NBA: All-Star Saturday Night
NBA All-Star
Weekend is a basketball fan’s
dream and Sportsbook.com has the latest
odds for the two most popular Saturday
night events, the Slam Dunk and the
Three-Point Shootout.
Slam Dunk Contest
Dwight Howard (2:1): Big men usually
get the short end of the stick in this
contest as evidenced by Howard losing
last year even after his breathtaking
slam when he put a sticker of himself
12-feet up on the backboard. People are
still talking about that move and Howard
is sure to get some sympathy from the
judges this year.
Gerald
Green (11:4): The defending champion,
Green, is almost a professional ‘slam-dunker’ at
this point as he barely gets off the
pine for the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Still, this is Green’s chance at
the national spotlight again and he plans
to make the most of it.
Rudy Gay
(3:1): Gay is known as a silky smooth
scorer from Memphis who averages 20
point per game, but the second year
player from Connecticut can also throw
it down with authority. Gay is even
going so far as to asking fans to send
him their dunk ideas.
Jamario
Moon (3:1): Moon may be the least known
of all the four contestants, but the
same could have been said about Gerald
Green last year. Moon is a 6’8” rookie
from Toronto who is averaging eight points
and six rebounds per game in just over
28 minutes of action.
Three-Point Shootout
Peja Stojakovic
(2:1): Stojakovic won this title in
consecutive years in 2002 and 2003,
and he would like another win as a
member of the hometown Hornets. Stojakovic
did not compete in this event for the
last two years, but he is hitting 47.2%
of his “threes” this
year and 40.5% for his career.
Steve Nash
(3:1): Nash is the master of dishing
the basketball, but he can also shoot
the rock with the best of them. Nash
is a ‘lights-out’ 47%
from three-point land this year and 42.9%
for his career.
Kobe Bryant (3:1): Bryant has won a
lot of awards in his career, and he would
like to notch a three-point win on his
belt. Bryant has hit 45.8% of his three-pointers
this season, very close to his career
mark of 45.3%.
Jason Kapono
(7:2): Kapono is the defending champion
as he tied Mark Price’s
record of 24 point in the final round.
Kapono has made an amazing 51% of his
three-point attempts this year and 46.7%
for his career.
Richard
Hamilton (11:2): Detroit’s
Hamilton is known more as a scorer with
his post-up moves and ability to hit
the mid-range jumper. However, Hamilton
is on fire from three-point land this
year at 46%, way above his career average
of 34.3%.
Daniel
Gibson (6:1): Gibson’s
rookie three-point percentage of 41.9
helped get Cleveland into the NBA Finals
last year. This season, he has done even
better from ‘way downtown’ at
46.7%.
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