The NBA Three Point Contestants have been announced on the NBA Twitter page and Jodie Meeks, nor any other Sixer, will be participating. Instead, we'll get to see Ryan Anderson (42.1), Joe Johnson (35.6), Kevin Love (36.1), Mario Chalmers (46.3), James Jones (40.4), and Anthony Morrow (42.0) throw balls at a hoop in a circle while we wait for the Dunk Contest to happen.
Jones won last year so I suppose I see the reasoning for having him defend his crown, but he's made 19 three's this year. 19. I've made more three's than he has this year - fact. If he's not playing well, or at all, there's really no reason to include him in this should-be "exclusive" event. Johnson and Love are the biggest names of the bunch, included specifically because, well, they have names that people recognize. They may as well have asked Allen Iverson to compete. Then people would watch.
Chalmers, Anderson, and Morrow are all deserving, but in terms of a three-point contest, the others just shouldn't be there over M33ks. I can make a few percentage-related cases for Andre Iguodala, Louis Williams, and Jrue Holiday to get in ahead of some of them. Meeks is only behind Chalmers (and a barely playing Jones) in terms of eFG% and is the definition of a spot-up shooter. Minus Jones, he also has the highest percentage of shots attempted from beyond the arc at 63%.
Does this snub indicate more national media Sixer ignorance? Or are people just reluctant to give nameless Jodie Meeks a shot in the national spotlight over some well-known commodities? Display your bitterness below.
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I’m interested in seeing what Love and Anderson can do in the contest. At least Paul Peirce didn’t make it
tst29 - February 15, 2012
at least paul pierce didn’t win it
jefu - February 15, 2012
ooh. I see what you did there
tst29 - February 15, 2012
snap!
jefu - February 15, 2012
Joe Johnson? Lol. I’m surprised Ray Allen didn’t make it in. He is shooting nearly 50% from 3
secondroundpick - February 15, 2012
Mixed feelings, I would of loved to see him M33KSing it up down at the All Star game but he’ll also get to rest now. Don’t really see why the Heat have two players though
KJ Brophy - February 15, 2012
Chalmers is a great choice. He does shoot 96% against the Sixers after all.
Dave Rueter - February 15, 2012
M33ks would have been perfect in this, all he has to do is catch and shoot from the corner? Would he even miss in this kind of circumstances?
Dan Pearson - February 17, 2012
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