Two Suns in 3-Point Shootout

http://www.nba.com/suns/news/allstar_th ... 50207.html

Along with Ray Allen, Radmanovic, Lenard and Korver. Mike Miller said he would've accepted, but he already had plans for vacation. I wish he would've accepted it though because it would've been nice to see someone different in the contest for a change.

Richardson, Johnson to Shoot Threes
on All-Star Saturday


Posted: Feb. 7, 2005

Phoenix Suns swingman Quentin Richardson, the NBA leader in three-point field goals made and attempted this season, and guard Joe Johnson, who ranks among the league leaders in three-point field goal percentage, highlight a field of six in the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, to be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by America Online, February 19 at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Richardson will make his second appearance in the event, while Johnson will be making his first. “Q” tied for fourth place in the 2002 Shootout in Philadelphia when he was a member of the Los Angeles Clippers. Both are the Suns’ first three-point shot participants since 1995 when Dan Majerle finished tied for seventh place during the 1995 All-Star Weekend held in Phoenix. They are the third and fourth Suns players all-time to be named to the Shootout (Majerle, ’93 and ’95 and Jeff Hornacek, ’92). No Suns player has ever won the event since it debuted in 1986.

Richardson, who is averaging 15.8 points and 6.6 rebounds in 49 games in his first season with Phoenix, leads the league with 149 three-point field goals made and 422 three-point field goals attempted. Both totals put him on a pace to shatter Majerle’s club record 199 three-point field goals made and 548 three-point field goals attempted, both set in 1994-95. If the fifth-year pro maintains his current pace, the 24-year-old would finish with the third-most three-point field goals made (249) and the most three-point field goals attempted in NBA history (706).

Johnson, 23, is averaging 16.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 49 games, while shooting .454 from three-point range, third-best in the NBA. The fourth-year pro is the first Suns player to rank among the league leaders in three-point field goal percentage since Rodney Rogers had a .439 three-point field goal percentage (fourth) in 1999-2000.

As a team, the Suns are averaging 9.33 three-pointers made through 49 games, the highest average in NBA history (prev. 8.96, Dallas Mavericks in 1995-96).

Rounding out the field of six are defending champion Voshon Lenard of the Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia’s Kyle Korver, and Seattle’s Ray Allen and Vladimir Radmanovic.

wat the hell, i thought lenard was dead somewhere

!! SERIOUSLY!!

wtf is with this. i thought he is out for the season.

shows to you how smart the nba is..

Korver Will win.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=s ... &type=lgns

NEW YORK (Ticker) - Voshon Lenard may be out for the season, but he is not out of the Three-Point Shootout.

A member of the host Nuggets, Lenard will defend his title in the shooting competition at All-Star Weekend in Denver on February 19.

In the season opener, Lenard suffered a torn left Achilles tendon and was ruled out for the season. He apparently has recovered enough to participate in shooting drills, which is what the competition is.

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Last year, Lenard dethroned two-time champion Peja Stojakovic of the Sacramento Kings, who afterward said he would no longer compete in the event. However, Lenard still faces a stiff challenge for the unofficial title of "best shooter in the NBA."

The field of six includes five of the top nine in 3-pointers made, although overall percentage leader Fred Hoiberg of Minnesota is not entered.

Philadelphia 76ers forward Kyle Korver, who finished third last year as the first rookie to compete in the event, is entered for the second straight year. Korver is second in the NBA with 135 3-pointers and is shooting 41.3 percent from the arc.

The field also features two sets of teammates in Quentin Richardson and Joe Johnson of Phoenix and Ray Allen and Vladimir Radmanovic of Seattle.

Richardson leads the NBA with 149 3-pointers, shooting 35.3 percent. Johnson is eighth with 103 and is shooting 45.4 percent, third in the league.

Allen, who won this event with Milwaukee in 2001, is fourth with 112 3-pointers and is shooting 37.6 percent. The 6-10 Radmanovic is tied for ninth with 101 3-pointers and is shooting nearly 41 percent.

Stojakovic, Jeff Hornacek and Mark Price have won the event in consecutive years, while Larry Bird and Craig Hodges are the only players to win three straight times since its inception in 1986.

The winner receives $25,000.

seems to me that lenard just wants the $25K

what a fag

LOL what a bum. These NBA players are spoiled.

Damnet i want to be Spoiled

Wat a retard... Lenard is dead- he shouldnt be competing!

Where the fuck is The Mayor, Fred Hoiberg?!?!? He led the league in three point percentage pretty much all year. Q has a lot of makes because he shoots 16 threes a fricking night. That's BS.

Wat a retard... Lenard is dead- he shouldnt be competing!

Lenard will be in his wheelchair throwing up threes.

Arenas for the 3-point shootout!

they should put reggie in the comp seeing as this may be his last year in the L and hes the best trey shooter in NBA history.

Wat a retard... Lenard is dead- he shouldnt be competing!

Lenard will be in his wheelchair throwing up threes.

Will they briing in the respirator? Wouldn't that be distracting for the other players?

Tim Legler in 97 came off the injued list just to defend his shootout title...

wat the hell, i thought lenard was dead somewhere

Yeah that's heaps funny...

its stupid.. it says 'hes healthy ENOUGH to shoot...' which means hes not in shape... he screw it all up. I say bring back Reggie! as that guy said above!

Bring back STEVE KERR!!!!!!

seriously though, what is Q doing there? so many better shooters out there

Bring back STEVE KERR!!!!!!

seriously though, what is Q doing there? so many better shooters out there

Fred Hoiberg, Jason Terry, Cuttino Mobley, Gilbert Arenas, Mike Miller and I DON'T KNOW WHY THE HELL DAMON JONES DOES NOT SHOOT IN THE CONTEST!!!!
I heard something like Shaq would pay him some thousands of dollars if he won it.

This is what statistic says.

Ray Allen 112 - 298-(.376)

Joe Johnson 103 - 227 (.454)

Kyle Korver 135 - 327 (.413)

Vhon Lenardos 2 - 6 (.333)

Vladimir Radmanovic' 101 - 247 (.409)

Quentin Richardson 149 - 422 (.353)

^ Yeah, and I wanted Peja to get his 3rd.

Wow, Richardson jacks up too many 3's.

2 - 6 (.333)

Nice, that's defiantely the most impressive one.

If Q-Rich isn't hot, he'll only make like 5, he can't win it, he's to streaky, that from round to round, his shot just won't be consistent. He could hit 18 the first round, and hit 5 in the second.

My money's on Kyle Korver.

My money's on Kyle Korver.

I concur.

i had a good kick watching antoine walker in the 3 pt contest

my money's on ray ray or korver
i'll pick ray ray