Daequan Cooked Up Some Fun During NBA All-Star Weekend

One thing I’m certain Daequan Cook wasn’t thinking about as he sank his last money-ball during this past weekend’s All-Star Three-Point Shootout contest was how he had just secured Miami’s All-Star Weekend Festivities dominance.

Now, granted, Miami has never had a player be named MVP of the All-Star Game itself (and being a still relatively new franchise lessens the pain of this for fans—along with the NBA title the Heat won in 2006), but they have been rather dominant when it comes to the festivities surrounding the game.

For instance, Miami is one of only three teams that have had a player win all three of the major events (the Skills Challenge, Three-Point Shootout, and Slam Dunk Contest) hosted during All-Star Weekend—the other two being the Chicago Bulls and the Phoenix Suns.

The Heat are also only one of two teams to have had players win such events a total of seven times—the other being the Chicago Bulls. However, they are the only team in the NBA to have had players win multiple times in each event.

As stated above, Miami has had players win seven events; three Three-Point Shootouts (Glen Rice, Jason Kapono, and Daequan Cook this year), two Slam Dunk Contests (Harold Miner both times), and two Skills Challenges (Dwyane Wade both times).

Also notable is that Jason Kapono tied a record with his score (which he subsequently topped last year as a Raptor), and Dwyane Wade set a record for the fastest time in his event.

Chicago has had players win seven events; four Three-point Shootouts (Craig Hodges three times and Steve Kerr once), two Slam Dunk Contests (Michael Jordan both times), and one Skills Challenge (Derrick Rose this year).

The Suns have had players win four events; one Three-Point Shootout (Quentin Richardson), two Slam Dunk Contests (Larry Nance and Cedric Ceballos), and one Skills Challenge (Steve Nash).

The Celtics have only had players win in two events, but they have had those players win five total events, so in essence they top the Suns in that regard; three Three-Point Shootouts (Larry Bird), and two Slam Dunk Contests (Dee Brown and Gerald Green).

Other notable teams are the Utah Jazz who’ve had players win three events; two Three-Point Shootouts (Jeff Hornacek), and one Skills Challenge (Deron Williams), the Atlanta Hawks who’ve had players win four events; four Slam Dunk Contests (Dominique Wilkins twice, and Spud Webb and Josh Smith once each), and the New York Knicks who’ve had players win three events; three Slam Dunk Contests (Nate Robinson twice, including this year, and Kenny Walker).

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