NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

[2008, TV Show]

NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: TV Guide News

7 pm/ET ESPN The league's annual All-Star extravaganza tips off in New Orleans, where celebrity wanna-NBAers take to the court and discover that laying bricks does not a foundation for an NBA career make. Celebrities expected to participate include "Neon" Deion Sanders, Master P, Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights") and American Idol's Taylor Hicks. Later, if you're more in the mood for hoops than hoopla, the NBA Rookie Challenge (9 pm/ET TNT) pits Kevin Durant, Yi Jianlian and this season's newbies against sophomore stars like Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge. Brendan Curley

NBA Celebrity All-Stars Announced | TV Guide Sports Report | 2/11/2008
Most All-Star games are dullsville — did anyone watch last night's Pro Bowl? — but the NBA does its best to keep interesting. The annual NBA All-Star Celebrity Game is often an amusing spectacle leading up to the big game. This year's eclectic collection of singers, actors and WNBA players should keep that tradition going. Ne-Yo? Taylor Hicks? Ando from Heroes?Alyssa Milano and Gabrielle Union will coach the two teams. Access Hollywood co-anchor Tony Potts, who was MVP of last year's game, will be on the floor for Milano's squad.Here are the two teams, which will face off Friday (Feb. 15, 7 pm/ET, ESPN) at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans:New Orleans Team: Ne-Yo (Grammy-winning singer) Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights) Taylor Hicks (2006 American Idol winner) Seth Gilliam (The Wire) James Lafferty (One Tree Hill) Master P (rapper and Dancing With the Stars alum) Ruth Riley (WNBA All-Star, San Antonio... read more

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Premise: 7 pm/ET ESPN The league's annual All-Star extravaganza tips off in New Orleans, where celebrity wanna-NBAers take to the court and discover that laying bricks does not a foundation for an NBA career make. Celebrities expected to participate include "Neon" Deion Sanders, Master P, Zach Gilford ("Friday Night Lights") and American Idol's Taylor Hicks. Later, if you're more in the mood for hoops than hoopla, the NBA Rookie Challenge (9 pm/ET TNT) pits Kevin Durant, Yi Jianlian and this season's newbies against sophomore stars like Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge. Brendan Curley

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