Temple University Athletics
Watch Temple's Own Candice Dupree In The 2008 NBA All-Star Haier Shooting Stars Contest
2.14.08 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 14, 2008
New Orleans, La. -Watch Temple's own Candice Dupree ('06) as she teams with the NBA's Chris Duhon and Chicago Bulls' legend and three-time NBA champion B.J. Armstrong to form Team Chicago in this year's Haier Shooting Star Contest at 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans, La. The competition will be televised nationally as part of NBA All-Star Saturday Night, which also features the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, Sprite Slam Dunk and PlayStation Skills Challenge. TNT and ESPN Radio's national coverage will begin Saturday, February 16 at 8 p.m. EST.
The trio will compete against defending champion Detroit (Chauncey Billups, Swin Cash and Bill Laimbeer), Phoenix (Amare Stoudemire, Cappie Pondexter and Eddie Johnson) and San Antonio (Tim Duncan, Becky Hammon and David Robinson).
The Haier Shooting Stars contest features one current NBA player, one current WNBA player and one NBA legend on each team. There are six numbered shooting locations of increasing difficulty, with each team attempting to make all shots in numeric order in the fastest time. Each team will select a specific player rotation to follow throughout the competition. Each shot must be made before the next player begins shooting in succession. Teams have up to two minutes to complete the entire shooting course and the team that completes all six shots in the least amount of time is declared the winner. In case of a tie, a shoot-off will be used to determine the winner.
A two-time WNBA All-Star, Dupree finished second in last year's contest after teaming with Ben Gordon and Bulls' legend Scottie Pippen.
