Knicks All-Star Central

Welcome to the New York Knicks All-Star Central. From here, you will have access to all the news and updates involving Knicks players and their participation with All-Star weekend and the 55th All-Star Game held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

LATEST NEWS:

• Nate Robinson Wins Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Contest
• Video Recap of Dunk Contest
• Nate Dunk Wallpaper
• Nate Robinson Dunk Contest Photo Gallery
• Quentin Richardson Passes Foot Locker 3-Point Shootout Crown to Nowitzki l Shootout Gallery
• Sophomores Down Rookies at T-Mobile Rookie Challenge l Photo Gallery
• All-Star Weekend: Day 1 Photo Gallery
• Knicks City Kids to Perform at 2006 NBA All-Star Weekend
• Knicks City Kids All-Star Blog
• Frye and Robinson Selected for 2006 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge
• Nate Robinson Joins Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk Competition
• Quentin Richardson Defending 3-Point Crown

• Friday, February 17 - McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Presented by 2K Sports, 7-9 p.m. (ESPN)
• Friday, February 17 - T-Mobile Rookie Challenge, 9-11 p.m. (TNT)
• Saturday, February 18 - NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by AOL, 8 p.m. - conclusion (TNT)
• Sunday, February 19 - The 55th NBA All-Star Game, 8-11 p.m. (TNT)

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2006 -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Andrew Bogut, the first overall selection in the 2005 NBA Draft, and Orlando Magic forward Dwight Howard, the first player chosen in the 2004 NBA Draft, lead a list of 19 players selected to play in the 2006 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge on Friday, Feb. 17 at the Toyota Center in Houston.

Joining Bogut on the Rookie team are Luther Head of the Houston Rockets; Danny Granger and Sarunas Jasikevicius of the Indiana Pacers; Chris Paul of the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; Channing Frye and Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks; Charlie Villanueva of the Toronto Raptors; and Deron Williams of the Utah Jazz...Click for full story

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2006 – The 2005 Slam Dunk champion, Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks, will return to defend his crown in the Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk competition to be held on NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by AOL, Feb. 18 at the Toyota Center in Houston. In addition to the reigning champion, the 21st Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk competition will feature Andre Iguodala of the Philadelphia 76ers, and rookies Nate Robinson of the New York Knicks and Hakim Warrick of the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk will be broadcast live nationally as part of the NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by AOL, which will also feature the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, RadioShack Shooting Stars and PlayStation® Skills Challenge. NBA All-Star Saturday Night will be televised live nationally on TNT in the United States and on Rogers Sportsnet in Canada at 8 p.m. ET...Click for Full Story

NEW YORK, Jan 30, 2006 -- This year’s star-studded NBA All-Star Saturday Night presented by AOL will feature all of last year’s champions defending their crowns. Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns (PlayStation® Skills Challenge), Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks (Sprite Rising Stars Slam Dunk), Quentin Richardson of the New York Knicks (Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout) and Team Phoenix (RadioShack Shooting Stars) will each look to repeat. This is only the fifth time in NBA All-Star history that all of the prior year’s winners are defending their titles...Click for full story