<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%">Damon Jones Announced As Participant For 2007 Three-Point Shootout</span>NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2007 – The Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki will look to defend his title in this year’s Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout which will be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by EA SPORTS™, Feb. 17 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.Nowitzki, who will make his sixth NBA All-Star appearance this year, won last year’s closely contested event in Houston. He aims to become the first back-to-back winner since Peja Stojakovic, winner of the competition in 2002 and 2003. The seven-footer will face 2006 runner-up and Eastern Conference All-Star starter Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers guard Damon Jones, Miami Heat forward and the NBA’s leader in three-point shooting percentage Jason Kapono, Memphis forward Mike Miller, as well as Nowitzki’s Dallas teammate, Jason Terry.The players will compete in the two-round competition with the top three finishers from the first round advancing to the finals. Five shooting stations will be set up around the three-point line, with four orange balls worth one point each and one multi-colored ball (money ball) worth two points at each location. Each player will have one minute to shoot as many balls as he can. In the final round, players will shoot in ascending order of first round scores. At the discretion of the referee, television instant replay may be consulted for clarification of rules compliance.The Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout will be televised live nationally as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by EA Sports™, which will also feature the Haier Shooting Stars, Sprite Slam Dunk and PlayStation? Skills Challenge. TNT and ESPN Radio’s national coverage will begin at 8 p.m. ET from Thomas & Mack Center. The NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, Feb. 18, will air live from Thomas & Mack Center on TNT, ESPN Radio and in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.Foot Locker, in its fourth year as the sponsor of the Three-Point Shootout, is part of Foot Locker, Inc., the world's leading retailer of athletic footwear and apparel. Headquartered in New York City, it operates approximately 4,000 athletic retails stores in 20 countries in North America, Europe and Australia under the brand names Foot Locker, Footaction, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports.Read RestSome quick facts regarding Jones’ first appearance in the event:# On the season, he has connected on 85-214 (.397) of his three-point attempts# He ranks second among all NBA reserves in three-pointers made (85)Dating back to the 2004-05 season, Jones has the fourth most three-pointers made in the NBA with 450. He has made two or more three-pointers in 60% of his games (127 of 213). He currently sits ninth all-time in Cavaliers franchise history in three-pointers made with 225 and ninth in three-pointers attempted with 585. Here’s a look at the top five players in the NBA in three-pointers made since 2004-05:1. Ray Allen – 5912. Gilbert Arenas – 5473. Kyle Korver – 4884. DAMON JONES – 4505. Mike Miller – 428ALSO, Damon Jones is the fifth Cavalier to be named as a participant in the Three-Point Shootout, the others including:# Mark Price – 4 Times (1988 – 5th place, 1990 – 7th place, 1993- Champion, 1994 – Champion)# Craig Ehlo – 2 Times (1990 – 5th place, 1992 – 5th place)# Bob Sura – 2000 – 8th place# Wesley Person – 2002 – 2nd placeFOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT SHOOTOUT YEAR-BY-YEAR WINNERSThe following is a list of the year-by-year winners and the 2007 Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout roster:# 1986 -- Larry Bird, Boston# 1987 -- Larry Bird, Boston# 1988 -- Larry Bird, Boston# 1989 -- Dale Ellis, Seattle# 1990 -- Craig Hodges, Chicago# 1991 -- Craig Hodges, Chicago# 1992 -- Craig Hodges, Chicago# 1993 -- MARK PRICE, Cleveland# 1994 -- MARK PRICE, Cleveland# 1995 -- Glen Rice, Miami# 1996 -- Tim Legler, Washington# 1997 -- Steve Kerr, Chicago# 1998 -- Jeff Hornacek, Utah# 2000 -- Jeff Hornacek, Utah# 2001 -- Ray Allen, Milwaukee# 2002 -- Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento# 2003 -- Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento# 2004 -- Voshon Lenard, Denver# 2005 -- Quentin Richardson, Phoenix# 2006 -- Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
I really Hope D-J kicks it and wins the 3-Point Shootout as it is very unlikely that Disco Dirk will defend that title, I think it was A one time thing, In my opinion the only way he will win if we had Ben Wallace and Shaq in there somewhere.
