It’ll be a busy all-star weekend for Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes.
Barnes will compete in the Shooting Stars event on top of participating in the game itself, the league announced Saturday.
The Shooting Stars event has a two-round format, with all four teams competing in the first round and the top two advancing to the final round. Teams have 70 seconds to score points while rotating through seven designated shooting locations around the court, with all three players on a team shooting at each spot in a set order.
It’s a returning contest for the 2026 all-star Weekend. The event last took place in 2015 at the all-star game in New York. It will take the place of the skills competition, which is being tabled for at least this year.
Barnes will join Oklahoma City Thunder star Chet Holmgren and retired three-time all-star Richard Hamilton on Team All-Star for the event.
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: Team Harper (Ron Harper Sr. and his sons, San Antonio’s Dylan Harper and Boston’s Ron Harper Jr.) and Team Cameron (a nod to Duke, with Corey Maggette, Charlotte’s Kon Knueppel and Atlanta’s Jalen Johnson on that squad).
The last three Shooting Stars events were all won by the same trio — Chris Bosh, Swin Cash and Dominique Wilkins.
Barnes was named an all-star for the second time in his career and will play on Team USA Stars, coached by Detroit Pistons bench boss J.B. Bickerstaff.
Additionally, there will be a new dunk champion this year, with three-time winner Mac McClung not in this year’s field. McClung said going into last year’s dunk event that he expected it to be his last.
This year’s dunk participants: Miami’s Keshad Johnson, San Antonio’s Carter Bryant, Orlando’s Jase Richardson and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes.
All-star weekend will take place at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles from Feb. 13-15.
–with files from the Associated Press
from Sportsnet.ca
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