The NBB All-Star Weekend is an annual event involving the All-Star players of each season of the Novo Basquete Brasil (New Basketball Brazil), which is the top-tier level Brazilian professional club basketball league. This event features the NBB Dunks Tournament and the NBB Three-point Tournament (both featured since the first edition of the All-Star Weekend), and the NBB Skills Challenge (featured since the 2011 edition). The NBB All-Star Weekend also features the NBB All-Star Game, as its main event.[1]

NBB All-Star Game edit

The NBB All-Star Game is an annual game involving the All-Star players of each season of the Novo Basquete Brasil (New Basketball Brazil), which is the top-tier level Brazilian professional club basketball league. The players are chosen by votes on the Internet, and are then divided into two teams. The criterion for the selection of the teams has varied during the years.

NBB Dunks Tournament edit

Edition Player Position Nacionality Team Ref.
2009 Júlio Toledo SF   Brazil Araraquara [2]
2010 Rafa Mineiro C   Brazil São José [3]
2011 Jordan Burger SF   Brazil Paulistano [4]
2012 Gui Deodato SF   Brazil Bauru [5]
2013 Gui Deodato (2) SF   Brazil Bauru (2) [6]
2014 DeVon Hardin C   United States Basquete Cearense [7]
2015 André Coimbra PF/C   Brazil Franca
2016 Wesley "Mogi" Alves da Silva SG   Brazil Paulistano
2017 Cordero Bennett PG/SG   United States Pinheiros
2018 Guilherme Bento SG   Brazil Pinheiros

NBB Three-point Tournament edit

Edition Player Position Nacionality Team Ref.
2009 Fernando Fischer SF   Brazil Bauru [8]
2010 Thiaguinho PG   Brazil Pinheiros [9]
2011 Fernando Fischer (2) SF   Brazil Bauru (2) [10]
2012 Helinho PG   Brazil Franca [11]
2013 Matheus Dalla SF   Brazil Limeira [12]
2014 Marcelinho Machado SF   Brazil Flamengo [13]
2015 Marcelinho Machado (2) SF   Brazil Flamengo
2016 André Coimbra PF/C   Brazil Franca
2017 Jefferson William PF/C   Brazil Bauru
2018 Rafa Hettsheimeir C   Brazil Bauru

NBB Skills Challenge edit

Edition Player Position Nacionality Team Ref.
2011 Fernando Penna PG   Brazil Franca [14]
2012 Fernando Penna (2) PG   Brazil Franca (2) [15]
2013 Fernando Penna (3) PG   Brazil Pinheiros [16]
2014 Nezinho dos Santos PG   Brazil Brasília [17]
2015 Thiaguinho C   Brazil Liga Sorocabana
2016 André Coimbra PF/C   Brazil Franca
2017 Tyrone Curnell PF/C   United States Mogi das Cruzes
2018 Murilo Becker C   Brazil Vitória

References edit

  1. ^ "Home". lnb.com.br.
  2. ^ "Habilidade e precisão marcam abertura do Jogo das Estrelas". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "Rafael Mineiro salta dois companheiros e conquista o Torneio de Enterradas". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  4. ^ "Jordan Burger é o campeão do torneio de Enterradas". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Voador". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  6. ^ "O Batman voltou!". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. ^ LNB (in Portuguese). {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Habilidade e precisão marcam abertura do Jogo das Estrelas". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. ^ "Com ótimas apresentações, Thiaguinho conquista Torneio de 03 pontos". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  10. ^ "Trono recuperado". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ^ "Ídolo e certeiro". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  12. ^ "Equilibradíssimo". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  13. ^ "Ele é o cara". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 21, 2014.
  14. ^ "Fernando Penna leva o Desafio de Habilidades". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  15. ^ "A flecha". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  16. ^ "Dinastia". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  17. ^ "Outra história". LNB (in Portuguese). Retrieved February 21, 2014.

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