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The 2014 NBB All-Star Game is an exhibition basketball game that will be played on March 7, 2015 at Ginásio Pedrocão in Franca, São Paulo, home of Franca Basquetebol Clube. This game will be the 7th edition of the NBB All-Star Game and will be played during the 2013–14 NBB season. Frnaca was awarded for the third time to host the All-Star Game in an announcement by president Cássio Roque on February 6, 2015.[1]

The teams were formed by Brazilian players, called NBB Brasil (NBB Brazil), and by foreign players, called NBB Mundo (NBB World). The twelve players of each team were selected by the trade press, the teams' captains and coaches.[2][2] Starters for the game were selected by the fans, who could select one guard, two forwards and two centers for each team.

All-Star Game

Coaches

Demétrius Ferraciú, coach of Minas, and Paco García, coach of the Mogi das Cruzes, were selected as the NBB Brasil and NBB Mundo head coach, respectively. Guerrinha, from Bauru, was selected as the NBB Brasil assistant coach; while Dedé Barbosa, from Limeira, was selected as the NBB Mundo assistant coach.

Roster

  • INJ^ ^ Jefferson and Caio Torres were unable to participate due to injury.[3]
  • REP1^ Audrei was named as Jefferson's replacement.
  • REP2^ Rafael Mineiro was named as Caio's replacement.
  • REP3^ Giovannoni was named as Hettsheimeir's replacement.
  • ST^ Lucas Mariano was choosen to start the game in place of the injured Hettsheimeir.

Game

March 7, 2015
10:00 (UTC−03:00)
NBB Brasil vs. NBB Mundo

All-Star Weekend

Shooting Stars Competition

In the 7th edition of NBB All-Star Game, it was the second time that the Shooting Stars Competition of Brazilian basketball was disputed. Four teams were formed, each of them containing one NBB's player, one retired male player and one female player. For the edition, LNB selected the players who were Liga de Basquete Feminino (LBF).[4]

The mechanics of dispute Shooting Stars Competition. Each group of three players will have to transform seven shots from different positions of the court, the last of them being half-court. The maximum time for each triplet will close the circuit for two minutes. The two fastest times will qualify the decision of the tournament to be known after the big winner.

Team Name Members Team First round Final round
Team Fausto Marquinhos Flamengo
Clarissa dos Santos Americana
Fausto Giannechini (retired)
Team Robertão David Jackson Limeira
Isabela Ramona São José
Robertão (retired)
Team Paulão Larry Taylor Bauru
Damiris Dantas Americana
Paulão Berger (retired)
Team Chuí Helinho Franca
Adrianinha América
Chuí (retired)
Team Edu Mineiro Guilherme Giovannoni Brasília
Érika de Souza América
Edu Mineiro (retired)

Skills Challenge

The Skills Challenge, which will be played for the fourth time, will have the presence of three times champion Nezinho, from Limeira, the forward Léo Meindl, from the host team Franca, and seven more competitors which was determined by the LNB Technical Department.[5]

Player First round Finals
Nezinho (Limeira)
Ricardo Fischer (Bauru)
Henrique Coelho (Minas)
Jamaal Smith (Macaé)
Maxi Stanic (Palmeiras)
Desmond Holloway (Paulistano)
Léo Meindl (Franca)
Betinho (São José)
Davi Rossetto (Basquete Cearense)
Thiaguinho (LSB)

Three-Point Tournament

The tournament will have six competitors for the title. The champion of previous season Marcelinho Machado, from Flamengo, and Marcos Mata, from the host city team, had already been secured in the dispute and its six rivals, with four of this five players being the four greatesst three-point shooters.[6]

Player First round Finals
Marcelinho (Flamengo)
Jamaal (Macaé)
Filipin (Mogi das Cruzes)
Marcos Mata (Franca)
Robert Day (Bauru)
Ronald Ramón (Limeira)
Eric Tatu (Rio Claro)
Lucas Dias (Pinheiros)

Dunk Tournament

For Dunk Tournament, the host team, Franca, will be represented by the center André Coimbra. The other challengers to the title was defined after being evaluated by a jury of personalities from basketball.[7] As a result of the partnership between Liga Nacional de Basquete and National Basketball Association, the greatest basketball league in the world, one of the jurors will be the former forward/center Horace Grant, three times NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls and once NBA champion with the Los Angeles Lakers.[8]

Player First round Finals
André Coimbra (Franca)
O'Neal Mims (Uberlândia)
Gérson (Mogi das Cruzes)
Max Ribeiro (Brasília)

References

  1. ^ [1]. February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Time de respeito". LNB (in Portuguese). February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015. Cite error: The named reference "NBBallstar" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Quintetos definidos". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "Só craque". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Nezinho e seus desafiantes..." LNB (in Portuguese). February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  6. ^ "Os desafiantes". LNB (in Portuguese). February 24, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  7. ^ "Os saltadores". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 27, 2015.
  8. ^ "Presença ilustre". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 3, 2015.
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