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I would be terribly ashamed if I were a Mavs fan
I guess this is part of making the Super Bowl look like a bar mitzvah?
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba...ory?id=4862517
DALLAS -- Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry wants to compete in the Three-Point Contest for NBA All-Star Weekend, and owner Mark Cuban said the team is doing its part to help get him there.
"Oh, I sure wish I was. I'd love to do it," Terry said Tuesday night. "I did it twice, and I was disappointed in my performance. So I know here at home it would be something for the fans to get pumped up for if I was in it."
Cuban said the team is lobbying the NBA to include Terry in the Feb. 13 event at American Airlines Center. It's part of the Saturday night festivities surrounding the first NBA All-Star Game to be held in North Texas since 1986.
The six Three-Point Contest participants will be announced Feb. 3. Last year's winner, Miami's Daequan Cook, is an automatic qualifier. The remaining five are chosen from the league's top 3-point shooters this season.
Although his 3-point percentage (35.4) is down from his career mark (38.2), placing him 80th in the league, Terry is a feared 3-point shooter, especially late in games. He's led the Mavericks in 3-pointers the last four seasons and in 3-point field-goal percentage in two of the last five seasons.
Terry's 75 3-pointers this season trail Jason Kidd by eight for the team lead. There's some speculation that Kidd (40.5 percent this season) could get an invite, however it's not certain if the 16-year veteran would accept.
The inaugural Three-Point Shootout was won in 1986 at Reunion Arena by Larry Bird, instantly made legendary by proclaiming beforehand, "Who's coming in second?" Bird won it and exited the court with his index finger raised.
"He walked right off," said Terry, a self-proclaimed All-Star historian. "I was 9 years old. I was in Seattle. I've watched every single game. I don't think I've missed one since, I don't know, since I was 4 years old maybe."
Dallas was represented in the 1986 shootout by guard Dale Ellis. Terry, in his 11th NBA season and sixth with the Mavs, would like to carry on the hometown tradition. He competed in the 2006 and 2007 contests, but he didn't get out of the first round either time. In 2006 in Houston, teammate Dirk Nowitzki came out on top.
"He actually cheated me," Terry said, smiling. "They gave him an extra shot. I would have gone to the finals."
Cuban said the Mavs also lobbied, unsuccessfully, for rookie guard Rodrigue Beaubois to make the nine-man roster for the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, which pits the league's top first-year players against the best second-year players on Feb. 12.
I would be terribly ashamed if I were a Mavs fan
Why not? It's in Dallas. And everything associated with the ASG is completely and utterly meaningless anyway.
So this means DOWNTOWN Devin Brown will be in the 3 point shootout?
why? Because Terry wants to be in a three point contest? ok...
Anyway, Terry. Put Dirk in there so he can win another one.
There are 16 players with a better 3-pt pct, more 3 points made than Jason Terry. What makes him more worthy. As the article stated, Jason Kidd has made more 3 point field goals and has a better 3pt percentage than Jason Terry. Cuban getting a bit overboard with the whole 'The allstar game is going to be in my stadium I want it to be my way' sort of thing.
Jason Terry would win the three-point shootout -- if it were held in Houston or San Antonio.
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put him in, it would prob be a good laugh for people. this whole year of all star weekend is a joke. I think anyway. Last season seemed better
If Cuban really wants a Maverick to win an All-Star contest, he should create a "Nut Punching Compe ion" and then JET will win for sure
Seriously, just because Devin Harris sucks at playing basketball doesn't mean you have to hate on everything Dallas related.
Jump Shooters (emphasis on jump) don't usually do well in the 3point contest in comparison to set shooters. Why does Cuban even care? He's such a drama queen.
Not necessarely true
Mark Price and Hodges who won it multiple times were jump shooters, as well as Peja.
The contest has also been won by set shooters (Korver, Bird, etc.)
Peja does not ing jump when he shoots re . Or at least he barely gets off the ground.
Look how much air Terry gets when he shoots. Craig Hodes got about 3 inches off the ground. That cons utes as a set shooter.
Yeah, all the things Cuban said in that article were so dramatic.
Terry would probably get embarrsed in this contest. He is just being the attention he is supposed to be.
Umm yes he does dumb
If you can't decipher the difference between a Peja and Terry jumpshot then you obviously don't play basketball.
Peja getting a grand total of 2 inches off the ground when he shoots = set shooter
They don't have to have the same jump
But Peja is not a set shhoter, both of his feet are completely off the ground when he bombs away
B.Barry, Bird, not so much
Getting a couple inches off the ground isn't really a jump shooter.
Not in the Jason Terry/Jason Richardson sense of the term.
So true it makes me sad
It's not a big deal either way. It's understandable why Cuban wants his guys in these events. The ASG is in Dallas and he wants some Dallas fans to have their guys to cheer on in these events. No big deal. I don't see why people would hate on Cuban for lobbying this to happen. Again, none of these things even matter anyway. Let them have some of their guys get in these events. It's not like they're asking to invite a career 20% three point shooter in the contest or a rookie who hasn't played at all. I remember when the MLB all star game was held in Comerica Park in Detroit and they had Pudge in the home run derby and he had like 8 HRs at the all star break. But he ended up getting into the finals. I thought it was common practice to have some home players participate in these kinds of things.
Agreed.
The Mavs have to lobby for him to get in? Wow...how about you just let the NBA pick players who are actually worthy of participating in the 3 pt. shootout. If he gets chosen, great....if he doesn't..oh well..
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