LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Defending champion Devin Booker will go up against Curry brothers Stephen and Seth as well as NBA veteran Dirk Nowitzki in the All-Star weekend three-point contest later this month, the league said Tuesday.
Phoenix Suns star Booker won last year’s three-point contest with a record 28-point final round.
He defends his title in a field of 10 sharp-shooters that will include Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry and his brother Seth – who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers and is shooting an NBA-high 48.5 percent from three-point range this season.
The three-point contest will be on All-Star Saturday on February 16, on the eve of the All-Star game in Charlotte, North Carolina.
It will be a homecoming for the Curry brothers, whose father, Dell, played 10 seasons for the Charlotte Hornets.
Steph Curry will be appearing in his sixth three-point contest. He won it in 2015, but skipped the event the past two years.
He has also been voted a starter for the All-Star Game.
