PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 -- For Memphis Grizzlies rookie Shane Battier, the word "break" in All-Star Break has been misleading.

Boston's Antoine Walker encounters tough defense from rapper Lil' Bow Wow in the Nestlé Crunch Rock N Jock. Gregory Shamus NBAE/Getty Images

The former Dookie was pooped after a full Friday. He attended the mandatory media session in the afternoon, the 'got milk?' Rookie Challenge practice in the early evening, won the HOOPZ (H-O-R-S-E with different letters) after the rookie practice and finally he took part in the Nestlé Crunch NBA Rock N Jock at 2002 NBA All-Star Jam Session Presented by Fleer (maybe he was tired after reading that) following the HOOPZ contest.

Luckily for him, Battier, who replaced Steve Francis on the Stars, didn't need to play "swingman" -- if a team was losing at half, he would have switched to the losing side -- at this game where basketball is turned on its head. Shortly after helping his team to a 99-80 win over the Stripes, Battier wearily sauntered off Center Court at the 2002 NBA All-Star Jam Session with the spoils of victory.

A nine-pound "Shaq-size" Nestlé Crunch bar.

"Look at this thing," Battier said, holding a bar the size of an Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

From the raucous, screaming crowd full of teenagers to the 15-foot high hoop that counted for 20 points to the hoop the size of a monster truck wheel that counted for one point, everything about the event was oversized.

The game was full of stars. Shaquille O'Neal made an appearance before the event. Minnesota's Wally Szczerbiak, and Boston's Paul Pierce and Antoine Walker participated, as did Lisa Leslie of the L.A. Sparks and Chamique Holdsclaw of the Washington Mystics.

Largest of them all, however, was rapper Lil' Bow Wow. LBW, as he is sometimes referred to on his web site, wore the area code (614) of his hometown, Columbus, Ohio, on his jersey, had the most game of any non-professional player. He was better than Donald Faison of the show "Scrubs". He was better than Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and Chris Kirkpatrick of *N SYNC. And yes, he was better than P. Diddy, Method Man and Redman.

If we played NBA scout, this is how the report would read:

"Can penetrate off the dribble and aggressive to the hoop... Has three-point range, which he can hit when left open... Has trouble creating his own shot in traffic...Finds the open man and feeds the cutter... Not much of a rebounder... Quick, somewhat slight, a little on the short side... Can also rock the mic."

In short, Lil' was large. Some of us actually put together a Top Five for a Rock and Jock mock draft of the Rock N Jock participants would pan out:

1. Lil' Bow Wow, rapper