Allen, Okur Replacements All-Star Game; Paul Replacement Skills Challenge

<div align="center">Ray Allen and Mehmet Okur replacements for Allen Iverson and Steve Nash in All-Star Game</div>

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">LAS VEGAS, February 13, 2007 ? Ray Allen of the Seattle SuperSonics and Mehmet Okur of the Utah Jazz have been named by NBA Commissioner David Stern as a replacements for injured West All-Stars Allen Iverson (ankle) of the Denver Nuggets and Steve Nash (shoulder) of the Phoenix Suns for the 2007 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, February 18 in Las Vegas.
Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets will replace Nash in the Playstation Skills Challenge.

The PlayStation Skills Challenge will be televised live nationally as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night, which will also feature the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk and Haier Shooting Stars. TNT and ESPN Radio?s national coverage will begin at 8 p.m. EST from the Thomas & Mack Center. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 18, will air live on TNT, ESPN Radio and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide
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<div align="center">Chris Paul replacement for Steve Nash in Skills Challenge</div>

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Oklahoma City, Feb. 13 -- The NBA announced today that New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets point guard Chris Paul was selected to participate in the star-studded field for the 2007 PlayStation ? Skills Challenge during All-Star weekend. Paul, who competed in the event last season and finished in fourth place, will replace two-time NBA MVP Steve Nash (who withdrew from the competition due to a shoulder injury).
?It is an honor to replace the two-time MVP in Steve Nash and compete alongside such great players in Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant,? Paul said. ?I enjoyed the contest last season and am looking to improve on my performance.?

Paul, the reigning rookie of the year, will also compete in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam held Feb. 16 at the Thomas & Mack Center. He leads the Hornets in scoring (18.2 ppg) and assists (8.7 apg).

Paul?s competitors include the contest?s defending champion Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat, Los Angeles Lakers? Kobe Bryant and LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The event will be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented, Feb. 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Having debuted during NBA All-Star in 2003 in Atlanta, the fast-paced event features four players competing in a two-round timed ?obstacle course? consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. All players must observe basic NBA ball-handling rules while completing the course. The two players with the fastest times from the first round advance to the finals with the order of competition determined by inverse order of the first round times.

The PlayStation Skills Challenge will be televised live nationally as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night, which will also feature the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk and Haier Shooting Stars. TNT and ESPN Radio?s national coverage will begin at 8 p.m. EST from the Thomas & Mack Center. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 18, will air live on TNT, ESPN Radio and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.
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Just as I thought... Paul would be the replacement for Nash in Skills Challenge and Ray Allen for Nash.. But I didn't think Mehmet Okur would make it..

 

<div class="quote_poster">Mamba Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">I wonder who the east will get to replace Kidd. Ben Gordon?

I would've loved to see Deron in there, but Allen deserves it.

Now Utah fans can hush up about Okur, I'm happy for him though. He's always been highly underrated.</div>

Kidd isn't playing. YES!!!!!!!!! Bring on Ben Gordon!!!

 

Is it official that Kidd is not playing in the ASG?

 

not yet... They arent sure

 

Good selections. Dwill or Okur had to make it. One or the other or I was going to go berszerk.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Mamba Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Kidd is sitting out because he's being traded to LAL!!!! Yeah...I wish.

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Damn... I read the first part of that sentence and nearly jumped out of my chair. Don't make jokes like that, it's seven o'clock in the morning!

 

<div class="quote_poster">Blur Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Kidd isn't playing. YES!!!!!!!!! Bring on Ben Gordon!!!</div>

Wow.

 

yea its official http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.as...et=Default.aspx

 

should of put D-will 4 skills game

 

Horrible selections

 

like i said, zach randolph got screwed

 

<div class="quote_poster">whatever Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">like i said, Elton Brand got screwed</div>

There I fixed it