Bucks make their All-Star weekend picks
MILWAUKEE — NBA All-Star weekend is upon us, with the popular slam dunk and 3-point shootout contests taking place on Saturday night.
No Milwaukee Bucks are involved, so players in the locker room took turns picking winners this week.
Who do you agree with? What do the NBA statistics suggest? Who does NBA2K12 have rated the highest?
SLAM DUNK CONTEST, 9:15 p.m. CT Saturday (TNT)
Chase Budinger, F, Houston Rockets
Picked to win by: Jon Brockman
Dunks this season: 6
NBA 2K12 dunk rating: 80
Imig's take: Fourth place
Jeremy Evans, F, Utah Jazz
Picked to win by: No one (Evans was added as an injury sub after this poll was taken)
Dunks this season: 12
NBA 2K12 dunk rating: 81
Imig's take: Third place
Paul George, G/F, Indiana Pacers
Picked to win by: Stephen Jackson, Luc Mbah a Moute and Jon Leuer
Dunks this season: 25
NBA 2K12 dunk rating: 85
Imig's take: First place
Iman Shumpert, G, New York Knicks (withdrew due to injury)
Picked to win by: Larry Sanders
Dunks this season: 10
NBA 2K12 dunk rating: 80
Imig's take: You can't win if you don't play
Derrick Williams, F, Minnesota Timberwolves
Picked to win by: Brandon Jennings and Shaun Livingston
Dunks this season: 19
NBA 2K12 dunk rating: 83
Imig's take: Second place
3-POINT CONTEST, 8:30 p.m. CT Saturday (TNT)
Ryan Anderson, F, Orlando Magic
Picked to win by: Shaun Livingston and Jon Brockman
3-pointers this season: 97 for 222 (43.7 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 90
Imig's take: Fourth place
Mario Chalmers, G, Miami Heat
Picked to win by: No one
3-pointers this season: 67 for 144 (46.5 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 85
Imig's take: Sixth place
Kevin Durant, F, Oklahoma City Thunder
Picked to win by: No one (Durant was added as an injury sub for Joe Johnson after this poll was taken)
3-pointers this season: 56 for 151 (37.1 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 79
Imig's take: Fifth place
James Jones, F, Miami Heat (defending champion)
Picked to win by: Luc Mbah a Moute
3-pointers this season: 21 for 50 (42.0 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 89
Imig's take: Third place
Kevin Love, F, Minnesota Timberwolves
Picked to win by: No one
3-pointers this season: 49 for 141 (34.8 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 85
Imig's take: Second place
Anthony Morrow, G, New Jersey Nets
Picked to win by: Stephen Jackson, Brandon Jennings and Larry Sanders
3-pointers this season: 68 for 169 (40.2 percent)
NBA 2K12 3-point rating: 88
Imig's take: First place
WILL BUCKS PLAYERS BE WATCHING, AND FROM WHERE?
PG Brandon Jennings: "I'm going to stay away from it." (Location: TBD)
SG Stephen Jackson: "I'll probably watch the dunk contest. I always watch that every year." (Locaton: Los Angeles)
G Shaun Livingston: "I might tune in, maybe for a little bit. I'll flip through it." (Location: Illinois)
PF Jon Brockman: "Probably just the dunk contest." (Location: Seattle)
F Luc Mbah a Moute: "I'm not going to go out of my way to watch any of it." (Location: TBD)
PF Larry Sanders: "Probably all of it." (Location: Florida. Perhaps in Orlando at the arena.)
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