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NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge: 4 former SEC stars set to participate
By Adam Spencer
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NBA All-Star Weekend will take place this weekend in Salt Lake City. There will be a 3-point contest, a slam dunk contest and a skills challenge ahead of the actual All-Star Game.
The Kia Skills Challenge will have a distinctly SEC flavor, especially when it comes to participants from the hometown Utah Jazz.
As you can see below, there will be 3 teams at the Skills Challenge — Team Antetokounmpos, Team Jazz and Team Rooks:
The Kia Skills Challenge participants and teams ⬇️
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Jordan Clarkson (Mizzou), Walker Kessler (Auburn), Collin Sexton (Alabama) and Jabari Smith Jr. (Auburn) are the former SEC stars set to participate.
The Skills Challenge consists of relay, passing and shooting competitions, with the team that scores the most points being named the winner.
Can the former SEC stars lead Team Jazz to victory? Will Jabari Smith Jr. play a big role for the Rooks? We’ll find out on All-Star Saturday Night! Tune into TNT that night to watch everything play out.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
