PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker will be one of eight shooters to participate in the 2016 Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, the league announced today. The event will be part of All-Star Saturday Night at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Feb. 13.
Competing against Booker, who at 19 years old will be the youngest participant in the history of the contest, will be last year’s winner Stephen Curry of Golden State, Miami’s Chris Bosh, Houston’s James Harden, Toronto’s Kyle Lowry, Milwaukee’s Khris Middleton, the L.A. Clippers’ J.J. Redick and Golden State’s Klay Thompson.
Currently leading NBA rookies by making 41.8 percent (51-of-122) of his three-point attempts, Booker ranks 12th among all qualified players this season. The Suns guard will be the first teenager and just the fourth rookie to compete in the event that dates back to 1986. He will become the first rookie participant since Curryin 2010 with Philadelphia’s Kyle Korver (2004) and Orlando’s Dennis Scott (1991) also competing in their first seasons.
Booker will become the seventh Suns player to compete in the Three-Point Contest at All-Star Saturday Night, joining Jeff Hornacek (1992), Dan Majerle (1993; 1995), Quentin Richardson (2005), Joe Johnson (2005), Steve Nash (2008) and Channing Frye (2010). Richardson is the only Sun to win the event, taking the title in 2005.
The Foot Locker Three-Point Contest, which will be televised exclusively on TNT, is a two-round, timed competition featuring five shooting locations positioned around the three-point arc. Four racks contain four orange balls (each worth one point) and one multi-colored “money” ball (worth two points). The fifth rack is a special “all money ball” rack, which each participant can place at any of the five shooting locations. Every ball on this rack is worth two points. The players have one minute to shoot as many as the 25 balls as they can. The three competitors with the highest scores in the first round advance to the championship round.
Below is the lineup for the 2016 Foot Locker Three-Point Contest and a list of previous winners:
2016 FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT CONTEST PARTICIPANTS
Player, Team Pos. Ht. Wt. Made Att. %
Devin Booker, Suns G 6-6 206 51 122 41.8
Chris Bosh, Miami F 6-11 235 78 213 36.6
Stephen Curry, Golden State G 6-3 190 232 506 45.8
James Harden, Houston G 6-5 220 140 401 34.9
Kyle Lowry, Toronto G 6-0 205 135 348 38.8
Khris Middleton, Milwaukee F 6-8 234 100 243 41.2
J.J. Redick, L.A. Clippers G 6-4 190 120 249 48.2
Klay Thompson, Golden State G 6-7 215 155 357 43.4
(statistics through games played on Wednesday, Feb. 3)
FOOT LOCKER THREE-POINT CONTEST WINNERS
2015 – Stephen Curry, Golden State
2014 – Marco Belinelli, San Antonio
2013 – Kyrie Irving, Cleveland
2012 – Kevin Love, Minnesota
2011 – James Jones, Miami
2010 – Paul Pierce, Boston
2009 – Daequan Cook, Miami
2008 – Jason Kapono, Toronto
2007 – Jason Kapono, Miami
2006 – Dirk Nowitzki, Dallas
2005 – Quentin Richardson, Suns
2004 – Voshon Lenard, Denver
2003 – Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento
2002 – Peja Stojakovic, Sacramento
2001 – Ray Allen, Milwaukee
2000 – Jeff Hornacek, Utah
1998 – Jeff Hornacek, Utah
1997 – Steve Kerr, Chicago
1996 – Tim Legler, Washington
1995 – Glen Rice, Miami
1994 – Mark Price, Cleveland
1993 – Mark Price, Cleveland
1992 – Craig Hodges, Chicago
1991 – Craig Hodges, Chicago
1990 – Craig Hodges, Chicago
1989 – Dale Ellis, Seattle
1988 – Larry Bird, Boston
1987 – Larry Bird, Boston
1986 – Larry Bird, Boston