All-Star Weekend H-O-R-S-E Field Announced
Joe JohnsonIf you were going to pick three guys in the League to compete in the ultimate trick-shot competition, who would you choose?
It turns out that Joe Johnson, Kevin Durant and O.J. Mayo are the three guys going to compete in the inaugural H-O-R-S-E competition during All-Star weekend (TNT, Saturday 5-7 PM).
I could see Durant doing damage in this. I’m basing that mostly on the 61-point performance that he notched this summer in DC’s Goodman League, in which he was pulling up and netting jumpers from 30-plus feet. Maybe he could win this by sinking shots from beyond O.J.’s and J.J.’s range.
Pete Maravich, George Gervin and some other stars during the ’70’s competed in H-O-R-S-E, and Maravich was definitely the most impressive then.
Who do you think is the favorite now?
Source: AJC
February 10th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
I think they should of had K Love in this one, dude can hit from full court with accuracy
February 10th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
that truck is ridiculous, who’d drive it?
February 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
doc (i like kobe AND bron) says:
Who knows.At least they got some ballers for it though.I thought we was gonna see Kevin Ollie and Becky Hammon or some bullshit like that.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
calvin brodus says:
K Love for sure. He’ll smoke all three of those dudes without even using his hands. I’ve seen him kick it in from half court.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Mamba says:
That should be pretty good because all those guys can shoot from deep and throw down. I was expecting a really lame line up for this, but that will actually be fun to watch. I dont know why this event is taking some of the crap that it is, should be fun.
Three guys right now I would have to go Kobe, LeBron, and Carmelo. That would be a hell of a horse game! All time Id love to see Magic, MJ, and Bird. Those 3 would kill it, I cant think of anyone better. I just want Bron to do the dunk contest so bad! Dude needs to stop being scared and do it one year at least.
Have to go with my boy Mayo to win this.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Soopa says:
Pretty good lineup imo.
I was hoping for Wade, I mean the shots he makes sometimes are out of this world. He lacks range tho. Pretty sure Steve Nash could do some damage with his soccer/heading skills.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
fallinup says:
Good line up. Should be interesting. Are they still going to be spelling G-E-I-C-O instead of HORSE? Sooooo lame.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
G says:
Co-sign #6. This is not going to be a straight jump shot competition. These dudes are gonna try and do some fun stuff, exactly why Nash and Love would better choices
February 10th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
chuck says:
as long as this isn’t all set jumpers and more trick shots this shoudl be fun
February 10th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Rando4 says:
I played George Gervin in H-O-R-S-E when i was 10 at Spurs camp and he was ridiculous. Even at his age he was droppin crazy shots all over the place. Finished me off with his signature Finger Roll behind the backboard. Something I will never forget!
February 10th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
A$$Cube aka Klong! says:
And what about that free-throw contest starring Shaq, Big Ben, and… Chuck Hayes!
It’d be really fun to see those millionaires embarrassing themselves on national TV!
February 10th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
David Brandon says:
i like the first two but oj? i dunno about that one yet… it should be cool to watch tho no matter what. its on saturday night, right?
February 10th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
David Brandon says:
damn..never mind…just saw it.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
srb says:
remember that video of rasheed doing some trick shots in the training facility? i remember him making two 3’s at once, one with each hand. need4sheed had that i think.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
G says:
honestly #11 is a great idea. Shaq should set it up for charity. It could be like those Easter seals fundraisers you did in middle school and they could donate x amount for every made shot.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
srb says:
i should dump my girlfriend so i can stay home and watch all star weekend. instead we’re going away for the valentime’s weekend.
actually don’t care about the ASG, i just like the other stuff (even shooting stars). rookie/soph game sucks.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Brown says:
Just tivo it.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
karizmatic says:
I think those names are wack, why couldn’t they at least have some players people wanted to see?
February 10th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Sheedfan87 says:
Sheed should get a spot cause dude hits crazy trick shots in warmups on the regular. He probably just wants to chill with his fam over the All Star break though.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
pig says:
i’m so freaking exsited about this,but i hoped to see k-love or sheed
February 10th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
shake&bake says:
Solid lineup, I’ll go with JJ.
