NBA AllStar Competitions

[primetime32]

Player to win the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout
Sat 2/17 8:00PM (EST)
131 Gilbert Arenas +350
132 Jason Kapano +350
133 Damon Jones +500
134 Mike Miller +650
135 Dirk Nowitzki +270
136 Jason Terry +650

2/17/2007 8:30 PM Player to win the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk
111 Gerald Green -110
112 Dwight Howard +350
113 Nate Robinson +380
114 Tyrus Thomas +550

2/17/2007 8:30 PM Player to win the PlayStation Skills Challenge Challenge
101 Chris Paul +200
102 Dwyane Wade +200
103 Kobe Bryant +250
104 LeBron James +400

NBA All Star - Saturday, February 17th
Who will win the All Star Foot race?

Charles Barkley +210
Dick Bavetta -320

[primetime32]

My picks:

Mike miller +650- Career year at great value.

Gerald Green -110- Tyrus thomas will not have the crowd or the judges behind him. Dwight howard is too big and big men rarely do well. And Nate robinson shouldn't have won last year and will be hardpressed to repeat. The little man dunking thing was "SOOOO last year"

Wade +200- Don't love this one, but he seems to combine the skill, with the speed and the quickness. I can rule out lebron since he is not nearly as quick as the other 3.

Bavetta -320- Not taking this one, at least not yet. But it will be fun to watch.

[wiper]

i agree with the 'little man' argument, however, if he goes out there and nails his first 2 dunks ON THE FIRST TRY, he could get the crowd behind him...

and this may be a bit of a homer pick, but damon jones will win this competition more than once out of 5 times...2 or 3 cavs pregame shows in the last week or two have shown him talking about the 3 point shootout, and how he's been practicing, etc..

if it stays at +500, i'll be on him...

probably will stay away from the dunk contest, if only because the guy i think is going to win is getting terrrrrrible odds...c'mon, a negative number??

[ImNew]

I have $100 on J Terry +800 and G Green +105 just for fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[SonnyJay]

I have a unit on Gerald Green -110 and 1/2 unit on Jason Terry +700. My analysis on Green was the same as primetime32's, and my Jason Terry analysis was:

1. He's done the 3 point shootout before.
2. He had the highest odds at the time.

Wish I had got ImNew's prices though.

*EDIT: Oh, and 1/2 unit on Barkley +200 [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

-SonnyJay

[JupiterUWG]

1/2 unit on both damon jones and mike miller

1 unit on gerald green at 1 to 1

[Tim79]

Mike Miller at these odds is incredible value.He should be one of the top 2 favorites. The only negative is he hurt his leg about a week ago and his shot has been off a little since. Last game I attended at Memphis I watched Mike in pregame warmups and watched him make 23 3 pointers in a row and 33 out of 34 and he routinely does this. He may choke, his leg may still be bothering him but still this is great value on him.

[CieloAzor]

Dwight Howard at +500 now. Any good?

[erroneous]

I agree with you guys and put some on Miller. One time???

[SonnyJay]

Alright, gonna stop myself now on these props. Devoted way too much time to thinking about All Star Weekend at this point.

Final scorecard:

Gerald Green 1u (-110)
Mike Miller .5u (+600)
Jason Terry .5u (+700)
Charles Barkley .5u (+200)

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Dwight Howard at +500 now. Any good?

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Past Dunk Contest Winners (since 1991):
2006 Nate Robinson, New York
2005 Josh Smith, Atlanta
2004 Fred Jones, Indiana
2003 Jason Richardson, Golden State
2002 Jason Richardson, Golden State
2001 Desmond Mason, Seattle
2000 Vince Carter, Toronto
1997 Kobe Bryant, L.A. Lakers
1996 Brent Barry, L.A. Clippers
1995 Harold Miner, Miami
1994 Isaiah Rider, Minnesota
1993 Harold Miner, Cleveland
1992 Cedric Ceballos, Phoenix
1991 Dee Brown, Boston

All 2s and 3s on the list. I didn't look any further back than that. However, I didn't look at how many times big men were entered in the competition (which is important). I wouldn't bother with Dwight at +500, but who knows.

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Of my 4 books, I could only get Gerald Green at -120. If the line gets better before the contest, I'll be adding another unit.

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Wouldn't count on it at this point. -145 at Bodog, -175 at Greek, and falling on both.

GL everyone!

-SonnyJay