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 ... (link)