All-Star Weekends always seem like a good time to trial run things that a league may introduce sometime down the road.
Now is that what the NBA is doing with the introduction of the four-point line during the second half of the Celebrity game?
Tom Haberstroh has all the details:
THE 4-POINT ERA IN THE NBA IS HERE. THANK YOU @RUFFLES POTATO CHIPS AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL RIDGES FOR MAKING THIS DREAM COME TRUE pic.twitter.com/mUs4HYOpC1
— Tom Haberstroh (@tomhaberstroh) February 7, 2018
Now this won't be the first basketball league to ever introduce a four-point line. The Harlem Globetrotters rolled one out in 2017
Beginning in 2017, the Globetrotters will debut basketball’s first-ever 4-point line, a move that comes six years after the team unveiled the 4-point shot to worldwide acclaim. The 4-point line will be located 30 feet from the basket – 6 feet, 3 inches beyond the top of the NBA’s current 3-point line. The Globetrotters previously used a four-point circle, two on each side of the court, to designate a four-point shot since they first introduced it in 2010
In terms of the four-point line for the Celebrity Game though, it will be interesting to see how much effect will it have on the outcome of the contest. With a few former NBA players in the game, there should be plenty of shots flying from behind the line.
The coaches of the game will be Rachel Nichols from The Jump on ESPN and Katie Nolan, also an ESPN commentator.
On the Clippers team will be Anthony Anderson (ABC’s “black-ish”), Brandon Armstrong (actor, social media star), Miles Brown (ABC’s “black-ish”), Win Butler (Arcade Fire), Common (actor, recording artist), Andre De Grasse (Olympic sprinter), Stefanie Dolson (WNBA’s Chicago Sky), Jamie Foxx (actor, singer, musician), Paul Pierce (NBA legend, ESPN analyst), Dascha Polanco (actress, activist), Bubba Watson (two-time Masters champion) and Jason Williams (NBA legend).
Facing off with them will be the Lakers team which will feature Sterling Brim (MTV’s “Ridiculousness”), Nick Cannon (actor, recording artist, star of MTV’s Wild’N Out), Terence Crawford (boxer), Rachel DeMita (NBA2KTV host, actress, model), Jerry Ferrara (STARZ’s “Power”), Marc Lasry (Milwaukee Bucks co-owner), Tracy McGrady (NBA legend, ESPN analyst), Caleb McLaughlin (Netflix’s “Stranger Things”), Candace Parker (WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks), Nate Robinson (NBA legend), Drew Scott (HGTV’s “Property Brothers”) and Kris Wu (actor, singer, music producer).
The game will tip off on Friday, February 16th at 7 PM Eastern Time.
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