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Aww, I like when my Nets fans are happy.

Wow, no Carmelo...and the game was in Houston. Denver turned the ball over more. How do the Rockets lose this game? Too many fouls in the act of shooting. It put the Nuggets at the line for 39 free throws. Close game, though, but Denver won it in the fourth.

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Added the game's history since they changed it from two rookie teams to the rookie/sophomore teams. Check out how close this year's sophomores got to winning last year.

Ah, this is easy. Smush Parker Sasha Vujacic Devean George Chucky Atkins Shaquille O'Neal (mainly due to his attitude and his big mouth after the trade to Miami) Excluding Shaq, the other four were just so terrible with the ball (and without it back on defense), it made me sick to my stomach watching them and having to root for them.

Here will be the reactions in this topic... Dems will say that he did good overall, say he may have said a few things that didn't need to be said, or that they just don't agree with. GOP? HE SUCKED. LOSER. The entire speech was terrible, and he should be impeached.

TIME: 8:00 PM EST TV: TNT http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/2010/allstar/2010/01/21/east.starters/z_as2010-T1-start5-east-2.jpg EAST STARTERS C - Dwight Howard PF - Kevin Garnett SF - LeBron James SG - Dwyane Wade PG - Rajon Rondo EAST RESERVES PF - Chris Bosh SF - Paul Pierce PG - Derrick Rose SG - Joe Johnson SF - Gerald Wallace PF - David Lee C - Al Horford COACH Stan Van Gundy http://i2.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/2010/allstar/2010/01/21/west.starters/z_as2010-T1-start5-west-2.jpg WEST STARTERS C - Amare Stoudemire PF - Tim Duncan SF - Dirk Nowitzki SG - Carmelo Anthony PG - Steve Nash WEST RESERVES SF - Kevin Durant C - Pau Gasol PG - Deron Williams PG - Chauncey Billups PF - Zach Randolph C - Chris Kaman PG - Jason Kidd COACH George Karl

TIME: 9:00 PM EST TV: TNT ROOKIES Tyreke Evans Omri Casspi Stephen Curry DeJuan Blair Jonny Flynn James Harden Taj Gibson Brandon Jennings Jonas Jerebko SOPHOMORES Michael Beasley Eric Gordon Kevin Love Brook Lopez Danilo Gallinari Russell Westbrook Marc Gasol O.J. Mayo Anthony Morrow Rookie/Sophomore Game history (since 2000) Sophomores lead the series 8-2 Year Winning Team Losing Team Score MVP 2009 Sophomores Rookies 122–116 Kevin Durant 2008 Sophomores Rookies 136–109 Daniel Gibson 2007 Sophomores Rookies 155–114 David Lee 2006 Sophomores Rookies 106–96 Andre Iguodala 2005 Sophomores Rookies 133–106 Carmelo Anthony 2004 Sophomores Rookies 142–118 Amar'e Stoudemire 2003 Sophomores Rookies 132–112 Gilbert Arenas 2002 Rookies Sophomores 103–97 Jason Richardson 2001 Sophomores Rookies 121–113 Wally Szczerbiak 2000 Rookies Sophomores 92–83 (OT) Elton Brand

TIME: 7:00 PM EST TV: ESPN Contestants Doctor Oz (Host, The Dr. Oz Show) Common (Musician/Actor) Chris Tucker (Actor/Comedian) Mark Cuban (Dallas Mavericks Owner) Anthony Anderson (NBCs Law & Order) Robert Horry (Seven-time NBA Champion) Joel Moore (Avatar) Rick Fox (Three-time NBA Champion) Anthony Kim (PGA Tour Pro) Chris Mullin (Five-time NBA All-Star) Pitbull (Musician, I Know You Want Me) Nancy Lieberman (Basketball Hall of Famer) Scooter Christensen (Harlem Globetrotters) Coach: Magic Johnson (Basketball Hall of Famer) Special K Daley (Harlem Globetrotters) Coach: Alonzo Mourning (Five-time NBA All-Star) Flight Time Lang (Harlem Globetrotters) Assistant Coach: Mario Lopez Big Easy Lofton (Harlem Globetrotters)

