2008 All-Star Weekend Thread (The Dwight Howard Show)

[TMU]

Event 1: Rookie Challenge; Friday, Feb 15 (TNT, 9 ET)
ROOKIES

G - Mike Conley (Memphis)
G - Kevin Durant (Seattle)
F - Jeff Green (Seattle)
C - Al Horford (Atlanta)
F - Jamario Moon (Toronto)
G - Juan Carlos Navarro (Memphis)
F - Luis Scola (Houston)
F - Sean Williams (New Jersey)
F - Yi Jianlian (Milwaukee)

SOPHOMORES

F - LaMarcus Aldridge (Portland)
F - Andrea Bargnani (Toronto)
G - Ronnie Brewer (Utah)
G - Jordan Farmar (L.A. Lakers)
F - Rudy Gay (Memphis)
G - Daniel Gibson (Cleveland)
F - Paul Millsap (Utah)
G - Rajon Rondo (Boston)
G - Brandon Roy (Portland)


Event 2: Shooting Stars; Saturday Feb 16 (TNT, 8ET)

Team Chicago: Chris Duhon, B.J. Armstrong, Candice Dupree
Team Phoenix: Amare Stoudemire, Eddie Johnson, Cappie Pondexter
Team San Antonio: Tim Duncan, David Robinson, Becky Hammon
Team Detroit: Chauncey Billups, Bill Laimbeer, Swin Cash


Event 3: Skills Challenge; Saturday Feb 16 (TNT, 8ET)

Jason Kidd (New Jersey)
Chris Paul (New Orleans)
Deron Williams (Utah)
Dwyane Wade (Miami)


Event 4: Three Point Shootout; Saturday Feb 16 (TNT, 8ET)

Daniel Gibson (Cleveland)
Richard Hamilton (Detroit)
Steve Nash (Phoenix)
Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas)
Peja Stojakovic (New Orleans)
Jason Kapono (Toronto)


Event 5: Dunk Contest; Saturday Feb 16 (TNT, 8ET)

Rudy Gay (Memphis)
Dwight Howard (Orlando)
Jamario Moon (Toronto)
Gerald Green (Minnesota)


Event 6: All-Star Game; Sunday Feb 17 (TNT, 8:30ET)
EAST ROSTER
Starters

G 5 Jason Kidd (New Jersey)
G 3 Dwyane Wade (Miami)
F 23 LeBron James (Cleveland)
F 5 Kevin Garnett (Boston)
C 12 Dwight Howard (Orlando)

Reserves

G 1 Chauncey Billups (Detroit)
C 4 Chris Bosh (Toronto)
F 3 Caron Butler (Washington)
G 32 Richard Hamilton (Detroit)
F 4 Antawn Jamison (Washington)
G 2 Joe Johnson (Atlanta)
F 34 Paul Pierce (Boston)
G 20 Ray Allen (Boston)
C 36 Rasheed Wallace (Detroit)

WEST ROSTER
Starters

G 3 Allen Iverson (Denver)
G 24 Kobe Bryant (L.A. Lakers)
F 15 Carmelo Anthony (Denver)
F 21 Tim Duncan (San Antonio)
C 11 Yao Ming (Houston)

Reserves

F 5 Carlos Boozer (Utah)
G 13 Steve Nash (Phoenix)
F 41 Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas)
G 3 Chris Paul (New Orleans)
G 7 Brandon Roy (Portland)
C 1 Amare Stoudemire (Phoenix)
F 30 David West (New Orleans)

[PopAGat]

Where is yao looking in the picture?

LMAO.

[Dustin5566]

If J-Kidd gets traded before the weekend does he still play for the East!

[Kosta]

Sophomores Win-MVP-Rudy Gay
3 point champ-Dirk
Slam Dunk champ-Jamario Moon
East Wins-MVP-Dwight Howard

[MagicFan3]

Kobe's out of 3PT, might wanna fix that.

[EiRON]

Replace Kobe with Dirk's fugly picture lol j.kay.

[Rare]

can you add times and TV schedules to it?

[Ace626]

No more Kobe...

[HumbleBumbleBee]

Ponoooooooo for the 3pt!

[bballcool34]

Nice thread

[EiRON]

No Bavetta VS Barkley Part II? lol

[A.J.]

If J-Kidd gets traded before the weekend does he still play for the East!

i doubt it

[TMU]

can you add times and TV schedules to it?

Done... and I have replaced Kobe with Dirk's fugly face

[risktaker91]

Wow Moon and Howard look very similar in these pictures.


My Picks:

Sophomores MVP - Rudy Gay
West MVP - Kobe Bryant (Iverson if Kobe's out)
Skills Challenge - Chris Paul
3 PT Shootout - Jason Kapono
Slam Dunk Contest - Jamario Moon
Shooting Stars - Detroit

[A.J.]

No Bavetta VS Barkley Part II? lol

they should have a rematch, but they might do something else

[magicfan4life05]

sheeeeeeeeeeeed hits a game winning 3 at the buzzer...

[risktaker91]

Oh and very nice thread BTW.

[A.J.]

nice thread t-mac united

[TMU]

Thanks guys. All pictures are taken from NBA.com and ESPN.com.

[A.J.]

any word on who might play in the celebrity game?