The Shooting Stars Competition is a National Basketball Association All-Star Weekend contest held on the Saturday before the All-Star Game. It involves a current NBA player, a WNBA player and a retired NBA player competing together in a shooting competition; from 2004 until 2012, players their teams' city; starting in 2013, each NBA player chooses both a WNBA player and the retired player themselves; The competition itself is time based, involving shooting from six locations of increasing difficulty and making all six shots in sequential order. Shot one is a 10-ft bank shot from the right angle, shot two is a 15-ft bank shot from the left angle, shot three is a straight on NBA three pointer, shot four is an 18-footer from the right baseline, shot five is an NBA three pointer from the left side and shot six is a half court shot. There is a two minute time limit for each attempt and the top two times advance to a head-to-head final round. The event has been held each All-Star Weekend since 2003–04. In 2007–08, Team San Antonio became the event's first two-time winner. Detroit followed suit in 2008–09 with their second title. In 2005–06, Team San Antonio set the course record with 25.1 seconds. In 2010-11, Team Atlanta became the first team to win the event with a time over one minute.
Shooting Stars champions [edit]
- 2013 : Team Bosh (Miami Heat/Chicago Sky/Atlanta Hawks): Chris Bosh, Swin Cash, Dominique Wilkins (89.0 seconds)
- 2012 : New York: Landry Fields, Cappie Pondexter, Allan Houston (37.3 seconds)
- 2011 : Atlanta: Al Horford, Coco Miller, Steve Smith (70.0 seconds)
- 2010 : Texas (Dallas/Houston/San Antonio): Dirk Nowitzki, Becky Hammon, Kenny Smith (34.3 seconds)
- 2009 : Detroit: Arron Afflalo, Katie Smith, Bill Laimbeer (58.4 seconds)
- 2008 : San Antonio: Tim Duncan, Becky Hammon, David Robinson (35.8 seconds)
- 2007 : Detroit: Chauncey Billups, Swin Cash, Bill Laimbeer (50.5 seconds)
- 2006 : San Antonio: Tony Parker, Kendra Wecker, Steve Kerr (25.1 seconds)**
- 2005 : Phoenix: Shawn Marion, Diana Taurasi, Dan Majerle (28 seconds)
- 2004 : Los Angeles : Derek Fisher, Lisa Leslie, Magic Johnson (43.9 seconds)
Other finishers [edit]
- 2013 : 2. Oklahoma City Thunder, 3. Houston, 4. Brooklyn Nets
- 2012 : 2. Texas (Houston/San Antonio), 3. Atlanta, 4. Orlando
- 2011 : 2. Texas (Dallas/Houston/San Antonio), 3. Los Angeles, 4. Chicago
- 2010 : 2. Los Angeles (Clippers/Lakers), 3. Sacramento, 4. Atlanta
- 2009 : 2. Phoenix, 3. San Antonio, 4. Los Angeles (Lakers)
- 2008 : 2. Chicago, 3. Phoenix, 4. Detroit
- 2007 : 2. Chicago, 3. San Antonio, 4. Los Angeles (Lakers)
- 2006 : 2. Los Angeles (Lakers), 3. Houston, 4. Phoenix
- 2005 : 2. Denver, 3. Detroit, 4. Los Angeles (Lakers)
- 2004 : 2. San Antonio, 3. Los Angeles (Clippers), 4. Detroit
Appearances/Titles [edit]
Most Appearances
| Number |
City |
| 7 |
Los Angeles (Lakers) |
| 7 |
San Antonio (3 as Texas) |
| 5 |
Detroit |
| 4 |
Houston (3 as Texas) |
| 4 |
Phoenix |
| 3 |
Atlanta |
| 3 |
Chicago |
| 2 |
Dallas (2 as Texas) |
| 2 |
Los Angeles (Clippers) |
| 1 |
Denver |
| 1 |
New York |
| 1 |
Orlando |
| 1 |
Sacramento |
| 1 |
Team Bosh (with Lebron James of the Miami Heat, Swin Cash of the Chicago Sky, and retired star Dominique Wilkins, who mostly played for the Atlanta Hawks during his career) |
Most Titles
| Number |
City |
| 3 |
San Antonio (1 as Texas) |
| 2 |
Detroit |
| 1 |
Atlanta |
| 1 |
Dallas (1 as Texas) |
| 1 |
Houston (1 as Texas) |
| 1 |
Los Angeles (Lakers) |
| 1 |
New York |
| 1 |
Phoenix |
| 1 |
Team Bosh (Miami Heat, Chicago Sky, and Atlanta Hawks) |
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