TIME: 3:00 PM EST TV: NBATV

TIME: 7:00 PM EST TV: TNT Contestants: Kevin Durant, Rajon Rondo, Omri Casspi

TIME: 8:30 PM EST TV: TNT Contestants Los Angeles (Pau Gasol, Brent Barry, Marie Ferdinand-Harris) Texas (Dirk Nowitzki, Becky Hammon, Kenny Smith) Atlanta (Joe Johnson, Angel McCoughtry, Steve Smith) Sacramento (Tyreke Evans, Chris Webber, Nicole Powell)

TIME: 8:30 PM EST TV: TNT Contestants: Russell Westbrook, Deron Williams, Steve Nash and Brandon Jennings

TIME: 8:30 PM EST TV: TNT Contestants: Daequan Cook, Danilo Gallinari, Channing Frye, Stephen Curry, Paul Pierce and Chauncey Billups

TIME: 8:30 PM EST TV: TNT Contestants: Nate Robinson, Shannon Brown, Gerald Wallace, and the winner of the Dunk-In between DeMar DeRozan and Eric Gordon

Friday, February 12th, 2010 All-Star Celebrity Game, 7:00 PM EST, ESPN T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, Slam Dunk-In, 9:00 PM EST, TNT Saturday, February 13th, 2010 All-Star East/West Practices, 12:00 PM EST, NBATV 2010 D-League All-Star Game, 3:00 PM EST, NBATV TNT All-Decade Team, 5:00 PM EST, TNT H.O.R.S.E. presented by Geico, 7:00 PM EST, TNT NBA All-Star Saturday Night, 8:30 PM EST, TNT Haier Shooting Stars Taco Bell Skills Challenge Foot Locker 3-Point Contest Sprite Slam Dunk Contest Sunday, February 14th, 2010 All-Star Tip-Off, 7:00 PM EST, TNT 2010 NBA All-Star Game, 8:00 PM EST, TNT

Thanks bro, but WHY ARE YOU JUST A LURKER HERE?!?!

Right, but there's no point in the zone biting on the ball movement if you don't have shooters to cover the perimeter. An intense, intelligent zone defense will give you guys threes all night long. The Raptors (or anyone for that matter) don't need to be highly intelligent on defense. All they need to do is recognize that the Heat are a one-trick pony with Beasley out. Wade's penetrations won't work because there isn't a true, dominant post player down low to dish it to for a quick two, and they won't be as effective because tossing a dime to an outside shooter would be rare as well. Toronto pushed Dwyane Wade, and he pushed back. This was actually a good thing for the Raptors, and a terrible idea for Wade and the Heat. Teams trust that the Heat, as a team, can't win games. This is why Miami went from 14-3 and I believe the best record in the league (or at least in the East), to going 12-19 since and dropping to the sixth seed in the conference.

You guys don't have anyone else that can create on their own, and you also don't have the capable shooters to break the zone. It's also a reason why teams can force a hard double on Wade, make him give up the ball, and continue to keep the ball out of his hands on the perimeter. Miami doesn't have anyone else like Wade, and they don't have anyone like Posey (the Posey from the championship squad). Wright isn't going to be the answer, though. He's not a legit second option to Wade, and that's what Riley needs to find, through trade or free agency.

Most boring game I've watched this year, I think. LeBron with 12 on 3-8 shooting (or something like that), and Hickson was Karl Malone out there. That's around the time you know you need to change the channel permanently.

I called Kris Humphries before the game, and the dude told me he's tired of people trading him as a filler in sim leagues, and he's tired of losing in New Jersey, and that he was going to play like Shaq tonight: good amount of points, ton of fouls, limited minutes, quite a few boards. He's good at keeping his word!

Kobe caught fire in the second half, and this game turned into a blowout at that point. I love those moments, lol. Hibbert did pretty good, actually. His game is coming along nicely.

The Heat lost this game because nobody wanted to step it up in the fourth, not even Wade, and because the Raptors have been rolling, mostly due to their confidence and desire to steal that fifth spot in the East. Toronto can play defense when they are inspired to...not the best defense, but they can force bad shots with their length and athleticism. Beasley would've helped the Heat tremendously.

Because there's no need to pin that many topics in NBA discussion. Rookie/Sophomore game HORSE Skills Challenge Dunk Contest Three-point contest All-Star game The forum will be made, and after the events are over, the entire forum will be changed to the all-star weekend archives, and moved into NBA Discussion as a sub-forum.