http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/nba/02/07/bc.bkn.all.starskillsch.ap/index.html NEW YORK (AP) -- LeBron James will try and dethrone defending champion Steve Nash at the NBA skills challenge during All-Star weekend. James and last year's MVP will join Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade and New Orleans rookie Chris Paul in the contest on Feb. 18, the night before the All-Star game. The challenge, which debuted in 2003 in Atlanta, is a two-round timed obstacle course, consisting of dribbling, passing and shooting stations. James, the youngest player in NBA history to reach 5,000 points (21 years, 22 days on Jan. 21, 2006), opted to enter the skills challenge instead of the dunk contest. The Cavaliers star has seven career triple-doubles. Nash, a four-time All-Star from the Suns, leads the league in assists with 11.1 per game. James will makes his second straight All-Star appearance. He is averaging 30.9 points, 6.5 assists and 6.9 rebounds. Paul has been Western Conference rookie of the month three times. He leads all rookies in points (16.3 ppg), assists (7.8 apg) and steals (2.2 spg). Wade, who will start with James for the Eastern Conference, is averaging 27.0 points, 6.9 assists and 2.0 steals. Nash won the contest last season, completing the course nearly 12 seconds faster than Denver's Earl Boykins. I was hoping Rafer Alston will participant..... But i bet James wont beat Nash....
Lame. Some sponsor needs to convince Lebron, Kobe, Vince, and McGrady to all do the dunk contest. NBA superstars duking it out - not dunking stars. Now, that would be hyped.
It's not that he can't do the dunk contest. He actually picked doing the skills competition over the dunk contest. Maybe he wants to play up his other skills than just dunking.
Yes i know he is picking that but the NBA should make him freaking get in the dunk contest to get that stuff some publicity. Plus i doubt he is anywhere fast enough to keep up with nash or chris paul
