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Everything heats up on All-Star Saturday night. Here are the events, and the rosters for each event:
| Time | EVENT | Sponsor | Broadcast | |||
| 1 | 9:00 AM | MT | NBA All-Star Practice | NBA TV | ||
| 2 | 11:00 AM | MT | Inside Stuff | NBA TV | ||
| 3 | 11:30 AM | MT | The Starters | NBA TV | ||
| 4 | 12:00 PM | MT | NBA D-League All-Star Game | Kumho Tire | NBA TV | |
| 5 | 5:00 PM | MT | TNT NBA Tip-Off | AutoTrader | TNT | |
| 6 | 5:00 PM | MT | Commissioner Adam Silver Media Availability | NBA TV & NBA.com | ||
| 7 | 6:00 PM | MT | All-Star Saturday Night | State Farm | TNT | |
| Skills Challenge | Taco Bell | |||||
| Three-Point Contest | Foot Locker | |||||
| Slam Dunk Contest | Verizon | |||||
| 8 | 8:30 PM | MT | NBA GameTime | NBA TV | ||
| 9 | 8:30 PM | MT | All-Star Saturday Night News Conferences | NBA.com | ||
NBA D-League All-Star Game:
There were a lot of guys who had to be replaced in this one.
| NBADL WEST ALL-STARS | NBADL EAST ALL-STARS | |||||||
| Player | Team | Player | Team | |||||
| 1 | Ricky Ledo * | Reno | G | 1 | Jimmer Fredette | Westchester | G | |
| 2 | Tu Holloway * | Texas | G | 2 | Jordan McRae | Delaware | G | |
| 3 | Will Cummings | Rio Grande Valley | G | 3 | Quinn Cook * | Canton | G | |
| 4 | Xavier Munford | Bakersfield | G | 4 | Scott Suggs * | Toronto | G | |
| 5 | Vander Blue | Los Angeles | G | 5 | Sean Kilpatrick | Delaware | G | |
| 6 | Brandon Ashley | Texas | F | 6 | Tre Kelley | Sioux Falls | G | |
| 7 | Justin Harper | Los Angeles | F | 7 | Jarnell Stokes | Sioux Falls | F | |
| 8 | Raphiael Putney | Rio Grande Valley | F | 8 | Rondald Roberts Jr. | Toronto | F | |
| 9 | Vincent Hunter | Reno | F | 9 | Alex Stephenson | Iowa | C | |
| 10 | Cady Lalanne * | Austin | C | 10 | Jordan Bachynski * | Westchester | C | |
| 11 | Jeff Ayres | Idaho | C | 11 | Keith Benson * | Sioux Falls | C | |
| 12 | Michael Eric | Texas | C | 12 | Rakeem Christmas | Fort Wayne | C | |
| All-Stars who were replaced * | All-Stars who were replaced * | |||||||
| Player | Team | Situation | Player | Team | Situation | |||
| 1 | Erick Green | Reno | Called Up | 1 | Keith Appling | Erie | Injured | |
| 2 | Orlando Johnson | Austin | Called Up | 2 | Jordan Mickey | Maine | Injured | |
| 3 | Elliot Williams | Santa Cruz | Left League | 3 | Lorenzo Brown | Grand Rapids | Injured | |
| 4 | DeAndre Liggins | Sioux Falls | Injured | |||||
The Idaho Stamps have our #1 draft pick in the game, bigman Ayres nee Pendergraph. So watch him, I guess? Or instead, watch Jimmer. Or watch our draft pick Stokes. Or be like most of us, and don't watch this game.
Taco Bell Skill's Challenge
The format for this remains the same, but the bracket now includes bigmen. This seems . . . awful?
| Player | Team | Bracket | |
| 1 | Isaiah Thomas | Boston Celtics | Guards |
| 2 | Emmanuel Mudiay * | Denver Nuggets | Guards |
| 3 | Jordan Clarkson | Los Angeles Lakers | Guards |
| 4 | C.J. McCollum | Portland Trail Blazers | Guards |
| 5 | Anthony Davis | New Orleans Pelicans | Bigs |
| 6 | Draymond Green | Golden State Warriors | Bigs |
| 7 | DeMarcus Cousins | Sacramento Kings | Bigs |
| 8 | Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves | Bigs |
| INJ | Patrick Beverley * | Houston Rockets |
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My money is on McCollum. But that could just be because he has torched the Jazz this season, all season long.
Foot Locker Three Point Contest
| Games | Total | Per Game | Percentage | |||||||||
| Player | Team | Played | M | A | M | A | % | |||||
| 1 | J.J. Redick | Los Angeles Clippers | 49 | 130 | 273 | 2.65 | 5.57 | 47.62% | ||||
| 2 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 50 | 245 | 540 | 4.90 | 10.80 | 45.37% | ||||
| 3 | Klay Thompson | Golden State Warriors | 50 | 161 | 383 | 3.22 | 7.66 | 42.04% | ||||
| 4 | Khris Middleton | Milwaukee Bucks | 54 | 104 | 257 | 1.93 | 4.76 | 40.47% | ||||
| 5 | Devin Booker | Phoenix Suns | 48 | 56 | 139 | 1.17 | 2.90 | 40.29% | ||||
| 6 | Kyle Lowry | Toronto Raptors | 52 | 145 | 370 | 2.79 | 7.12 | 39.19% | ||||
| 7 | Chris Bosh | Miami Heat | 53 | 81 | 222 | 1.53 | 4.19 | 36.49% | ||||
| 8 | James Harden | Houston Rockets | 55 | 155 | 437 | 2.82 | 7.95 | 35.47% | ||||
I'm just going to say that it will be a huge upset if Curry doesn't win. So I am rooting for that.
Verizon Slam Dunk Contest
| Player | Team | ||
| 1 | Zach LaVine | Minnesota Timberwolves | (Defending Champ) |
| 2 | Aaron Gordon | Orlando Magic | |
| 3 | Will Barton | Denver Nuggets | |
| 4 | Andre Drummond | Detroit Pistons |
This one is Zach's to lose. And once again, All-Star Saturday night will end with a downer contest. Bring back Vince Carter!