21 ... nt_Contest

Love's in the three point contest, bit surprising.

D-Will could be a chance for the dunk contest. They like putting rookies in and he's probably been the stand-out dunker amongst them.

Post #3 » by **The J Rocka** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 8:35 pm

APkrawczynski Jon Krawczynski
Love said he thinks NBA should follow MLB's lead and give homecourt adv. in finals to All-Star winner. Thinks it would ratchet up intensity.

https://twitter.com/#!/APkrawczynski

kmgarnett21 · Post #4 » by **kmgarnett21** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:43 pm

southern wolf wrote:http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/218925/Love_To_Compete_In_Three_Point_Contest

Love's in the three point contest, bit surprising.

D-Will could be a chance for the dunk contest. They like putting rookies in and he's probably been the stand-out dunker amongst them.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo about Love in the 3 point contest. More often than not, players who participate in the 3 point contest are cursed over the 2nd half of the season, especially if they make it to the finals or win. Lol. Love struggled with his 3-ball last night. Hopefully he finds it tonight.

Have the T'wolves EVER had anyone in the 3-point contest?

Post #5 » by **Klomp** » Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:48 pm

kmgarnett21 wrote:Have the T'wolves EVER had anyone in the 3-point contest?

Pretty sure Wally might've been

Post #6 » by **Klomp** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:45 pm

Jon Krawczynski @APkrawczynski
Love practiced 5 rounds of 3 pt shootout: 16, 19, 18, 12, 21. After last round, BMiller: "So you're sayin there's a chance."

southern wolf · Post #7 » by **southern wolf** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:11 am

Klomp wrote:Jon Krawczynski @APkrawczynski
Love practiced 5 rounds of 3 pt shootout: 16, 19, 18, 12, 21. After last round, BMiller: "So you're sayin there's a chance."

Ryan Anderson is going to be in it too. Power forward showdown!

Yes We Kahn · Post #8 » by **Yes We Kahn** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:25 am

Klomp wrote:
kmgarnett21 wrote:Have the T'wolves EVER had anyone in the 3-point contest?

Pretty sure Wally might've been

Nope. He'll be the first.

One thing we discovered in thinking about the competition is that Love is slated to be the first-ever Wolves player to participate (link is to Wikipedia, but this fact was also confirmed by the Wolves). We're not talking about a team that has had a lot of gifted marksmen -- Wally S. and The Mayor come to mind -- but given their two-decade-plus history that was still a surprise to learn.
Just another franchise milestone, we suppose.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/139325438.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_All-St ... t_Shootout

jade_hippo · Post #9 » by **jade_hippo** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:08 am

Klomp wrote:
kmgarnett21 wrote:Have the T'wolves EVER had anyone in the 3-point contest?

Pretty sure Wally might've been

Nope, never. Thought Chris Carr may have been, but Wally never was.

Post #10 » by **The J Rocka** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:10 am

jade_hippo wrote:
Klomp wrote:
kmgarnett21 wrote:Have the T'wolves EVER had anyone in the 3-point contest?

Pretty sure Wally might've been

Nope, never. Thought Chris Carr may have been, but Wally never was.

Carr was in the '97 dunk contest

Post #11 » by **The J Rocka** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:51 pm

https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23AllStar

3-point shootout contestants:

Joe Johnson
James Jones
Kevin Love
Mario Chalmers
Anthony Morrow
Ryan Anderson

Post #12 » by **C.lupus** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:01 pm

I don't see Love fairing well in that contest.

Post #13 » by **The J Rocka** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:08 pm

No surprise on the GB, already hating on the Love selection. Just for the laughs, I hope Love takes this.

kmgarnett21 · Post #14 » by **kmgarnett21** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:16 pm

Morrow or Anderson take it. But obviously I'm pulling for Love.

Post #15 » by **Klomp** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:49 am

Jonah Ballow @jonahballow
Mark it down... @kevinlove is going to win the 3-point Contest #NBA

Post #16 » by **Klomp** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:23 pm

Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Just going up at ESPN online: Dunk contest field is Budinger, Paul George, Shumpert and Derrick Williams. And, yes, Jeremy Lin involved, too

kmgarnett21 · Post #17 » by **kmgarnett21** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:49 pm

Lin is in the dunk contest?!

And isn't the dunk contest this year down to fan vote now?

What's the point in even holding it this year? Williams could throw down some NASTY dunks and Lin could just throw down a couple of routine, normal dunks and everyone would vote for Lin.

eyeteeth · Post #18 » by **eyeteeth** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:59 pm

I absolutely would not be surprised to see KLove walk away with the 3 Pt title. He is such a fierce competitor. ...and it doesn't hurt that he likes the glory, too.

kmgarnett21 · Post #19 » by **kmgarnett21** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:04 pm

Lin will be "assisting" Shumpert, not in the dunk contest. I was wondering why there was five players.

TMo519 · Post #20 » by **TMo519** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:07 pm

I like how it's even a story that Lin will assist Shumpert. Every dunker has an assisted dunk so that's not really a surprise.

I don't really think of D-Will as a "contest" dunker, I could be way off, but that's just not how I view him as a dunker. I guess we'll see what he has to offer though.