February 10th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
R.ELI says:
Durant gots this!!!
February 10th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Kobeef says:
Wade makes crazy shots but you can’t expect the superstars to come out for something like this.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
D says:
The field is alright. I heard sheed was working on some trick shots. Too bad he and k love didn’t get a nod. It better be entertaining with some trick shots and not just a bunch of jumpers.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
kg fan says:
@2, someone that works on the same street as me has that truck but its blue. Its insane, you need a ladder just to climb in
February 10th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Ric Hardwood says:
I was hoping Nash and Sheed would’ve been in…
and Sheed would’ve killed it….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suqdPykwS_0
February 10th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
LakeShow84 says:
I think Kevin Durant is going to set an Sophomore scoring record..
Bet.. im thinking KD puts up at least 50..
You think the NBA is going to have Rasheed Wallace anywhere near the court?? too many close mic’s.. i bet we would hear “awwwww f$#k!” at least 3-4 times..
February 10th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
GEE..."Who want it in Spades?!" says:
Sheed would be motivated on 1 shot and lame out through the rest lol.
I think Durant gets it too.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
heavy d says:
Not a bad field. The “big” stars (Kobe, Lebron, Wade) would have little incentive to compete, but the 3 they chose are all from lesser exposed teams. Durant has some commercial exposure, but Joe and OJ not so much. I’m thinking OJ will have the most to prove and take the prize.
I agree that Sheed would have been excellent, but I’m guessing they were only pulling from the all-star and rookie/sophomore challenge rosters to minimize costs.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Mark says:
Off topic, but they’d better have these kids mic’ed for this event.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
ERIC says:
They should have chosen 3 elite athletes who would do crazy circus shots, not 3 good shooters. They will just bomb from 40 feet and whoever happens to be making their shots will win. Boring
February 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
dh says:
i’m ok with these picks.
they are all balanced players that can do a little of everything. it should be interesting.
if they steve nash was selected, they’d have to implement a “no dunking” rule.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Jah says:
I’d rather see the BIG stars in this to kick off the event and bring in the most fans but other that — I can’t complain. I think it’ll be a great event to watch and I’m picking Joe Jeezy FTW!
February 10th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
dh says:
dang!
i just read that there is a NO DUNKING rule!
February 10th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
derrick says:
man… Kevin Love, Gilbert Arenas, and Rasheed Wallace. who wouldn’t wanna watch that???
February 10th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Lee says:
It’s like they don’t know about youtube !!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GFGPqdpEAk
Or after his rookie game snub, K Love got snubbed again.
February 10th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Amar says:
yeah, sheed (and love) would smoke these guys. so far a lot of these selections have been wack . . . like rudy fernandez over jr smith, ariza or ronnie brewer? just dumb . . .
February 10th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
My 2 Cents says:
The 1st thing i notice was the size of that truck…It’s massive!
February 11th, 2009 at 12:26 am
heartbreaker85 says:
this is silly, one of ‘em is bound to do a dunk that no one can duplicate.
h-o-r-s-e should be played by the tricksters like nash, kidd, ridnour, get the retired white chocolate jason williams in there (he’d win for sure) then throw in rajon rondo (nifty bfake behind the back pass then layup move) and lamar odom (he got handles) just for the african-american relationships.
and no, chris paul and d will arent tricksters with the ball.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:29 am
heartbreaker85 says:
good - no dunking rule. still, you got jj, kd and oj. guys who dont really have to jump so high to even touch the rim.
February 11th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Sweet English says:
Will everyone STOP talking about dunking.
You cannot dunk in a game of horse.
Its like when that no name beat LBJ at venice beach and everyone was all up in arms shoutin ‘oh if Lebron was even trying he cudda just done some sick dunk’
YOU CANNOT DUNK IN HORSE.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
sans says:
Rasheed and Kevlar should be in it. Both have told reporters that NO ONE can beat them in HORSE.
K Love can kick 3s in and Sheed can hit a 3 with two balls simultaneously. Not that Sheed would even show up.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:12 am
sans says:
why don’t they get that no name guy for shits and giggles, he’d kill the field.