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Friday, February 24, 2012

NBA ALL-STAR WEEKEND

All-Star weekend has officially started...The New stadium of the Orlando Magic will host all the All-star weekend games.Its the second time that the All-stars visits Orlando after the 1992 emotional edition.

The Starting fives
EAST: Derrick Rose-Carmelo Anthony-LeBron James-Dwyane Wade-Dwight Howard
WEST:Kobe Bryant-Chris Paul-Blake Griffin-Kevin Durant-Andrew Bynum


Reserves:
EAST: Rajon Rando-Andre Iguodala-Deron Williams-Chris Bosh-Roy Hibbert-Luol Deng-Paul Pierce
WEST: Russell Westbrook-Kevin Love-Dirk Nowtzki-Marc Gasol-Steve Nash-Tony Parker-LaMarcus Aldridge


NBA SLAM DUNK CONTEST PARTICIPANTS:
Chase Budinger,Derrick Williams,Paul George,Jeremy Evans(who replaced injured Iman Shumpert)

3-POINT CONTEST PARTICIPANTS:
PLAYER                       TEAM                #TIMES
Ryan Anderson           Orlando Magic        1st Time
Mario Chalmers          Miami Heats            1st Time
James Jones                Miami Heats            2nd Time
Anthony Morrow        New Jersey Nets     1st Time
Kevin Love        Minnesota Timberwolves  1st Time
Kevin Durant      Oklahoma City Thunders   2nd Time
Joe Johnson*              Atlanta Hawks          2nd Time

*Joe Johnson will miss the NBA weekend because of a knee injury and therefore replaced by Thunder foward Kevin Durant.

RISING STAR CHALLENGE
For the first time in the NBA history Rookies and sophomores will share team in the Rookie Challenge.After 12 years of Rookies vs Sophomores formula,NBA has decided to make a new fresh start to the Rookie Challenge.The most important part is how the teams are put together .Shaquille O'Neil & Charles Barkley TNT TV star analysts were in charge to pick 10 players in a special draft to make their respective teams.TEAM SHAQ & TEAM CHUCK. Shaq had the first pick after winning a coin toss.he fulfilled his promise and took Blake Griffin as his first pick,NBA assistant coaches selected the pool of players on Feb 8,and Jeremy Lin and Norris Cole were late editions just a few minutes before the draft started.

                             TEAM SHAQ
DRAFT         PLAYER                  TEAM           HEIGHT
  1st                  Blake Griffin       LA Clippers              6-10
                                 
  2nd                Jeremy Lin            New York               6-3
                                     
  3rd                 Rick Rubio            Minnesota             6-4
                       
  4th                 Greg Monroe           Detroit                6-11

  5th                 Markieff Morris     Phoenix                 6-10

  6th                Kemba Walker      Charlotte                6-1

  7th                Landry Fields         New York             6-7

  8th                Norris Cole            Miami Heats           6-2

 9th                 Brandon Knights      Detroit                   6-3
 
 10th              Tristan Thompson    Cleveland               6-9

                       COACH:Ron Adams (Chicago)
                       Ass. Coach: Steve Kerr

                            TEAM CHUCK
DRAFT          PLAYER                TEAM           HEIGHT  
 1st                Kyrie Irving             Cleveland             6-3 
   
 2nd           DeMarcus Cousins     Sacramento           6-11


 3rd            Paul George                Indiana                 6-10


 4th             Derrick Williams       Minnesota               6-8


 5th             John Wall               Washington               6-4


 6th           Marshon Brooks      New Jersey               6-5


 7th           Gordon Hayward      Utah                         6-8


 8th          Tiago Splitter*          San Antonio               6-11


  9th          Kawhi Leonard        San Antonio               6-7


10th          Evan Turner          Philadephia                    6-7


                 Derrick Favors*    Utah                             6-10
                 
                          COACH:Maurice Cheeks (Oklahoma)
                          Ass. Coach: Mike Fratello
*Utah Jazz foward Derrick Favors will replace injured San Antonio Spurs Tiago Splitter


NBA ALL-STAR SCHEDULE
NBA-All Star Celebrity Game,Friday 24th February Center Court at Jam Session 7:00PM EST


NBA-All Star Rookie Challenge ,Friday 24th February at the Amway Center 9:00PM EST


NBA-All Star Practice ,Saturday 25th February at the Center Court Jam Session 10:00AM EST


NBA-All Star Saturday Night Contests,Saturday 25th February at the Amway Center 8:00PM EST


NBA-All Star Games, Sunday 26th February  at the Amway Center 7:00PM EST
The Weekend has Officially Started...May the best Win...
XOXO!!


                        

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