2020 NBA All Star Weekend Thread | 69th All Star Game

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2020 NBA All Star Weekend Thread | 69th All Star Game 

Post#1 » by SideshowBob » Fri Feb 14, 2020 12:10 am

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Schedule


Friday

12:00 PM | NBA Rising Stars Practice | NBA TV
5:00 PM | Hall of Fame Class of 2020 Announcement | NBA TV
7:00 PM | NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles | ESPN
9:00 PM | NBA Rising Stars | TNT

Saturday

10:30 PM ET | NBA All-Star Practice & Media Day presented by AT&T | NBA TV
7:00 PM ET | Commissioner Adam Silver media availability | NBA TV
8:00 PM ET| State Farm All-Star Saturday Night | TNT

- Taco Bell Skills Challenge (first event)
- MTN DEW 3-Point Contest (second event)
- AT&T Slam Dunk (third event)

Sunday

12:00 PM ET | NBA Legends Brunch | NBA TV coverage begins at 1:30 p.m. ET
8:00 PM ET | 69th NBA All-Star Game | TNT coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET

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Friday

Celebrity Game
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Team Wilbon (Home)
Captain: Common (rapper, recording artist)
Bad Bunny (recording artist)
Hannibal Buress (actor, comedian)
Kane Brown (4x AMA award winning artist)
Jon Batiste (musician, bandleader of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert")
Alex Moffat (actor and comedian, "Saturday Night Live")
Chef José Andrés (Chef & Humanitarian)
Famous Los (comedian, social media influencer)
Jidenna (recording artist)
Chelsea Gray (WNBA)
Quentin Richardson (NBA Legend)

Team Stephen A. (Away)
Captain: Chance The Rapper (rapper, recording artist)
Quavo (rapper, recording artist)
Taylor Bennett (rapper, recording artist)
LaRoyce Hawkins (actor, “Chicago PD”)
Anthony “Spice” Adams (AKA Cream E. Biggums, actor, comedian, former NFL defensive tackle)
Marc Lasry (co-owner, Milwaukee Bucks)
Ronnie 2K (marketing director at 2K Sports)
Katelyn Ohashi (gymnast)
Lil Rel Howery (actor, comedian)
A’ja Wilson (WNBA)
Darius Miles (NBA Legend)


Rising Stars
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Saturday

Skills Challenge
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3 Point Contest
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Participants:
• Davis Bertans, Washington
• Devin Booker, Phoenix
• Devonte' Graham, Charlotte
• Joe Harris, Brooklyn
• Buddy Hield, Sacramento
• Zach LaVine, Chicago
• Duncan Robinson, Miami
• Trae Young, Atlanta

Slam Dunk
Spoiler:
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Participants:
• Pat Connaughton, Milwaukee
• Aaron Gordon, Orlando
• Dwight Howard, Los Angeles
• Derrick Jones Jr., Miami

Sunday

69th NBA All Star Game

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New Format
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The NBA announced today a new format for the 2020 NBA All-Star Game designed to increase the level of competition throughout the game, provide additional excitement at the finish and make the outcome of every quarter count for charity.

The changes include a new fourth-quarter format that will honor the late Kobe Bryant, who earned 18 NBA All-Star selections and a record-tying four NBA All-Star Game MVP awards. Additional plans to honor Bryant during NBA All-Star 2020 in Chicago will be announced at a later date.

In the 69th NBA All-Star Game, Team Giannis and Team LeBron will compete to win each of the first three quarters, all of which will start with the score of 0-0 and will be 12 minutes long. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game clock will be turned off and a Final Target Score will be set.

The Final Target Score will be determined by taking the leading team’s total cumulative score through three quarters and adding 24 points – the 24 representing Bryant’s jersey number for the final 10 seasons of his NBA career. The teams will then play an untimed fourth quarter and the first team to reach the Final Target Score will win the NBA All-Star Game.

But in his home dwelling...the hi-top faded warrior is revered. *Smack!* The sound of his palm blocking the basketball... the sound of thousands rising, roaring... the sound of "get that sugar honey iced tea outta here!"
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Post#2 » by SideshowBob » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:41 pm

Bump for sticky.
But in his home dwelling...the hi-top faded warrior is revered. *Smack!* The sound of his palm blocking the basketball... the sound of thousands rising, roaring... the sound of "get that sugar honey iced tea outta here!"
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Post#3 » by HoopsterJones » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:43 pm

Is Jimmy Butler actually going to play this year or is he going to elect to sit again?
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Post#4 » by RB34 » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:01 pm

Please tell me they’ve scheduled some Kevin Hart in somewhere..
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Post#5 » by Childs » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:25 pm

Is Jussie Smollett going in the celebrity games?
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Post#6 » by Dirk » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:29 pm

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All star work.
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Post#7 » by Shock Defeat » Fri Feb 14, 2020 9:56 pm

Is Ben Simmons suiting up in the game tonight?
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Post#8 » by Taco » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:02 pm

Still can't believe that the G.O.A.T Elie Okobo was left off the all star roster. :noway:
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Post#9 » by mediocrityrules » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:28 pm

Wake me up when the regular season starts again. No wait, wake me for the 3pt shooting contest, then knock me out again until the RS kicks off again. Most of this weekend has turned into a joke. Hopefully, the format changes make a difference to the intensity of the main game, but I doubt it.
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Post#10 » by Ballerhogger » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:30 pm

I’m interested in Hall of fame announcements that’s it
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Post#11 » by Sgt Major » Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:36 pm

Childs wrote:Is Jussie Smollett going in the celebrity games?


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Post#12 » by CS707 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:08 am

Very loose definition of celebrity apparently.
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Post#13 » by Tor_Raps » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:11 am

How come theres 10 people in the stands?
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Post#14 » by bee14ish » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:12 am

Tor_Raps wrote:How come theres 10 people in the stands?

Maybe because it's cold as hell in Chicago and it's Valentine's Day.
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Post#15 » by Canada_7 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:18 am

Ronnie 2K clearly only a basketball fan and not a player with that jumpshot form during warmups.
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Post#16 » by Ice Trae » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:19 am

69th? Nice
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Post#17 » by pwrshft99 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:20 am

#FireGarPax


Chicago fans are tired of this ****
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Post#18 » by pwrshft99 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:21 am

Tor_Raps wrote:How come theres 10 people in the stands?



This is the secondary site for the smaller events.
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Post#19 » by Canada_7 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:23 am

Too bad Antoine Walker ain't playing with that 4 point line.
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Post#20 » by GS Warriors 1 » Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:36 am

Quentin Richardson (NBA Legend)
Darius Miles (NBA Legend)


Uhh...ok. :lol:

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