The NBA's annual All-Star weekend kicked into high gear with Saturday's events. The league has done away with the Shooting Stars Competition (that halfcourt shot one that Bosh always wins at) to grant more spotlight to the revamped Taco Bell Skills Challenge, the always fun Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, and the famed Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.
Skills Challenge
The most radically overhauled event, the Skills Challenge now had eight competitors in Emmanuel Mudiay (replacing the injured Patrick Beverley), DeMarcus Cousins, Draymond Green, Anthony Davis, CJ McCollum, Karl-Anthony Towns, Isaiah Thomas, and Jordan Clarkson.