INGLEWOOD, Calif. — For the first time since 2015, the Shooting Stars event is returning to NBA All-Star weekend.
The league made that announcement Saturday, revealing the lineups for two of the three events that will take place at next weekend’s All-Star Saturday Night at Inglewood’s Intuit Dome, the home of Los Angeles Clippers.
Shooting Stars — an event with three players per team — is taking the place of the skills competition, which is being tabled for at least this year.
Allan Houston, a past Shooting Stars champion, will return to the event this year for Team Knicks, with current New York players Jalen Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns joining him. Also in the shooting event are Team Harper (Ron Harper Sr. and his sons, Dylan Harper of the San Antonio Spurs and Ron Harper Jr. of the Boston Celtics), Team All-Star (Richard Hamilton, Scottie Barnes of the Toronto Raptors and Chet Holmgren of the Oklahoma City Thunder) and Team Cameron (a nod to Duke, with Corey Maggette, Kon Knueppel of the Charlotte Hornets and Jalen Johnson of the Atlanta Hawks on that squad).
The past three Shooting Stars events were all won by the same trio: Chris Bosh, Swin Cash and Dominique Wilkins.