Spurs teammates Victor Wembanyama, Chris Paul Discarded from the NBA All-Star Game Skills Challenge
San Antonio Spurs The stars of Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul were disqualified from the All-Star Game ceremony on Saturday night after finding a hole in skill competition.
The couple was on the ground for the competition where players go through a a series of challengesIncluding bounces, passing in the chest, shots with three different places on the floor and dribbling.
When they came to the shooting, Wembanyama and Paul they just threw the ball toward the perimeter in the tactics of the savings of time.
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San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama and guardian Chris Paul competed during the challenges of skills at the All-Star ceremonies on Saturday, February 15, 2025, San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
He didn’t fly.
They are disqualified because the cracking attempts have been determined that they are not valid. Wembanyama, a 7-foot-3 Frenchman, who in his second year in the NBA, said he had come up with the idea.
“I don’t regret it. I think it was a good idea,” he said.
Wembanyama and Paul have completed the course in 47.9 seconds, the best among the competitors.
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The dream guard Antonio Spurs Chris Paul competed during the All-Star Saturday Night ceremony, February 15, 2025 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
Golden State Warriors The star Daymond Green said after that Wembanyama asked others if his plan made sense. Green competed with teammate Moses Moody.
“It definitely sucks when they see them throwing the ball like that,” Green said. “But what I will say is that Wemby walked the field asking everything:” Do one or three attempts? “And Wemby said,” Oh, so I can get all three upstairs? “So, he asked now, maybe he didn’t ask the right people.
Cleveland Cavaliers stars Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley won the event.
Mobley said he had an idea similar to that of Wembanyama’s time savings plan. But Spurs teammates became a conversation about the competition.
The San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama Center competed during the All-Stills Challenge, on Saturday, February 15, 2025 in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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“We tried something we thought we could win,” Paul said. “Seeing if we had the best time, so … it was fun.”
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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