NBA All-Star Weekend Schedule All times Eastern Friday February 16th, 2007 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by 2K Sports Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (South Convention Center) 9 p.m. - 11 p.m. T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam Last year, Philadelphia's Andre Iguodala notched 24 of his game-high 30 points in the second half as the Sophomores topped the Rookies 106-96 in the 2006 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge in Houston. Thomas & Mack Center Saturday February 17th, 2007 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 2007 NBA All-Star East Practice presented by Toyota Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (South Convention Center) 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 2007 NBA All-Star West Practice presented by Toyota Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (South Convention Center) 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. D-League All-Star Game Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino (South Convention Center) 7:00 p.m. The Game's Most Spectacular Dunks: NBA Posterized! - TNT 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by EA SPORTS: Sprite Slam Dunk PlayStation Skills Challenge Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Haier Shooting Stars Thomas & Mack Center Sunday February 18th, 2007 8:00 p.m. 56th NBA All-Star Game Trailing by 21, the East rode the hot shooting of LeBron James to a 122-120 victory over the West in the 2006 NBA All-Star Game at the Toyota Center in Houston. Thomas & Mack Center
Good for Memo... he deserves to be there and IMO should be getting the most props as a former Piston whose skills we miss the most other than all the love thrown at Ben and Darko.
Memo not only has the numbers, he also has hit as many clutch shots this year as anyone in the association. Congrats to Memo!
My predictions: 3 point competition - Dirk Slamdunk competiton - Nate the Great Skills competition - D.Wade Rookie game - Sophs - MVP - Chris Paul All-Star Game - East - MVP - Agent Zero
More so than Vinsanity or Kidd who were underacheivers on the Nets who are only 4 games better than the Hawks who only have one supa star in Johnson. Wonder who else will drop out before the actual game on Sunday?
Sure looks like a lot of stars are backing out for health reasons. I don't blame them, but if you back out, you should not be listed as an All-Star. It's kinda a hoax if there are 6 or 7 extra All-Stars due to inury. Undermines the entire process.
In some ways it makes it more legit though. There are always guys that get voted in based on past years' performance. The next 6 in line are probably more deserving right now. Also, those old shoe-ins are the ones most likely to pull out with a pseudo injury.
I would almost think that they would make far more money just having the regular weekend games, especially in post-football season. Guess you have to have an all-star game. Comes with the territory. The only event I bother to watch is the 3-pt competition.
True Hoop: Saturday Morning All-Star Randomness Apparently the All Star game in Vegas is not a family affair. So much for David Stern's attempts to profile the league towards middle America.
Detroit win the shooting challenge!!! Ben Gordon screwed up and disqualified Chicago in the Final. Man, oh man was it nice to see Bill Laimbeer taking his classic 3 pointers. The dude is so competitive. The other retired players had their woes but Lambs was all game face. Good job Detroit!
Yes, they were booing Detroit because they won. It is not Detroit's fault Ben Gordon can't follow directions and got his team disqualified.:nerd2:
