NBA All-Star festivities

Well the best part of the NBA’s All-Star weekend occurs tonight, when the last four all-star events (minus the actual game) take center stage in New Orleans. The Shooting Stars Competition, the Skills Competition, the Three-point Shootout and the Slam Dunk Contest, all promise to entertain NBA fans around the world. I figure, since I got a little space to do so, I’m going to predict a winner for each one.

The Shooting Stars Competition: I actually don’t even know who’s all competing, but it doesn’t matter anyway, I’m going with my hometown team, the Detroit Pistons.

The Skills Competition: (Competitors: Defending champ Dwayne Wade, Jason Kidd, Chris Paul and Deron Williams) I’ll flat out admit that I am Deron Williams slappy and that’s probably why I’m picking him to win, but I have always loved how Deron Williams played the game, even at Illinois.

3-Point Shootout: (Competitors: Defending champ Jason Kapono, Peja Stojakovic, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Daniel Gibson and Richard Hamilton) I want to take my hometown boy so bad, but I just can’t get past how well Peja always performs at the 3-point Shootout. So, I’m going with Peja as my pick, but rooting for Rip, take’em down Rip.

Slam Dunk Competition: (Competitors: Defending champ Gerald Green, Jamario Moon, Dwight Howard and Rudy Gay) A lot of hype behind Jamario Moon and Rudy Gay going into this competition, I’m going to buy into one of them. Rudy Gay has been taking entries from fans on youtube, asking them to give him ideas for dunks he should do during the competition. I’ve heard there has been some crazy entries, therefore I’m putting my money on Gay.




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