NBA Dunk Contest, 3 Point Contest And Skill Challenge Participants Announced

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The NBA has officially announced this year's participants in the Dunk Contest, 3 Point Contest and the Skills Challenge for the NBA's All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. 

Each of the games will go down on Saturday, February 18th.

The Dunk Contest participants are: Aaron Gordon, Derrick Jones Jr, DeAndre Jordan and Glen Robinson III.

After last year's performance Aaron Gordon is the odds on favorite but if you haven't seen what Suns rookie Derrick Jones Jr is capable of you should check out these videos here2016 .

The 3 Point Contest participants are: Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson, Eric Gordon, Kemba Walker, Kyle Lowry, Wesley Matthews, CJ McCollum, and Nick Young.

Klay Thompson will look to go back-to-back this season, having defeated fellow Splash Brother Stephen Curry in 2016.

The Skills Challenge participants are: Kristaps Porzingis, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid, Isaiah Thomas, John Wall, Gordon Hayward, and Devin Booker.

Once again the Taco Bell Skills Challenge will feature four bigs against four guards. Last year Karl-Anthony Towns bested IT4 in the finals.

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