{"id":791116,"date":"2018-02-02T07:55:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=791116"},"modified":"2018-02-02T07:55:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T12:55:43","slug":"kristaps-porzingis-to-defend-skills-challenge-title-during-nba-all-star-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/kristaps-porzingis-to-defend-skills-challenge-title-during-nba-all-star-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristaps Porzingis To Defend Skills Challenge Title During NBA All-Star Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At 7&#8217;3&#8243;, Kristaps Porzingis has lived up to his &#8220;unicorn&#8221; persona by shooting the lights out all season long. The big man has been recognized as a first time NBA all-star this season, and rightfully so. Porzingis has shot 44% from the field, 40% from deep, and 81% from the charity stripe. He&#8217;s a true marksman from all across the court. Because of such prowess, the 22 year old will truly be a busy man during All-Star Weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Before Porzingis has the chance to represent #TeamLeBron and rub elbows with the top talents in all of the NBA, he&#8217;ll first defend his title of sorts at the 2018 Taco Bell Skills Challenge. He&#8217;ll battle against fellow all-stars Joel Embiid and Al Horford, and fellow local product Nets&#8217; guard Spencer Dinwiddie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BerU6eYlqo5\/?hl=en&amp;taken-by=nba\">to name a few.<\/a>&nbsp;Take a look below for last season&#8217;s winning performance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kristaps Porzingis: All 3 Rounds of Taco Bell Skills Challenge! | 02.18.17\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yjH9bEuPkrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always nice for the NBA to tap into the Big Apple market and reward the area&#8217;s top talents for specialized skills. With that in mind, it&#8217;s a tad bit surprising to see Courtney Lee not be given the honor to participate in the annual Three-Point Contest. Lee&#8217;s career-high 43% from deep is high amongst league leaders and has given way to a career-high 13.4 points per contest. At 32 years old, Lee isn&#8217;t regarded as one of the NBA more intriguing or rising stars. Thus, his selection wouldn&#8217;t be the &#8220;sexiest&#8221; of choices, so to speak. Nevertheless, he would have been deserving. Lee&#8217;s sharpshooting percentage places him above participants like all-stars Bradley Beal and Kyle Lowry, in addition to Tobias Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 7&#8217;3&#8243;, Kristaps Porzingis has lived up to his &#8220;unicorn&#8221; persona by shooting the lights out all season long. 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