Bonner not in 3 point contest..

[spurs10]

As with Tony, the Spurs need to quietly accept this and equally quietly beat the crap out of everybody. Go Spurs Go!!!

[lil'mo]

The NBA doesnt want to appeal to the pale gingered population of the world? Only black guys, I get it.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Of course 2 celtics make it.

[FeZZy]

They just said like a week ago that even though Pierce wanted to they couldn't have two players from the same team I'm kinda more surprised Manu didn't make it

[jimo2305]

lol yet i'd be "whining" if i said a spurs player was snubbed.. just pointing out the obvious as usual.. no bonner, no manu, no neal just helps my case..

i could just imagine our average counterpart fans during the playoffs.. 'what?? they can shoot 3's this well? how come none of them were in the 3pt shot contest???'

[JR3]

wow.. no spurs... wow... but then again, why am I surprised?

[Mal]

Why Celtics got so much love around league ?

[DPG21920]

I don't think Bonner would do well in a 3PT contest. He is a great 3PT shooter, but not for this type of compe ion imo.

As a fan, I am happy with this list of participants. Should be really good.

[JustinJDW]

All-Star Weekend is such a joke. And the league wonders why the event has turned to .

[DMC]

Injury hurt him.

LOL.

Classic statement and very profound.

[DMC]

Other than those who are already considered great players, who has ever become "famous" because of the 3pt shooting contest? Even if Bonner won, so what?

[DMC]

you all saying "who cares" don't realize what a mental boost this would be to Bonner.

if you were in his shoes, you'd care.

of course you will tell the media "nah, it doesn't bother me at all"... but everybody, and i mean everybody, likes recognition now and then.

It was a great mental boost to RMJ eh?

Bonner stinks it up, it could be the end of Matty as we know it. He might never drive the ball again.

[ElNono]

Other than those who are already considered great players, who has ever become "famous" because of the 3pt shooting contest? Even if Bonner won, so what?

The great Jason Kapono comes to mind, tbh

[barbacoataco]

In pre-game shooting Bonner is awesome to watch. I've seem him make 20-25 in a row before. IMO the Spurs should have at least one guy in there considering their record and they lead the league in 3 pt shooting with 5 players shooting at or close to 40%.

[duncan228]

Bonner was disappointed to learn he had not been asked to compete in this year’s 3-point contest at All-Star Weekend, despite owning the league’s second-best 3-point percentage (50.4).

Undeterred, and ever inventive, Bonner has a solution for his snub.

“I’m going to hold my own 3-point contest for me, and Novak and other guys who didn’t get in,” he joked.

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...tes-in-return/

[BanditHiro]

wtf is a Cav doing participating in "all-star" weekend?

[mathbzh]

Of course 2 celtics make it.

I am surprised Rondo does not make it

More seriously, Pierce won it last year and Allen had to be in. So I have no problem with that.

One Spurs should have make the contest. But you also have to consider Bonner made "only" 61 3pts this season (they could have picked Jefferson though).

[Obstructed_View]

Other than those who are already considered great players, who has ever become "famous" because of the 3pt shooting contest? Even if Bonner won, so what?

Craig Hodges. He was so famous for the three point shootout that they let him in one year when he wasn't actually on an NBA roster.

[jjktkk]

I would of thought Bonner would of been a shoo in.

[Spursfanfromafar]

3Pt Contest selection is based on a silly and wholly subjective criteria. Henry Abbot of Truehoop, ESPN has a sound critique -

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...point-shooters

[jimo2305]

3Pt Contest selection is based on a silly and wholly subjective criteria. Henry Abbot of Truehoop, ESPN has a sound critique -

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...point-shooters

good post man..

it's all politics man..

[mathbzh]

3Pt Contest selection is based on a silly and wholly subjective criteria. Henry Abbot of Truehoop, ESPN has a sound critique -

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...point-shooters

It is called "All Star Weekend" for a reason.
Who wants to see a shooting contest with Bonner, Afflalo, Ridnour, Gibson, Stevenson, Korver? So obviously there is some politics/marketing.

Edit:
To be fair with the NBA, it is not easy to pick players in a consistent way.
You can't really compare 3P% for a low volume corner 3 shooter (best spot, wide open ) and a Kevin Durant (I don't believe he sees a lot of wide open shots).

[Spursfanfromafar]

It is called "All Star Weekend" for a reason.
Who wants to see a shooting contest with Bonner, Afflalo, Ridnour, Gibson, Stevenson, Korver? So obviously there is some politics/marketing.

Edit:
To be fair with the NBA, it is not easy to pick players in a consistent way.
You can't really compare 3P% for a low volume corner 3 shooter (best spot, wide open ) and a Kevin Durant (I don't believe he sees a lot of wide open shots).

Agreed with the logic that one can't compare a low volume, mostly unguarded shooter and a high volume, highly guarded shooter to determine who is better. But there has to be a standard to set which highly guarded high volume shooter should be given a preference over the former.

I think Aaron Afflalo deserves a chance over James Jones. And Kevin Durant certainly did not deserve a chance over many, and one could make a case for Manu Ginobili over Kevin Durant based on the NBA's criteria.

My point is that if the NBA thinks that it has a specific criteria to choose 3 point specialists then it has to be consistent. This year's selection however belies any consistency. It seems like whoever decided this year, just picked up based on a half-objective assessment and a half-bias.

[mathbzh]

@Spursfanfromafar

We agree

[G-Dawgg]

Gary Neal woulda won it if he was given a shot....