
Nice to see Brooks coaching all-star team.
Valdis wrote:Haha, Nash beat Rose.
Nice to see Brooks coaching all-star team.
KidJustin wrote:Rose not a starter![]()
i demand a recount!
George7 wrote:Valdis wrote:KidJustin wrote:Rose not a starter![]()
i demand a recount!
I made an objection but with no result. Nash is officially a starter...
But as Thibbs is the coach, someone. might get a little more playing time!!
KidJustin wrote:George7 wrote:Valdis wrote:KidJustin wrote:Rose not a starter![]()
i demand a recount!
I made an objection but with no result. Nash is officially a starter...
But as Thibbs is the coach, someone. might get a little more playing time!!
or Tibbs can play Rose early during the "fun" time
and then Nash during either the grind it out tough time or the meaningless garbage time
u kno...so put more pressure on Nash while resting Rose for the second half of the season
D'antoni might get mad though...oh well
Cruzerr wrote:Yeah , this is Stern, I just wanted to say that Derrick Rose is not a starter because I have good times with Na... I meant the voting was rig.... I wanted to say that He has not been has good as Nash.
Sometimes I dont understand 2k.
ALL-STAR WEEKEND 2011 PARTICIPANTS
Last year's winners Team Texas, are back in LA in order to win back to back title
LOS ANGELES - The Haier Shooting stars participants have been announced. 2010's champs, Team Texas will be joined by Team Chicago,Team Atlanta and Team Los Angeles.The teams are going to be consisted of an NBA pro an NBA legend and a WNBA star. But this year is going to contain one change. Team Chicago is going to replace Steve Kerr,who declared unable to play due to injury he got two days ago, with the former basketball player and Bulls' current GM, George Koukoulis.Koukoulis, who decided not to pursue a career after a big injury , signed with the Bulls for the GM position. "It's a real honor to be invited!" he said "I'm really excited to return back to the floor in front of thousands of people like in Greece, some years ago." On a question if he still has thoughts of returning he replied "It's still on the back of my mind. I'm having some practices with the team, but returning is not on my recent plans. We'll see in the future..."
2011 Participants
Team Atlanta: Al Horford (Hawks), Coco Miller (WNBA's Atlanta Dream), Steve Smith (Legend)
Team Chicago: Taj Gibson (Bulls), Cathrine Kraayveld (WNBA's Chicago Sky), George Koukoulis (Legend?)
Team Los Angeles: Pau Gasol (Lakers), Tina Thompson (WNBA's L.A. Sparks), Rick Fox (Legend)
Team Texas: Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks), Roneeka Hodges (WNBA's S.A. Silver Stars), Kenny Smith (Legend)
Derrick Rose ready to win another Skills Challenge Title in L.A.
LOS ANGELES -- Zig-zagging around stationary objects and passing balls into fixed receptacles is one way to demonstrate the varied skills required of the NBA's most talented ballhandlers and speed demons. The 6 participants are decided and some big names are ready to show the full array of their talents.
2011 Taco Bell Skills Challenge Participants
Derrick Rose - Chicago Bulls
Chris Paul - New Orleans Hornets
Stephen Curry - Golden State Warriors
John Wall - Washington Wizards
Russel Westbrook - Oklahoma City Thunder
Teammates Ray Allen and Paul Pierce going to face against each other for the 3-Point Contest Trophy
Reigning champion Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics will defend his title in this year's Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 19, at Staples Center in Los Angeles as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night. Rounding out the field are All-Stars Ray Allen of the Celtics and Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kyle Korver of the Chicago Bulls, James Jones of the Miami Heat, and Anthony Morrow of the Los Angeles Clippers. Allen won the contest in 2001, while Korver came 2nd and 3rd in 2005 and 2004 respectively.
Pierce bested the Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry in last year's contest, scoring 20 points in the final round to capture the title. Jeff Hornacek, Jason Kapono, Mark Price and Peja Stojakovic each won two titles; Larry Bird and Craig Hodges captured three straight.
Two Point Guards and two Power Forwards face in this year's contest
LOS ANGELES -- There will be a new Sprite Slam Dunk champion crowned on Feb. 19, at STAPLES Center (8 p.m. ET on TNT) in Los Angeles as four first-time contestants vie for the title: the Los Angeles Clippers' Blake Griffin, the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Russell Westbrook and the Washington Wizards' JaVale McGee.
