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Shanghai Kid · 02-10-2005, 10:42 AM

NBA All-Stars Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards and Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns highlight the field of participants in the PlayStation® Skills Challenge. The event will be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by America Online, February 19 at Pepsi Center in Denver, CO.
The PlayStation Skills Challenge, launched at 2003 NBA All-Star in Atlanta, is a contest highlighting the NBA’s top point guards. It features players competing in a two-round timed “obstacle course” event consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. In addition to Nash and Arenas, Earl Boykins of the host Denver Nuggets and Luke Ridnour of the Seattle SuperSonics will participate.

The contestants in the PlayStation Skills Challenge will be
> competing for $50,000 in prize money, with $25,000 going to the
> winner. Second place is worth $15,000, while third and fourth place
> will receive $5,000 each.
> Nash, a three-time All-Star, leads the league in assists this
> season averaging 11.3 and has led the Suns to a league-best 39-11
> record thus far. Arenas, making his first All-Star appearance,
> ranks in the top 10 of the NBA in three-point field goals made
> (fourth), steals per game (seventh), minutes per game (seventh),
> points per game (eighth) and free throws made (ninth). Boykins, the
> NBAâ€™s shortest player standing at 5â€™5â€, has posted his best
season
> to date this year averaging career-highs in points (11.6), assists
> (3.7) and minutes (25.5). Ridnour, in his second NBA season,
> stepped into the starting point guard position for the Sonics this
> year and averages 10.2 points, 6.2 assists and ranks sixth in the
> league in assist to turnover ratio (3.65).
> The PlayStation Skills Challenge will be televised live nationally
> as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by America
> Online and will also feature the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout,
> Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk and RadioShack Shooting Stars. NBA
> All-Star Saturday Night will be televised live nationally on TNT in
> the United States and on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada at 6 p.m. MT/ 8
> p.m. ET. Live audio broadcasts are available on ESPN Radio and on
> NBA.com in multiple languages.

One on One · 02-10-2005, 12:22 PM

Good selections. I could see any of those guys winning it.

jazzy1 · 02-10-2005, 12:36 PM

Everytime I see that sig in Shanghai's posts about Hobojoe's quotes it makes me chuckle. Wizards battling it out for last with the Hawks.

**DwyaneWade4MVP** · 02-10-2005, 01:16 PM

I think he has good chances to win it! But Boykins showed last year that he can do it too and Nash will be hot for the win too....but Arenas can be happy Baron Davis ain't in it, because if Baron is in it, Baron is the winner! But like this I think Arenas is gonna make it!

**MJG** · 02-10-2005, 03:30 PM

The best part of this all? How they open up the story by noting that Arenas and Nash are the highlight of the contest. Slowly but surely, Arenas is getting the accolades he deserves

twinz2gether · 02-10-2005, 03:37 PM

i think its a gipp that arenas isn't in three contest, he should be in there for sure.

**CP26** · 02-10-2005, 03:39 PM

Hopefully the league can actually see who Arenas is instead of the stereotype fans here who keep saying he is a turnover machine.

**MJG** · 02-10-2005, 03:42 PM

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Originally posted by <b>twinz2gether</b>!
i think its a gipp that arenas isn't in three contest, he should be in there for sure.

While I think he'd be great in the contest, I don't think he should be there "for sure." There's only six guys in the league going, and a good many who either hit a better percentage or have more total makes were left out as well. I think he'd probably be in the realm of a top fifteen choice.

**DwyaneWade4MVP** · 02-11-2005, 05:48 AM

and the next day they have the revenche on the court, when east plays against west, arenas against nash....

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