NBA All-Star Saturday 2010 Thread: It's Toros Time
by Tim C. on Feb 13, 2010 7:12 PM CST
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PrintAfter DeJuan Blair predictably dominated the Rookie Challenge last night, it's time to switch gears.
A quick glance at the schedule for today:
NBA D-League All-Star Game - 2PM Spurs time (NBA TV)
H-O-R-S-E - 6PM Spurs time (TNT)
Shooting Stars, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest - 7PM Spurs time (TNT)
The D-League All-Star Game
We're going to put the emphasis today on the D-League's showcase. Why? Check out the rosters:
Alexis Ajinca*# (Maine/Charlotte)
C
7-0
220
5/6/88
France
Morris Almond (Springfield)
F
6-5
210
2/2/85
Rice
Alade Aminu (Erie)
F
6-10
235
9/14/87
Georgia Tech
Earl Barron (Iowa)
C
6-11
230
8/14/81
Memphis
Romel Beck (replacement) (Dakota)
F
6-8
195
5/29/82
UNLV
Trey Gilder (Maine)
F
6-9
185
1/24/85
Northwestern State
Ron Howard (Fort Wayne)
F
6-7
212
11/6/81
Valparaiso
Rob Kurz (Fort Wayne)
F
6-9
230
3/5/85
Notre Dame
Cartier Martin (Iowa)
G/F
6-7
220
11/20/84
Kansas State
Curtis Stinson (Iowa)
G
6-3
215
2/15/83
Iowa State
Reggie Williams (Sioux Falls)
F
6-6
210
10/21/83
Virginia Military
Head Coach: Nick Nurse (Iowa), Assistant: Nate Bjorkgren (Iowa)
Athletic Trainer: Tim Moran (Iowa)
Antonio Anderson* (Rio Grande Valley)
G
6-6
215
6/5/85
Memphis
Brian Butch (replacement) (Bakersfield)
C
6-11
240
12/22/84
Wisconsin
Joe Crawford (replacement) (Los Angeles)
G
6-5
210
6/17/86
Kentucky
Joey Dorsey# (RGV/Houston)
C
6-9
265
12/16/83
Memphis
Desmon Farmer (replacement) (Reno)
G
6-5
210
10/7/81
USC
Sundiata Gaines# (Idaho/Utah)
G
6-1
195
4/18/86
Georgia
Alonzo Gee (Austin)
G
6-6
220
5/29/87
Alabama
Mike Harris (Rio Grande Valley)
F
6-6
235
6/15/83
Rice
Dontell Jefferson* (Utah)
G
6-5
190
12/15/83
Arkansas
Curtis Jerrells (replacement) (Austin)
G
6-1
195
2/5/87
Baylor
Dwayne Jones (Austin)
F
6-11
250
6/9/83
St. Joseph's
Carlos Powell (Albuquerque)
F
6-7
225
8/29/83
South Carolina
Mustafa Shakur (Tulsa)
G
6-3
190
8/18/84
Arizona
Diamon Simpson (replacement) (Los Angeles)
F
6-17
230
9/8/87
St. Mary's (Ca.)
Anthony Tolliver# (Idaho/GSW)
F
6-9
240
6/1/85
Creighton
Head Coach: Chris Finch (Rio Grande Valley), Assistant: Paul Mokeski (Rio Grande Valley)
Athletic Trainer:Joe Resendez Remaining events
The Shooting Stars competition will include former Spurs Brent Barry and Michael Finley Steve Smith, so that should hold some sentimental interest.
No Spurs or Spurs-related players are participating in any of the other events, but they should be fun to watch anyway.
Blowing in the Trade Winds
Just to give you guys some other stuff to talk about:
It seems that Dallas is going to trade Josh Howard, Drew Gooden and Quinton Ross for Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood, and DeShawn Stevenson. In fact, that trade could be finished by the time the festivities start today.
ESPN is also reporting that Cleveland is trying to get Amare Stoudemire via trade.
No new rumors involving the Spurs, but we all know that our FO doesn't let information get out unless they want it to.
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Oh, and just in case anyone doesn’t think it’s lame… There’s a meme generator for Toros coach Quin Snyder.
Don't compare RJ to Sean unless he's coming up clutch while playing with a failing kidney.
This one is great
"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobli
I dunno. Cleveland seems to have found effective minutes for each and every player they have ever brought in under Mike Brown. They always seem to win even when they are shorthanded.
I dont really care to see any Lebron to Amare Lobs at the AT&T center any time soon….
...Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is forty five.
But….Shaq and Amare AGAIN? Didnt the spurs show the world that those 2 guys together cant defend shit?
"Rock and Roll angels bring that HardRock Hallelujah"
shaq and amare with lebron flying out of nowhere makes a huge difference
by FreshmakerDTM on Feb 14, 2010 9:29 AM CST up reply actions
Plus Amare is a superstar in his own mind, and might not produce at the same level if he’s deferring to LeBron all the time and Shaq some of the time. He’s efficient when he gets a lot of touches and can get to the line but you’d be literally trading 3-point shooting in Hickson and figuratively trading an already efficient offense for something new. Especially on a 13 game win streak I don’t see how they can do it
Wow. TD’s triple-double in the ’03 Finals against the Nets only got 10% of the vote for best individual playoff performance of the decade.
