NBA Allstar Weekend (Feb 13-15)

mttwlsn16 · Post #1 » by **mttwlsn16** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:00 am

Sprint Celebrity AllStar Game: Friday, Feb 13 at 4pm west, 7pm east on ESPN
Rosters
Kevin Hart
Ansel Elgort
Anthony Anderson
Common
Mo'ne Davis
Win Butler
Chadwick Boseman
Nick Cannon
Allan Houston
Chris Mullin
Blake Leeper
Michael Rapaport
Rober Pera
Kristen Ledlow
Abhishek Bachchan
Shoni Schimmel
Skylar Diggins
Tina Charles

BBVA Compass Rising Stars Challenge: Friday, Feb 13 at 6pm west, 9pm east on TNT
USA Roster
Head Coach: Alvin Gentry
Trey Burke
Kentavioius Caldwell-Pope
Robert Covington
Zach LaVine
Shabazz Muhammad
Nerlens Noel
Victor Oladipo
Elfrid Payton
Mason Plumlee
Cody Zeller
(Michael Carter-Williams, injured, will not play)

World Roster
Head Coach: Kenny Atkinson
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Bojan Bogdanovic
Matthew Dellavadova
Gorgui Dieng
Dante Exum
Rudy Gobert
Nikola Mirotic
Kostas Papanikolaou
Dennis Schroder
Andrew Wiggins
(Steven Adams, Jusuf Nurkic, Kelly Olynyk, injured, will not play)

NBA Allstar Saturday Night: Saturday, Feb 14 at 5pm west, 8pm east on TNT
Degree Shooting Stars Rosters
Team Bosh: Chris Bosh, Dominique Wilkins, Swin Cash
Team Westbrook: Russell Westbrook, Penny Hardaway, Tamika Catchings
Team Curry: Steph Curry, Dell Curry, Sue Bird
Team Davis: Paul Millsap (replacing Anthony Davis), Scottie Pippen, Elena Delle Donne

Taco Bell Skills Challenge
Patrick Beverly (replacing John Wall)
Dennis Schroder (replacing Jimmy Butler)
Elfrid Payton (replacing Michael Carter-Williams)
Trey Burke
Jeff Teague
Kyle Lowry
Brandon Knight
Isiah Thomas

Foot Locker Three-Point Contest
Marco Belinelli
Steph Curry
James Harden
Kyrie Irving
Kyle Korver
Wesley Matthews
JJ Redick
Klay Thompson

Sprite Slam Dunk Contest
Giannis Antetokounmpo
Zach LaVine
Victor Oladipo
Mason Plumlee

64th NBA Allstar Game: Sunday, Feb 15 at 530 west, 830 east on TNT
East Roster
Head Coach: Mike Budenholzer
-John Wall
-Kyle Lowry
-Carmelo Anthony
-LeBron James
-Pau Gasol
Kyle Korver (replacing Dwyane Wade)
Al Horford
Jeff Teague
Paul Milsap
Chris Bosh
Jimmy Butler
Kyrie Irving

West Roster
Head Coach: Steve Kerr
-Steph Curry
-James Harden (starting in place of Kobe Bryant)
-Klay Thompson (starting in place of Blake Griffin)
-Marc Gasol
-5th starter as of now undecided (starting in place of Anthony Davis)
Chris Paul
DeMarcus Cousins (replacing Kobe Bryant)
Damian Lillard (replacing Blake Griffin)
Tim Duncan
Dirk Nowitzki (replacing Anthony Davis)
LaMarcus Aldridge
Russell Westbrook
Kevin Durant

-Thought we could use a thread to discuss the events taking place this weekend.
-Still pissed DJ didn't get Anthony Davis' spot.
-Really looking forward to the 3 point contest, easily the best group of shooters I've ever seen in it.

Quake Griffin · Post #2 » by **Quake Griffin** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:02 am

yay.

can't wait to see Klay Thompson starting in the All Star Game

ZZZzzz

Post #3 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 1:47 pm

All star weekend is one of my favorite times of the year. I'll watch as much as I can and it's exciting to be in my hometown of New York.

