Saturday, February 16, 2008

2008 All Star Saturday Predictions

Predicted winners in bold

Skills Challenge
Jason Kidd, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, Deron Williams.

Three Point Contest
Daniel Gibson, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kapono, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Peja Stojakovic.

Slam Dunk Contest
Rudy Gay, Gerald Green, Dwight Howard, Jamario Moon.

In the skills challenge, Paul might be the favorite at home, but I think he might feel too much pressure to win. Wade has won it a couple of times and Kidd would've won this easily if he was in his prime. I like the underdog Williams here. In the three point contest, Gibson would be my sleeper, but bigger guys usually come away with the title because they have to throw up so many shots in such a short period of time, so I'm going with Kapono to repeat. In the dunk contest, I like Gay to win because it would further cement George Mason's legacy beating Gay's UCONN team in the Elite 8 in 2006. Whateve happens, Howard won't win. Enjoy!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Nah man, Dwight is gonna dunk the hell out of it, just judging by what he's been practicing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIz7sYjp1Sc

That last dunk is absolutely sick.