All-Star Saturday Open Thread

by Wes Cox on Feb 17, 2007 7:34 PM CST in News

Discuss all the nights festivities here.

My Picks:

Shooting Stars: I don't know who will win, but everyone watching will lose. BORING!
Skills Challenge: Wade wins after spraining his ankle at the end of round one and being carried off the court.
Barkley vs. Bavetta: If you think Barkley slept a single second last night you're crazy. I think Bavetta wins, and it won't even be close.
3-Point Shootout: I've got to go with Dirk here.
Slam Dunk: A new rule limiting a player to two minutes means Nate Robinson doesn't stand a chance. Howard and Thomas are too tall, so the choice has to be Gerald Green. Too bad James White isn't competing.

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WTF

Is up with the cameras? Somebody fire the production crew.

by BrodyV on Feb 17, 2007 8:14 PM CST reply actions

do not adjust your set...

yes, bill laimbeer-belly is woefully out of shape.

by DitchThePlaybook on Feb 17, 2007 8:34 PM CST reply actions

Barkley

Wow, I figured he'd fake an injury after 20 feet.

by Wes Cox on Feb 17, 2007 8:38 PM CST reply actions

if i was as hungover as barkley

i would have thrown up already.

by DitchThePlaybook on Feb 17, 2007 8:38 PM CST reply actions

Chuck did it!

I really thought Bavetta would win, though. He even slid at the end and he got a cut on his knee; the blood was running during the interview at the end.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 8:40 PM CST reply actions

All right, let's go Dirk and Jason

I'd love for one of them to win it and I'd really hate it if Alfred (Damon Jones) or Arenas won.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 8:43 PM CST reply actions

Not that I don't have homer love....

but i've already placed my bet.

by DitchThePlaybook on Feb 17, 2007 8:50 PM CST reply actions

damn you, mike miller

for making a fool of me. get a haircut, hippie!

by DitchThePlaybook on Feb 17, 2007 9:11 PM CST up reply actions

Damn

Terry only hit 10.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 9:00 PM CST reply actions

Dirk lost

I can't believe Kapono hit that many. I think it's true what Reggie and Kenny said; that once Dirk missed a couple, he lost focus and was just going through the motions.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 9:18 PM CST reply actions

plus

never bet against the heat with dick bavetta in the building. ;)

by DitchThePlaybook on Feb 17, 2007 9:20 PM CST reply actions

Damn it!

They're discriminating against Dwight's height. His dunk was way better than Robinton's. Sorry, might be the homer in me, but I think he got robbed.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 9:55 PM CST reply actions

Robinson's, I mean

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 9:55 PM CST up reply actions

Agreed

That sticker thing that Dwight Howard did was brilliant!

by dirk41 on Feb 17, 2007 10:23 PM CST up reply actions

i need to vent. This dunk contest pissed me off. The league won't let Dwight raise the rim so that his height won't be such an issue, yet they penalize him for dunking on a regulation rim. It's out of his control; what was he supposed to do? It's unfair that his creative dunk got a lower score than dunks from Robinson and Green that are rehashed.

Then Green goes and gets a perfect score after dunking over a table, a freaking table that's shorter than Nate Robinson.

Legends and All Stars be damned...screw those judges.

by Marie on Feb 17, 2007 10:32 PM CST reply actions

Let Duane and Kapano Have The Individual Awards...

...as long as the Mavs win the ultimate team award, the NBA Championship.

It's a shame that the NBA has to bribe it's players with prize money to compete. Most of these guys are millionaires, and I wish the winning player gets to donate the prize money to the charity of his choice (maybe they do anyway privately...or they gamble it away in Sin City).

What Bavetta and Barkley did -- donating to the Boys & Girls Club courtesy of the NBA and TNT -- was classy.

by dirk41 on Feb 17, 2007 10:41 PM CST reply actions