NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge

The Taco Bell Skills Challenge is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. First held in 2003, it is a competition among guards. In the contest, a participant first shoots a layup. After dribbling between three obstacles, the player must throw a pass into a first net that does not touch the ground and follow it with another pass into a second net that must touch the floor. Then, the player shoots a jump shot from 20 feet from the basket. Next, the player must throw a long pass from close to the basket into a third net. Finally, the player will dribble between a second set of three obstacles and complete the challenge with a layup or shot. When all of these tasks are completed successfully, the timer is stopped. Out of four participants, the two with the fastest times advance to the finals. The final round is played in the same way as the first round with the player with the fastest times winning the contest. In the contest, basic ball-handling rules must be observed.

The current champion is Damian Lillard of the Portland Trail Blazers who ended the 2013 competition with a time of 29.8 seconds.

Winners

Steve Nash (left) and Dwayne Wade (right) share the record for most titles won (2).

	Denotes players who are still active
Player (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has won
Team (#)	Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won

Season	Player	Team	Time
2002–03	Kidd, JasonJason Kidd	New Jersey Nets	35.1 seconds
2003–04	Davis, BaronBaron Davis	New Orleans Hornets	31.6 seconds
2004–05	Nash, SteveSteve Nash	Phoenix Suns	25.8 seconds
2005–06	Wade, DwyaneDwyane Wade	Miami Heat	26.1 seconds
2006–07	Wade, DwyaneDwyane Wade (2)	Miami Heat (2)	26.4 seconds
2007–08	Williams, DeronDeron Williams	Utah Jazz	25.5 seconds
2008–09	Rose, DerrickDerrick Rose	Chicago Bulls	35.3 seconds
2009–10	Nash, SteveSteve Nash (2)	Phoenix Suns (2)	29.9 seconds
2010–11	Curry, StephenStephen Curry	Golden State Warriors	28.2 seconds
2011–12	Parker, TonyTony Parker	San Antonio Spurs	32.8 seconds
2012–13	Lillard, DamianDamian Lillard	Portland Trail Blazers	29.8 seconds

All-time participants

Player (in bold text)	Indicates the winner of the contest
Player (#)	Denotes the number of times the player has been in the contest

Season	Players
2002–03	Jason Kidd, Stephon Marbury, Tony Parker, Gary Payton
2003–04	Earl Boykins, Baron Davis, Derek Fisher, Stephon Marbury (2)
2004–05	Gilbert Arenas, Earl Boykins (2), Steve Nash, Luke Ridnour,
2005–06	LeBron James, Steve Nash (2), Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade
2006–07	Kobe Bryant, LeBron James (2), Chris Paul (2), Dwyane Wade (2)
2007–08	Jason Kidd (2), Chris Paul (3), Dwyane Wade (3), Deron Williams
2008–09	Devin Harris, Jameer Nelson, Tony Parker (2), Derrick Rose, Mo Williams
2009–10	Brandon Jennings, Steve Nash (3), Derrick Rose, Deron Williams (2), Russell Westbrook
2010–11	Stephen Curry, Chris Paul (4), Derrick Rose (2), John Wall, Russell Westbrook (2)
2011–12	Stephen Curry (2), Kyrie Irving, Tony Parker (3), Rajon Rondo, John Wall (2), Russell Westbrook (3), Deron Williams (3)
2012–13	Jrue Holiday, Brandon Knight, Damian Lillard, Jeremy Lin, Tony Parker (4), Jeff Teague

• ^a The time is the all-time event record.
• ^b Jameer Nelson was injured and was replaced by Mo Williams.
• ^c Derrick Rose was injured and was replaced by Russell Westbrook.
• ^d Stephen Curry was injured and was replaced by Rajon Rondo.

External links

• 2009 Skills Challenge
• 2008 Skills Challenge
• 2007 Skills Challenge
• 2006 Skills Challenge
• 2005 Skills Challenge
• 2004 Skills Challenge