Slam Dunks will highlight 2008 NBA All-Star Saturday

It's this Saturday people, when everybody gets to enjoy the break before everybody goes back to business again.

It's the 2008 NBA All-Star weekend people and we will kick things off with All-Star Saturday. Of course, the Sprite Slam Dunk contest will be the highlight of the night as usual but because there's really nothing much to write about the weekend's festivities in New Orleans, we'll just fill you in on what to expect.

First, we have the Haier Shooting Stars contest where Bill Laimbeer, Chauncey Billups and Swin Cash defend the title they won last year by default after the Chicago Bulls took their shots out of order in the final round.

Next up, we have the PlayStation Skills Challenge where Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will try to bring light to a rather fucked up 2007-08 NBA basketball season.

Yeah, I know, what goes down in the All-Star weekend doesn't, in any way, affect any of the stuff you do in the regular season but because the Miami Heat just plain suck lately, Dwyane Wade winning this one should probably give the rest of the sick fucks from Miami a reason to smile a little bit.

Dwyane Wade will be defending his title at the 2008 NBA All-Star PlayStation Skills Challenge against three of the best prototypical point guards in the game. (Yup, I don't know what the fuck a guy like Wade, obviously not a prototypical point guard, is doing here...)

New Orleans Hornets star Chris Paul, Jason Kidd of (if he's still a Net by then...) the New Jersey Nets and Utah Jazz ''power'' point guard Deron Williams, will be challenging Wade for his title.

Of course, the 2008 NBA All-Star Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout will also be there as well. Jason Kapono won it last year as a member of the Miami Heat. He will be trying to defend his title as a member of the streaking Toronto Raptors this time in New Orleans.

Daniel Gibson of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Peja Stojakovic of the New Orleans Hornets, Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki and Richard Hamilton of the Detroit Pistons will be challenging Kapono for the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout title.

And FINALLY, the 2008 NBA All-Star Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.

Gerald Green will be looking to defend his title in New Orleans. He won it last year as a member of the Boston Celtics. Now with the Minnesota Timberwolves, he'll be looking to win the slam dunk contest for the second straight time.

Toronto Raptors rookie Jamario Moon, rising star Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic powerhouse Dwight Howard will be challenging Green for his title.

Who will win the 2008 NBA All-Star Sprite Slam Dunk contest? Bodog Sportsbook has the odds.

Dwight Howard 3.00

Gerald Green 3.60

Jamario Moon 3.90

Rudy Gay 4.00

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2008 NBA All-Star Weekend Slam Dunk Contest