the hispanic player Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) will be one of the All-Star 3-point contest participants of the NBA, which will be played from February 18 to 20 in Cleveland (USA). The American player of Dominican origin will face Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls), Fred VanVleet (Toronto Raptors), Bring Young (Atlanta Hawks), Desmond Bane (Memphis Grizzlies), luke kennard (Los Angeles Clippers), CJ McCollum (very close to closing his trade from the Portland Trail Blazers to the New Orleans Pelicans) and Patty Mills (Brooklyn Nets).
In addition to the participants in the triple contest, the NBA also confirmed on Tuesday the names of the four players for the slam dunk, which had already been advanced last week by The Athletic portal. Thus, the Mexican-American Juan Toscano-Anderson (Golden State Warriors) will face Jalen Green (Houston Rockets), Cole Anthony (Orlando Magic) and Obi Toppin (New York Knicks).
On the other hand, the main attraction of the skills contest, which will now be for teams instead of individual, will see the three Antetokounmpo brothers together: Giannis and Thanasis, of the Milwaukee Bucks, and Alex, of the Raptors 905 of the G League development league. The Antetokounmpo team will face the Cleveland Cavaliers (Jarrett Allen, Darius Garland and Evan Mobley) and a trio of rookies (Toronto Raptors’ Scottie Barnes, Detroit Pistons’ Cade Cunningham and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Josh Giddey). .
These three competitions will be played on Saturday the 19th as part of the All-Star weekend, which will have its big day on Sunday the 20th with the game that will face the main NBA stars grouped in Team LeBron against Team Durant.
