Jeep All-Star Hoop-It-Up is a 3-on-3 game featuring two teams consisting of an NBA player, WNBA player, NBA legend and celebrity. The event will be a 3-on-3 halfcourt game with teams from Atlanta and Los Angeles.
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Dominique Wilkins is the ninth-leading scorer in NBA history (26,668 points). Nathaniel S. Butler NBAE/Getty Images |
Wilkins, the Hawks' all-time leading scorer and nine-time NBA All-Star, will lead the Atlanta squad that will feature Hawks guard Jason Terry, 2002 WNBA MVP Sheryl Swoopes of the Houston Comets and "Malcolm in the Middle" star Frankie Muniz.
Participants in the Jeep All-Star Hoop-It-Up will be wearing jerseys from a new line by Nike called NBARewind. The jerseys incorporate vintage uniform designs with current team colors and players. The new line launches nationwide during NBA All-Star 2003.
The contestants in the Jeep All-Star Hoop-It-Up will be competing for $48,000 in prize money, with $30,000 going to the winning team. Second place is worth $18,000.
NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by America Online, featuring 989 Sports Skills Challenge, Jeep All-Star Hoop-It-Up, 1 800 CALL ATT Shootout and the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk will be broadcast live nationally at 8 p.m. ET on TNT and ESPN Radio. The 2003 NBA All-Star Game will be broadcast in 212 countries and 41 languages around the world and also on TNT, Rogers Sportsnet and ESPN RADIO and audio in several languages on NBA.com on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
Attached are the rosters for the Jeep All-Star Hoop-It-Up competition:
ATLANTA TEAM
LOS ANGELES TEAM
