3-PT Shootout.

[Fitzy]

ill go rip, someone has to support him

Yet you didn't vote for him in the poll...strange.

i didnt vote for any one

that's not the point...you said you'd give him support.

well i better vote for him then

Your call brother..makes no diff to me. I was just pointing out an inconsistancy. :roll:

cheers for the heads up :roll:

[Matt]

Hamilton is an odd choice...........he's not a volume shooter, he only shoots when he gets a good look. He's made leaps and bounds on his range, and that explains his 46% shooting. Him and Kapono are the only players not to attempt 100 3's on the season so far.

Of course the contest could have used guys like Korver, Miller, James Jones, but i do want to see a cpl of players that aren't know for their 3 pnts shot in there as well.

[Lamrock]

I might be wrong, but wasn't he the top 3pt shooter in 2006? Either way, a well-deserved selection.

Because he only took 120 attempts...126th in the league. One and a half a game.

By comparison that year, Raja Bell only shot 44% but took 445 (7th), and Ray Allen shot 41% but took 653 to lead the league.

Well shit. I still think Hamilton will do okay though. He has a high 3pt rating in NBA video games.

[[Q]]

anybody watch the Hornets/Suns game tonight? Peja should do the contest with Amare in his grill.

[Scotty]

Jason Kapono:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM4yqUq8wU0

[Fitzy]

he has such a smooth shooting action

[Andrew]

I'll go with Kapono to repeat.

Anyone remember when Jordan was in the 3 pt. contest? Hopefully Kobe gets a better score than he did. Ooh. Hard to watch.

That was definitely not his finest hour. Unless Kobe goes completely cold I can't see him scoring as low as five though, given that he's a more proficient three point shooter.

[Sauru]

never know andrew, there has been some good shooters who had put up some really pathetic numbers during the 3 point contest lol

[Andrew]

That's true. I remember Steve Smith bowing out with a score of eight in the first round some years ago despite being the league leader in three point percentage at the time.

[ultimateplaya]

Peja za pobeda. (F.T.W)

[Alejandrov011]

Mi pick is Peja or Nash, they are truly shooters


Who remembers when Peja won the contest against Wesley Person, when the horn sounded while Peja was shooting? He was losing the final but they repeated and he won

[LakersRule24]

If it were 02-03 or 05-06, Kobe would flat out dominate. But this year, not so much. He can't even make open shots this year. He misses more open shots than contested shots. Kobe's back to the 43% volume shooter he was in 04-05. He's in the same class as an Iverson, Arenas.

[Sauru]

kobe would never, ever, not in a million fucking years, flat out dominate this event

[BIG GREEN]

I bet he would...if he had a million years to practise

[nba_baller]

Kapono, Gibson or Peja. They all base their game around outside shooting. Kobe is a scorer, Rip is a mid-range shooter and Nash is a passer/scorer.

[deihatein]

Peja will be my bet here. Too bad Dirk is not there

[deihatein]

I have seen in NBA.com site that Kobe will be replace by Dirk in the shootout.

[Andrew]

In that case, I confidently predict Kobe will not win the three point shootout this year.

The announcement, for anyone who's interested.

[Dan's Brain]

If you're going to pull out of one all-star event, you should have to pull out of all of them. He shouldnt get to just pick and choose.

[Lamrock]

He dislocated his pinky finger. It affects his 3pt shooting a lot more than his overall game.

[shadowgrin]

Fuck, that's a lot of rolling eyes for just one thread, I thought dweeber was back.

he has such a smooth shooting action

Ditto, damn he makes it look easy.

kobe would never, ever, not in a million fucking years, flat out dominate this event

I bet he would...if he had a million years to practise

If you're going to pull out of one all-star event, you should have to pull out of all of them. He shouldnt get to just pick and choose.

But the fans chose him for the ASG so he has to play, unlike the 3-point shootout where he was just picked to participate by the NBA PR people.

Kapono and Peja are the clear favorites, but I'm going with the darkhorse here and that's BOOOBIE!!! Gibson.

Nash and Nowitzki won't be competiting to win, they'll be too busy trying to outdo each other.

Richard Hamilton? Seriously?
As said before in the thread, even if Rip is having a 46% season, the 3-point contest involves accuracy and volume-shooting of 3's.
Rip will be amazed that he took that much 3's in one minute and that state of shock will make him lose.

[Andrew]

If you're going to pull out of one all-star event, you should have to pull out of all of them. He shouldnt get to just pick and choose.

I get where you're coming from but in all fairness, the All-Star game itself is a higher honour and Kobe is probably keen to compete, but would prefer to limit his involvement due to the injury. I remember Grant Hill played in the 1996 All-Star Game but pulled out of the dunk contest that same year due to a minor injury.

[BIG GREEN]

Well..gibson didnt win but he sure as hell shut the suckers wo underestimated his skills up. With his performance friday and saturday he proved he's one of the top 5 best shooters in the league today. I really hope he learns to run an offense so bron can take a rest at being point guard.

[deihatein]

Gibson is as hell as a great shooter. I think his 11 threes in the rookie-sophomore game was a warm-up in the shootout. Nice game to Dirk . Kapono repeat is great as well

[[Q]]

Peja sucked balls