The NBA or national basketball association has be through almost half its season now the All-Star weekend is coming. Friday the 13th is going to be hosting the All-Star celebrity game where movie stars, NBA legends, WNBA stars, and other sports stars go and play eachother in a fun filled event. acouple of big name stars that will be there are Chris Tucker (movie star), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Terrell Owens (Dallas Cowboys Receiver), and many other stars.
Later that night they will be having the Rookie Challenge where first and second year players will show what skills they have by playing eachother. The sophmores (second year) players have won the last six games but the rookies look promising. Some of the sophmores are Rodney Stuckey, Jeff Green, and Kevin Durant. Some rookies are Greg Oden, Michael Beasley, and Derrick Rose.
The next day is a busy one there is the Shooting Stars, Playstation Skills Challege, Three Point Shootout, and the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest. Shooting Stars has a three man team of a NBA star a WNBA player and a NBA legend. They need to make five different shots and fastest one wins. The Playstation Skills Challenge is where a player will have to dribble trough obsticals, pass into tubes and make shots. This year Devin Harris, Mo Williams, Tony Parker, and Derrick Rose. Then comes the Three Point Contest, here player shoot 25 balls with the fifth on each rack being worth two points, which they only have a minute to shoot them. The contestants this year will be Mike Bibby, Deaquan Cook, Danny Granger, Rashard Lewis, Roger Mason, and last years winner Jason Kapono. Finally is the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest where players think of the greatest most creative dunks they can get the best grades. This years contestants will be Nate Robinson, J.R. Smith, Rudy Fernandez, and Dwight Howard last years winner with his famous "superman dunk".
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