Archive for February 15th, 2009
Nate Robinson, the smallest participant for this year’s Sprite Slam Dunk Championship stood tall by edging out defending champion Dwight Howard in the finals. The New York Knicks guard won through fan votes 52-48.
This year’s participants for the Sprite Slam Dunk Competition were defending champion Orlando’s Dwight Howard, former champion New York Knicks’ Nate [...]
This year’s 3-Point King is Miami Heat’s Daequan Cook after beating Orland Magic’s Rashard Lewis in the finals becoming the third Miami Heat player to win the award after Glenn Rice and ironically, Jason Kapono when he was still with the Miami Heat.
The participants for this event sponsored by Foot Locker were Rashard [...]
After a cocky start which saw him taking his time that is somewhat strange for this NBA All Star Event in Phoenix, Derrick Rose properly put it when he went on to win the Skills Challenge, besting New Jersey Nets Devin Harris in the finals. The other participants where Mo Peterson and Tony Parker.
Harris [...]
Kevin Durant dropped fourty-six points, grabbed seven rebounds, dished four assists, and had two steals to lead the Sophomore team over the Rookie team. Kevin Durant, even at the early stages of the game, was showing that he wanted to win the MVP honors for that game. His defensive intensity was a notch higher than [...]