All four are a first time contestants and all want to get this trophy home. "This is going to be amazing"said Blake Griffin "I'm going to have some really special tricks to amaze you all!" he added. "Man,this is great."Rose said "I'm going to take part to two different competitions and hopefully I can win them both.It would be great if I would!" "We're going to have fun!"Said Russell Westbrook "I don't mind being a short guy,as other short players won it in the past. Nate did, Webb did, why not me?" McGee didn't made any comment for his selection. Just "Thank you for it. See you in L.A.!"UPDATE:Terrence Williams replaces injured Blake Griffin
Thierry • wrote:Wow, Morrow is killing from 3-point land.
KidJustin wrote:morrow and blake will represent!![]()
thought i'm a little scared of a little D-Rose takeover of the night
Thierry • wrote:Wow, Morrow is killing from 3-point land.
Valdis wrote:Nice dunk contest, two guy from 2008 draft and two from 2009. Russell will win it
Kentucky Duo Highlight Rookie Challenge Selections
The former Kentucky Wildcats duo of John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins is among the selections for the 2011 NBA Rookie Challenge in Los Angeles. The two teams are going to be coached by the Head Coaches of the two Los Angeles City teams,Phil Jackson of the Lakers and Vinny Del Negro of the Clippers. The two teams are going to be consisted of the better fresh names in the league today. Darren Collison who was snubbed from the All-Star game characterised this as a chance to show he could play in a future ASG."Of course I can.I can be flashy and all and still can help the team win." David Andersen,who became the oldest player in sophomore team in All-Star Weekend History said: "This is a real honor.I was draft back in 2002 but preferred to play overseas and come in the NBA last year to test my skills.I'm glad to see my work being rewarded".
But the big absence is Blake Griffin.Griffin injured his shoulder a week ago on a game against the Raptors and it's decided that he withdraw from the game and as he said probably from the Dunk Contest as well. " I don't know man.They told me that I will be out for 2 weeks,and I'm really disappointed that I won't participate in this Weekend..." The final decision about the player who will replace Griffin on the Dunk Contest is going to be announced either today or tomorrow.
ROOKIE TEAM ROSTER PLAYER(TEAM) POS HT. WT. FROM John Wall(Washington)* G 6-4 195 Kentucky Evan Turner(Philadelphia)* G 6-7 205 Ohio State Wesley Johnson(Minnesota)* F 6-7 205 Syracuse Ed Davis(Toronto)* F 6-10 215 North Carolina DeMarcus Cousins(Sacramento)* C 6-11 270 Kentucky Cole Aldrich(Oklahoma City) C 6-11 245 Kansas Eric Bledsoe(Los Angeles) G 6-1 195 Kentucky James Anderson(San Antonio) G-F 6-6 215 Oklahoma State Al Farouq Aminu(Los Angeles) F 6-9 215 Wake Forest Trevor Booker(Washington) F 6-7 242 Clemson Blake Griffin(Los Angeles) F-C 6-10 251 Oklahoma Head Coach:Vinny Del Negro(Los Angeles Clippers)
SOPHOMORE TEAM ROSTER PLAYER(TEAM) POS HT. WT. FROM Darren Collison(Indiana)* G 6-0 160 UCLA Tyreke Evans(Sacramento)* G 6-6 220 Memphis Terrence Williams (New Jersey)* F 6-6 220 Louisville Tyler Hansbrough(Indiana)* F 6-9 250 North Carolina Taj Gibson(Chicago)* C 6-9 225 USC Reggie Willams(Golden State) G-F 6-6 210 Virginia Military Institute David Andersen(Toronto Raptors) F-C 6-11 247 Victoria,Australia Jonny Flynn(Minnesota) G 6-0 185 Syracuse James Harden(Oklahoma City) G 6-5 220 Arizona State Byron Mullens(Oklahoma City) C 7-0 275 Ohio State Head Coach:Phil Jackson(Los Angeles Lakers)
* Denotes Starter
Justine. wrote:Good job getting Taj into the starting lineup for the Sophs, but Mullens over Ibaka?Hope Rose to win his events
Good luck!
Valdis wrote:Griffin injured.. That sucks. David Andersen in sophomore team?
KidJustin wrote:Andersen was in mine too....weird. he gets cut in the off season
but no Blake!? that is messed up
KidJustin wrote:George7, all up to you on the replacement
DeAndre Jordan might be interesting if u want a Clipper
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