Dame in 3 point contest (again) UPDATE: DAME WITHDRAWS

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  1. B-Roy

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    B-Roy, Feb 17, 2021
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    The NBA should extend the three point line to 35 feet for all contestants this year......

    And say it's for social distancing reasons :emotions:
     
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    5th best 3-point shooter on our team, yadda, yadda, yadda.
     
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    Dame just isn't the right kind of shooter to win this. Give him less time, move the three point line back, and put a defender in his face.
     
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    Agreed. It's like how Steph lost to Klay in the three-point contest one year--Klay is more robotically good at shooting. It's always the same and is going to shine in a repetition competition. Steph, like Lillard, is better at hitting difficult shots, potentially with an imperfect base or having to change mechanics to account for a defender.
     
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    you just know steph or trae would win it
     
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    I would bet that Trent would have a better chance of winning over Dame or CJ.
     
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    One change I’d like in the 3pt contest is having a teammate or someone the shooter prefers passing them the ball as they go around the spots. Grabbing a ball off a rack isn’t at all like a game situation and it would be fun seeing spot-up shooters get passes and then shoot, like what happens in real games.
     
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    Yeah I don’t think the 3 point contest is Dame’s thing. Dame is not a 42+% 3 point shooter. He’s a guy who can make all kinds of contested or difficult 3’s at a respectable clip. Trent should be the guy.
     
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    Rest? But he’s going to play in the all star game lol
     
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    Good! He has nothing to prove.
     
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    after he failed to win it multiple times, its a smart decision
     
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    I'd say after a sleepless night with 2 new babies he made the decision...
     
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    lol for rest, he should’ve just said he doesn’t want to do it
     
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    I think he just did
     
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    Is Dame staying home and sitting out ASG too?
     
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