The Sixers will be well represented during All-Star weekend on Feb. 25 and 26 in Orlando with Andre Iguodala chosen as a reserve for the Eastern Conference squad and Evan Turner slated to play in the RookieSophomore game.
But could the Sixers have another representative in Orlando for All-Star weekend?
Jodie Meeks, the Sixers starting shooting guard and leading three-point shooter, could be chosen to participate in the three-point shootout when the roster is announced next week. Headed into Friday nights game against the Clippers at the Center, Meeks is shooting 52 for 118 (44.1 percent) from beyond the three-point arc, good for eighth in the NBA in makes and 19th in percentage.
Last season Meeks led the Sixers with 138 three-pointers, shooting at a 39.7 percent clip. That total was 14th-best in the NBA and Meeks was the first Sixer to make more than 130 three-pointers since Kyle Korver made 132 in 2006-07.
So if asked, Meeks will cancel whatever plans he has and head to Orlando.
Id love to do it, so well see what happens, Meeks said.
Meeks might be a good choice to participate since the Sixers have been somewhat underrepresented in the three-point contest. Korver was in it a couple of times and so was Dana Barros in 1994 and 1995. Hersey Hawkins and Gerald Henderson also participated when they were with the Sixers during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Aside from those four guys, though, thats been it for the Sixers.
As far as the competition goes, Meeks is a straight-up jump shooter, which is a style that might not benefit a shooter in a three-point competition. Then again, all it takes is for a shooter to get hot and then styles dont matter.
Meeks set the record for most points scored in a game while in college at Kentucky with 54 and also set the record for most three-pointers made in a game with 10. His 117 three-pointers in 2008-09 is also the school record.
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