Dynamix · Post #4 » by **Dynamix** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 3:49 pm

Kinda bummed we won't see Blake or DJ, who would've been amazing to watch in the ASG and dunk contest. CP probably won't have much to do coming off the bench. I'm excited for Redick, but he'll have some very tough competition.

Neddy · Post #5 » by **Neddy** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:07 pm

this is gonna sound heresy but as much as I love my clippers, I just don't like NBA enough to care for an all star game weekend. I surely will look for JJ's 3 point competition but other than that, I only care CP3 does't hurt himself. I think I would rather dig up some scouting videos for baseball prospects this weekend than watch this all star game. in fact scouting videos would give me so much more pleasure.... no Clips, no NBA for me. unless we go back to players wearing their own jerseys, then i would probably fight through my boredom just to see CP3 on the court wearing the clipper uni.

Post #6 » by **mkwest** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:58 am

I didn't make my picks. I would have went with the World, but that already happened.

I'm going with:
Shooting Stars: Team Bosh
Skills: Kyle Lowry
3PT Shootout: JJ Redick
Dunk: Zach LaVine

Neddy · Post #7 » by **Neddy** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:02 am

i don't care for anyone else or anything else tonight. JJ for 3 is all i care.

Neddy · Post #8 » by **Neddy** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:41 am

damn waving off a bunch of JJ's shots because allegedly his foot was on a the line for a half a dozen shots. BS.

LACtdom · Post #9 » by **LACtdom** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:19 am

Yeah disappointed that JJ didn't score better. I'm a huge fan of JJ and Korver and would have loved to see them score like everyone knows they're capable of.

nickhx2 · Post #10 » by **nickhx2** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:24 am

that 2nd zach levine dunk was incredible

mttwlsn16 · Post #11 » by **mttwlsn16** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:48 am

JJ Redick was competing in the long 2 point contest :lol:

Zack LaVine was awesome.

Antekmptemteppptemu and Plumlee absolutely sucked.

Dynamix · Post #12 » by **Dynamix** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:29 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JJRedick/status/566830872100220930[/tweet]

Post #13 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:40 pm

Unfortunately I was watching my Penn State hoops team lose to Maryland so I missed most of the action last night. I didn't know that JJ took a bunch of long 2s, however I heard that Lavine killed the dunk contest. Comimg in I knew he has a crazy vertical.

Post #14 » by **mkwest** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 9:36 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFqbSkTCRJQ[/youtube]
JJ would have had 22 if not for the violations. 23 was needed to advance to the 2nd round. Hopefully he'll get an opportunity to give it another go next season.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr17ciywK1k[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYmKbGiPayk[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFxCEXTeOcA[/youtube]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYbx_PV3318[/youtube]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/blakegriffin32/status/567075286387159043[/tweet]

Quake Griffin · Post #15 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:29 pm

just want to add that SOOOOOO many of my friends (Laker fans and Clipper haters) love to give me crap about Griffin in the dunk contest.

IDC what anybody says…
Griff's 1st miss was a 50 to me. Not his 1st completed dunk. His 1st miss.

Neddy · Post #16 » by **Neddy** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:53 pm

I dunno. maybe it's just a chronic episode of a nostalgia, but the 88 is still the best of all time for me.

85 winner Dominique Wilkins
86 winner Spud Webb
87 winner Michael Jordan
and
Clyde the Glide, Cadillac Anderson, Otis Smith, and Jerome Kersey

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6vRWbVlTDo[/youtube]

you gotta remember too, is that this is what, a 27 years ago? nobody had done these things before them.

Post #17 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:13 am

I'm surprised that the all star game is starting at 8:30 here in the East. I thought it would start at 8, not that it makes much of a difference for me.

Post #18 » by **mkwest** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:47 am

Coming into the game, LeBron is 33 points away from surpassing Kobe for all-time leading scorer in the ASG. He's going to be gunning for it.

Post #19 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:51 am

I'm not sure if I want to go for the east or the west. Hopefully this turns out to be a good game. I wish that Blake was playing.

Post #20 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:13 am

Tons of scoring from Westhrook he has 23 points already