The three point competition is not a very serious event. Its purpose is to get a group of guys together who shoot the ball well as to show the crowd a good time. Warrior announcers (Jim Barnett and Bob Fitzgerald) have been chirping for weeks about how Anthony Morrow and Kelenna Azubuike were robbed of the opportunity to participate. Anthony Morrow leads the league in three point percentage and Buike is not far behind at third.
The ultimate question is; what does it take to get into the contest? Answer: you have to be a household name who is known for shooting the trey. Question to J. Barnett: is Morrow a household name? Answer: absolutely not. Sure he shoots it well but that is not all it takes to get into the contest. The spirit of the contest is to have a good time. It is by no means a serious competition. The fans don't want to see Morrow shooting it; they want to see someone they might of heard of shooting the ball. End of story.
-Mark P
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Couldn't agree more. No one wants to see semi-scrub players that they've never heard of shoot the ball for 2 minutes. But at the same time, competitions like the 3-point shootout, the dunk contest and the skills challenge are a great way for young players to gain notoriety. A fair amount of players sort of get their careers off and running through those competitions. A guy named Michael Jordan once wowed basketball fans everywhere when he took on and beat Dominique Wilkins in the slam dunk contest. And how funny is it that Brent Barry won the dunk contest. Wearing a warm up jacket over his jersey.
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