The 2014 NBB All-Star Game is an exhibition basketball game that will be played on February 22, 2014 at Ginásio Paulo Sarasate in Fortaleza, Ceará, home of Basquete Cearense. This game will be the 6th edition of the NBB All-Star Game and will be played during the 2013–14 NBB season. Basquete Cearense was awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by president Cássio Roque on January 16, 2014.. January 16, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014. This will be the first time that Fortaleza is hosting the All-Star game.
The teams were formed by Brazilian players, called "NBB Brasil" (NBB Brazil), and by foreign players, called "NBB Mundo" (NBB World). The twelve players of each team were selected by the trade press, the teams' captains and coaches. Starters for the game were selected by the fans, who could select one guard, two forwards and two centers for each team.
All-Star Game Coaches José Alves Neto, coach of the Flamengo, and Gustavo de Conti, coach of the Paulistano, were selected as the NBB Brasil and NBB Mundo head coach, respectively. Sérgio Hernández, from Brasília, and Léo Costa, from Macaé Basquete, were selected as the NBB Brasil assistant coaches; while Demétrius Ferraciú, from Limeira, and Alberto Bial, from Basquete Cearense, were selected as the NBB Mundo assistant coaches.
Roster
+NBB BrasilPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsVotes (%)StartersG NezinhoBrasília437,3GAlex GarciaBrasília637FMarcelinho MachadoFlamengo528,1FGuilherme GiovannoniBrasília522,5CMurilo BeckerBauru526,6ReservesGValtinhoUberlândia531,4GRicardo FischerBauru131,3FJefferson WilliamSão José320,5FLéo MeindlFranca114,4FOlivinhaFlamengo619,4CLucas CipoliniUberlândia216,7CPaulão PrestesFranca114,8Head coach: José Alves Neto (Flamengo)
+NBB MundoPosPlayerTeamNo. of selectionsVotes (%)StartersG Nicolás LaprovíttolaFlamengo157,8G Shamell StallworthPinheiros641,1F Robert DayUberlândia425,2C Jerome MeyinsseFlamengo125,4C DeVon HardinBasquete Cearense122,8ReservesG Joe SmithPinheiros222,7G Kenny DawkinsPaulistano219,5G David JacksonLimeira215,1F Desmond HollowayPaulistano218,6F Pablo EspinozaMacaé Basquete115,8C Marcus GoreeBrasília118,8C Tyrone CurnellPalmeiras217,2Head coach: Gustavo de Conti (Paulistano)
Game
All-Star Weekend Shooting Stars Competition In the 6th edition of NBB All-Star Game, Liga Nacional de Basquete for the first time the Shooting Stars Competition of Brazilian basketball. Four teams were formed, each of them containing one NBB's player, one retired male player and one female player. For the edition, LNB selected the players who were World champions.
The mechanics of dispute Shooting Stars Competition. Each group of three players will have to transform seven shots from different positions of the court, the last of them being half-court. The maximum time for each triplet will close the circuit for two minutes. The two fastest times will qualify the decision of the tournament to be known after the big winner.
Team Name Members Team First round Final roundTeam Jericoacara Jimmy Dreher Basquete Cearense 1:48 – Rogério Klafke (retired) Alessandra Oliveira (retired)Team Iracema Cauê Borges Franca 0.37 1.05 Chuí (retired) Roseli (retired)Team Canoa Quebrada Guilherme Giovannoni Brasília 1:25 1.13 Marcel (retired) Helen (retired)Team Cumbuco Arnaldinho Espírito Santo 1.35 - Pipoka (retired) Janeth (retired)
Skills Challenge The Skills Challenge, which will be played for the fourth time, will have the presence of three times champion Fernando Penna, from Universo/Goiânia, the guard Brandon Brown, from the host team Basquete Cearense, and six more competitors which was determined by the LNB Technical Department.
PlayerFirst roundFinals Nezinho 24 23 Brandon Brown 22 36 Elinho 28 Jamaal Smith 29 Neto 29 Gustavinho 30 Kenny Dawkins 33 Fernando Penna 36 Nicolás Laprovíttola 39
Three-Point Tournament The tournament will have six competitors for the title. The champion of previous season Matheus Dalla, from Limeira, and Matheus Costa, from the host city team, had already been secured in the dispute and its five rivals, with four of this five players being the four greatest three-point shooters.
PlayerFirst roundFinals Marcelinho 20 23 Jefferson 16 10 Shamell 15 Matheus 14 Robert Day 13 Matheus Dalla 12 Fernando Fischer 11
Dunk Tournament For Dunk Tournament, the champion in the previous two seasons was the shooting guard Gui Deodato, from Bauru, while the host team, Basquete Cearense, will be represented by the center DeVon Hardin. The other challengers to the title was defined after being evaluated by a jury of personalities from basketball.
PlayerFirst roundFinals DeVon Hardin 48+50=98 50 Ned Cox 48+50=98 43Jhonatan 44+49=93 Gui Deodato 46+46=92
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