OFFICIAL 2009 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND THREAD

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http://www.nba.com/allstar2009/



All Times EST

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas Phoenix Convention Center 7 p.m. NBA/NWBA All-Star Wheelchair Classic Jam Session Center Court FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13 2:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. NBA Cares Day of Service Various sites throughout the city 6 p.m. - 12 a.m. NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas Phoenix Convention Center 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (6:30 p.m. ticket time; 7 p.m. broadcast time) Jam Session Center Court 9 p.m. T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam U.S. Airways Center 9:15 p.m. NBA D-League Dream Factory Skills Competition Jam Session Center Court SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 11 a.m. - 12 a.m. NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas Phoenix Convention Center 1:15 a.m. - 2:15 p.m. Toyota All-Star East Practice Jam Session Center Court 2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m. Toyota All-Star West Practice Jam Session Center Court 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. NBA D-League All-Star Game Jam Session Center Court 8 p.m. NBA All-Star Saturday Night Haier Shooting Stars Play Station Skills Challenge Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Sprite Slam Dunk U.S. Airways Center SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas Phoenix Convention Center 8 p.m. 58th NBA All-Star Game U.S. Airways Center MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. NBA All-Star Jam Session presented by adidas Phoenix Convention Center

TV Broadcast Channel Schedule

Quote: Friday – February 13th McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game 7 p.m. Jam Session -- Center Court T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam 9 p.m. U.S. Airways Center Saturday – February 14th NBA D-League All-Star Game 4 p.m. Jam Session NBA All-Star Saturday Night 8 p.m. Haier Shooting Stars Playstation Skills Challenge Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout Sprite Slam Dunk U.S. Airways Center Watch the Saturday night events live in 3-D at a theatre near you! Sunday – February 15th 58th NBA All-Star Game 8 p.m. U.S. Airways Center http://www.nba.com/2009/allstar2009/...008/index.html

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1 * Allen Iverson (Detroit) G 6-0 180 07/07/75 Georgetown 3 * Dwyane Wade (Miami) G 6-4 216 01/17/82 Marquette 23 * LeBron James (Cleveland) F 6-8 250 12/30/84 St. Vincent/St. Mary HS 5 * Kevin Garnett (Boston) F 6-11 220 05/19/76 Farragut Academy (HS) 12 * Dwight Howard (Orlando) C 6-11 265 12/08/85 SW Atlanta Christian Academy (GA) 2 Joe Johnson (Atlanta) G 6-7 235 06/29/81 Arkansas 14 # i Jameer Nelson (Orlando) G 6-0 190 02/09/82 Saint Joseph's 20 Ray Allen (Boston) G 6-5 205 07/20/75 Connecticut 33 # Danny Granger (Indiana) F-G 6-8 228 04/20/83 New Mexico 34 Paul Pierce (Boston) F 6-7 235 10/13/77 Kansas 4 i Chris Bosh (Toronto) F 6-10 230 03/24/84 Georgia Tech 2 # Mo Williams (Cleveland) G 6-1 190 12/19/82 Alabama 34 # Devin Harris (New Jersey) G 6-3 185 02/27/83 Wisconsin 9 Rashard Lewis (Orlando) F 6-10 230 08/08/79 Alief Elsik HS (TX) Head Coach: Mike Brown (Cleveland)

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NO. PLAYER (TEAM) POS. HT. WT. BIRTHDATE FROM 24 * Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers) G 6-6 205 08/23/78 Lower Merion HS 3 * Chris Paul (New Orleans) G 6-0 175 05/06/85 Wake Forest 21 * Tim Duncan (San Antonio) F 6-11 260 04/25/76 Wake Forest 1 * Amare Stoudemire (Phoenix) F 6-10 245 11/16/82 Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL) 11 * Yao Ming (Houston) C 7-6 310 9/12/80 China 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas) F 7-0 245 06/19/78 Germany 32 Shaquille O'Neal (Phoenix) C 7-1 325 03/06/72 Louisiana State 7 Brandon Roy (Portland) G 6-6 211 07/23/84 Washington 7 Chauncey Billups (Denver) G 6-3 202 09/25/76 Colorado 16 Pau Gasol (L.A. Lakers) F-C 7-0 250 07/06/80 Spain 30 David West (New Orleans) F 6-9 240 08/29/80 Xavier (OH) 9 Tony Parker (San Antonio) G 6-2 180 05/17/82 France Head Coach: Phil Jackson (L.A. Lakers)

2009 Rookie Team Roster

http://www.nba.com/2009/allstar2009/...nge/index.html
Rookie Team

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Michael Beasley (Heat) F 6-9 245 Kansas State Rudy Fernandez (Trail Blazers) G-F 6-6 185 Spain Marc Gasol (Grizzlies) C 7-1 265 Spain Eric Gordon (Clippers) G 6-3 222 Indiana Brook Lopez (Nets) C 7-0 260 Stanford O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies) G 6-4 210 USC Greg Oden (Trail Blazers) C 7-0 285 Ohio State Derrick Rose (Bulls) G 6-3 190 Memphis Russell Westbrook (Thunder)

