NBA All-Star Weekend preview: Picking 3-Point and Slam Dunk Contest winners

About this episode

Hosts Gil McGregor and Kyle Irving preview the NBA All-Star Weekend events and make predictions for the contests.

All-Star Weekend is set to take place in Los Angeles and hosts Gil McGregor and Kyle Irving attempt to give NBA fans some clarity on how the events will unfold. They make picks for everything from a star-studded 3-Point Contest field, to a lesser-known group of Slam Dunk Contest participants, to the USA vs. World All-Star Game on Sunday.

People in this episode

Hosts: Gil McGregor, Kyle Irving

Topics covered

• NBA All-Star Weekend
• 3-Point Contest
• Slam Dunk Contest
• USA vs. World All-Star Game
• basketball predictions

Keywords

• NBA
• All-Star Weekend
• 3-Point Contest
• Slam Dunk Contest
• basketball

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Places: Los Angeles

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