TD only got 7% of the vote for best individual playoff series (for that ’03 Nets series). The winner was DWade in the ’06 Finals.
That sucks. How can a massive referee-aided series considered the best one? Oh well, it’s not as if Spurs fans aren’t used to their team being belittled.
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 7:09 PM CST up reply actions
haha you really think thats going to happen?
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 7:59 PM CST up reply actions
I don’t know who’s here, but it’s skillz challenge time, beaches!
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:06 PM CST reply actions
Oh wait, I think I’m going to go Gumbeeeeh!!!
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:08 PM CST up reply actions
Oh shit, Steve is here? My choice is D-E-A-D.
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:09 PM CST up reply actions
D-Will is carrying the damn ball! Somebody call travel!!
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:18 PM CST reply actions
Karma, beach. Nash wins! Canada wins!
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:18 PM CST reply actions
Hah, he almost blocked Deron, too. Love that guy.
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:19 PM CST up reply actions
Weird that Pierce is competing instead of Ray-Ray.
by silverandblack_davis on Feb 13, 2010 8:42 PM CST reply actions
thanks league pass, you work for the stupid shooting stars and skills challenge, both of which suck as events, and decide to die for the 3 point and dunk contests. thanks a million.
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 8:47 PM CST reply actions
wow…thats 3 pretty uninspiring dunks so far…
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 9:24 PM CST reply actions
romaju and blolair sitting at the end of the bench?
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 9:26 PM CST reply actions
fiiiiiiiiinally…..now that was a dunk demar….
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 9:34 PM CST reply actions
Hey, I’m just catching up on the all-star stuff but to all you Texans:
Notice how it took whole state of Texas to beat city of LA in NBA Shooting Stars.
(courtesy J.A. Adande’s twitter account)
The Lakers "Too big, too strong, too long, too good."
Why are you telling yourself that you don’t do politics on a basketball blog?
To serve man.
Gustatus similis pullus.
I don’t do politics on a basketball blog. OK, let me rephrase. . . capital punishment invokes a lot of strong feelings on both sides of the issue. I have no interest or intention of discussing it here. You obviously can do what you want.
The Lakers "Too big, too strong, too long, too good."
Brent Barry still lives in SA, so technically…
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. - CMoney
the dunk contest can often be a bit underwhelming, but damn…that one was just flat. demar’s second 1st round dunk, and nate’s last dunk, and maybe demar’s first 2nd round dunk, were good. the rest? nothing you couldn’t see in a game.
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 9:50 PM CST reply actions
That was the worst dunk contest ever!!!
"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobli
The D-league dunkers would destroy the NBA dunkers.
Air up there would pummel Nate Washington.
Taurian was doing all the Vince Carter dunks like they were nothing. ALL of them.
Plus he is the first guy i ever saw do a 720.
I would put him up against ANYONE in the NBA and he would shred em. Superman too…
The Beast’s dunk was better than anything put out there tonight.
Superman wears Manu Ginobili pajamas to bed. - CMoney
Did you actually see the D League dunk contest? If you saw this dude dunk you would not be saying that. This guy is the real deal.
He doesn’t use 2 or 3 tries to get his dunk right. He dunks on the first attempt and doesn’t just barely clear the rim either.
After Lebron saw this dude, he said he saw dunks that he had never seen before.
not sure if this was mentioned before, but the nba.com guy who does the highlights calls blair.. Heavy D…LOL
by FreshmakerDTM on Feb 14, 2010 4:11 PM CST up reply actions
actually Blair said hes okay with Heavy D.. but is rollin with DeBeast!
by FreshmakerDTM on Feb 14, 2010 4:25 PM CST up reply actions
no it wasn’t. demar’s second dunk in the first round was a genuinely good dunk contest dunk. nate’s last dunk was also pretty impressive.
blolair’s dunk was great, especially cos it was in-game. but come on…that would score about a 30 in a dunk contest at best.
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 14, 2010 6:00 PM CST up reply actions
i don’t know why shannon brown or gerald wallace even bothered showing up. they obviously couldn’t have cared less about.
free george hill!
by sleep research facility on Feb 13, 2010 9:59 PM CST reply actions
Blair dunk last night was more impressive than all those dunks tonight, and he’s got no ACLs
"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobli
After watching Shannon Brown embarrass the NBA last night he should never complain about playing time or anything else. In fact, he should not be surprise if the fans never vote him into an allstar event ever again.
He looked like a dear in head lights. What happened to all that jumping ability?
Those dunks were pathetic. Obviously someone should have told him, switching hands with the ball and dunking it is a 9th grade dunk. TO can dunk better than Brown.
Wallace was even worst
"He was just a young skinny guy who looked like a winner. We didn’t know he was going to be as good as he is."
—Popovich on Manu Ginobli
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