Sophmore Team

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Aaron Brooks (Rockets) G 6-0 161 Oregon Wilson Chandler (Knicks) F 6-8 220 DePaul Kevin Durant (Thunder) G-F 6-9 215 Texas Jeff Green (Thunder) F 6-9 235 Georgetown Al Horford (Hawks) F-C 6-10 245 Florida Luis Scola (Rockets) F-C 6-9 245 Argentina Al Thornton (Clippers) F 6-8 220 Florida State Rodney Stuckey (Pistons) G 6-5 205 Eastern Washington Thaddeus Young (Sixers) F 6-8 220 Georgia Tech

Footlocker 3 point Shootout Participants

http://www.nba.com/2009/allstar2009/...out/index.html

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Player (Team) 3pt FG/FGA ('08-09 season) 3pt FG pct. ('08-09 season) 3pt FG/FGA (Career) 3pt FG pct. (Career) Mike Bibby (Hawks) 114/279 .409 1158/3039 .374 Daequan Cook (Heat) 105/256 .410 184/494 .372 Danny Granger (Pacers) 120/299 .401 431/1103 .391 Jason Kapono (Raptors) 52/124 .419 339/743 .456 Rashard Lewis (Magic) 137/327 .419 1336/3399 .393 Roger Mason (Spurs) 103/229 .450 285/715 .399

NBA Slam Dunk Contest Participants
http://www.nba.com/dunk/

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Dwight Howard Rudy Fernandez JR Smith Nate Robinson

Enjoy the festivities fellas

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btw, the other one is locked , and it had alot of great stuff in it, but as far as this goes, add whatever you want to the first few posts if you want to include the other events. I just did the main one's for the scheduling.

[TheMatrix31]

Should I lock the other various All-Star related threads as well?

[Shinyhubcaps]

Here are the other events for the NBA:

PLAYSTATION SKILLS CHALLENGE:

Devin Harris (Nets)
Tony Parker (Spurs)
Mo Williams (Cavaliers)
Derrick Rose (Bulls)


HAIER SHOOTING STARS:

Team San Antonio: Tim Duncan, David Robinson, and Becky Hammon
Team Detroit: Arron Afflalo, Bill Laimbeer, and Katie Smith
Team Los Angeles: Derek Fisher, Michael Cooper, and Lisa Leslie
Team Phoenix: Leandro Barbosa, Dan Majerle, and Tangela Smith


H-O-R-S-E PRESENTED BY GEICO

Joe Johnson (Hawks)
O.J. Mayo (Grizzlies)
Kevin Durant (Thunder)

[Shinyhubcaps]

My other stats from the other thread:

* If you include Jameer Nelson, the Magic were big winners with 6 participants.
* Not counting injured picks, the Spurs are the biggest winners with 5 active players.
* Including injured players and All-Star coaches, the West has 34 representatives and the East has 35.
* The Southwest Division leads all divisions with 15 participants.
* The Bucks, Bobcats, Wizards, Kings, Warriors, Jazz, and Timberwolves have zero participants in any events.
* The only event champions and MVPs from last year who will not have a chance to repeat are Deron Williams (Jazz) in the Skills Challenge and Daniel Gibson (Cavaliers) in the Rookie Challenge.



NUMBER OF ALL-STAR WEEKEND REPRESENTATIVES PER TEAM
(includes initial selections who are injured as well as their replacements)
(injured players are marked with an *)
A = All-Star player or coach (24 players, 2 injury replacement, 2 coaches)
R = Rookie or Sophomore participant in Rookie Challenge (18 players)
D = Competitor in Slam Dunk Contest (4 competitors, 1 injury replacement)
3 = Competitor in Three-Point Shootout (6 competitors)
S = Competitor in Skills Challenge (4 competitors, 1 injury replacement)
X = Competitor in Shooting Stars, one for each team (4 active players)
H = Competitor in H-O-R-S-E (3 competitors)

76ers.........1 (R)
Celtics.......3 (A, A, A)
Knicks........2 (R, D)
Nets..........3 (A, R, S)
Raptors.......2 (A*, 3)

Bucks.........0
Bulls.........2 (R, S)
Cavaliers.....4 (A, A, A, S)
Pacers........2 (A, 3)
Pistons.......3 (A, R, X)

Bobcats.......0
Hawks.........4 (A, R, 3, H)
Heat..........3 (A, R, 3)
Magic.........6 (A, A, A*, D, 3, S*)
Wizards.......0

Grizzlies.....4 (R, R, D*, H)
Hornets.......2 (A, A)
Mavericks.....1 (A)
Rockets.......3 (A, A, R)
Spurs.........5 (A, A, 3, S, X)

Clippers......2 (R, R)
Kings.........0
Lakers........4 (A, A, A, X)
Suns..........3 (A, A, X)
Warriors......0

Jazz..........0
Nuggets.......2 (A, D)
Thunder.......4 (R, R, R, H)
Timberwolves..0
Trail Blazers.4 (A, R, R, D)

[Lynsanity]

Wow, this is one in-depth series of posts. Thanks.

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Quote: Originally Posted by TheMatrix31

Should I lock the other various All-Star related threads as well?

Yep... everything goes here Matrix

[Checmate101]

Roger Mason 3 point champ
Dhoward slam dunk champ
Rookies winning
East winning (hope B Roy have a good game though)
Tony Parker skills champion
Team LA shooting stars
Kevin Durant - Horse champion

Those my predictions