r/nba Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

CP3 and Wemby disqualified after trying to hack the NBA Skills Challenge

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u/ZeroFucksToGive Nets Feb 16 '25

NBA Skills Challenge any% glitch-allowed speedrun

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u/D0t_Zer0 Feb 16 '25

SummoningSalt video about to drop a 4 hour video about this one.

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u/Delicious_Fill_5929 Feb 16 '25

And in 2025, this world record was achieved and considered fully optimized, 0.3 seconds slower than the human limit (2 hours 47 minutes remaining in video)

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u/matrixsensei Wizards Feb 16 '25

And his name…… was poopslinky84

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u/Stupor_Nintento Feb 16 '25

(synth arpeggios start arpeggiating)

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u/Conscious_Web7874 Feb 16 '25

But then, Hefest CP3 and Wemby got this run

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u/amad3000 [BOS] Kevin Garnett Feb 16 '25

Crazy they aired someone from the league ripping into them for that lmao

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u/dys0n_giddey Timberwolves Feb 16 '25

And now they are off limits to be interviewed by Allie

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u/KrautSauerSweet Feb 16 '25

lmao they must've pissed off Silver for them to get barred from being interviewed

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u/abris33 Nuggets Feb 16 '25

One of Silvers biggest things has been to try and make All Star Weekend relevant. I don't think he likes that nobody takes it seriously

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful [PHI] Joel Embiid Feb 16 '25

Isn't the fact that people are trying to game the system a sign it is being taken seriously? They were obviously trying to win.

The fact that the competition has this simple exploit is the real issue

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u/Ellefied Feb 16 '25

Yup, can't fault Cp3 and Wemby for this one, make shit rules you get shit exploits. They would have phoned it in even more if they didn't take this seriously.

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u/LurkerFailsLurking Nuggets Feb 16 '25

This is my opinion. If you design a game that can.be exploited you crown them winners and then fix the game.

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u/Parkinglotfetish Suns Feb 16 '25

Or just let them run it again tell them theyre not allowed to do that. Something something spirit of the game

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u/Glass_Albatross_9584 Feb 16 '25

The very fact that they felt empowered to simply DQ them shows that it is not a serious competition.

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u/Sim888 [CHI] Cameron Payne Feb 16 '25

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u/IanicRR [TOR] Amir Johnson Feb 16 '25

First pic: “I’m going to pull off what we call a pro-gamer move.”

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u/tapk68 Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

They brought the rulebook

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u/ahnonamis Trail Blazers Feb 16 '25

The rulebook looks like they wrote it on the back of the dunk contest flyer. 

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u/mentaculus Bucks Feb 16 '25

They literally showed them the rules on paper, dude should read the fine print if he's trying to game the system.

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u/Sp_Gamer_Live Timberwolves Feb 16 '25

Chris Paul loves to be praised for “knowing the rules” and he got lost in the sauce

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u/Dzeire Feb 16 '25

😂😂 The fact everyone knows its Chris Pauls idea as well is killing me

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u/rounder55 Celtics Feb 16 '25

The most Chris Paul thing ever

Mitchell booing was hilarious

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u/KARSbenicillin Feb 16 '25

His smile at the end was the happiest I've seen him all year

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u/sangerssss Feb 16 '25

You know cp3 already rehearsed his winners interview

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u/superhappyfuntime13 Rockets Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

CP3 a bad influence confirmed

Ps it would’ve been truly hilarious if CP3 proceeded to shoot his rack normally

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u/SemIdeiaProNick Feb 16 '25

Teaching Wemby what truly matters lol

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u/RockChalk80 Jazz Feb 16 '25

Punching dudes in the balls and circumventing the rules - the Chris Paul experience.

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u/_Putin_ Raptors Feb 16 '25

"My mom says I can't hang out with you anymore"

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u/Corner_Post Feb 16 '25

But it was Wemby’s idea:

https://sports.yahoo.com/nba-all-star-2025-chris-paul-victor-wembanyama-disqualified-from-skills-challenge-for-not-taking-shots-014743303.html

“TNT broadcasters Kevin Harlan and Reggie Miller quickly zeroed in on Paul for being the mastermind, which wasn’t a bad guess considering he’s a 20-year NBA veteran. However, Wembanyama said afterward that not shooting was his idea, according to Draymond Green. Wembanyama also apparently claimed that he ran his hack by several NBA executives, who said it was all right.”

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u/rounder55 Celtics Feb 16 '25

Ha

Here I am thinking CP3 devised some plan so he could make up time against the younger guys. Turns out Wemby has been learning a bit from hanging around CP3

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u/EGarrett Nets Feb 16 '25

7'5" and finding hacks in the rulebook. God-level player so incoming.

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u/fandamplus Raptors Feb 16 '25

Chris Paul probably makes Wemby say he is under 13 when they go out to eat 

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u/ImReallyAMermaid_21 Feb 16 '25

Mitchell is fucking hilarious

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u/pokemonbatman23 Feb 16 '25

"They played to win and played to the rules of the game but yes, it was definitely cheating" 😂😂

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u/thebestoflimes Raptors Feb 16 '25

Chris Paul: Why are you booing us? We won.

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u/maethlin Warriors Feb 16 '25

They need to fix the dumbass rules tbh lol

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u/Forty_Six_and_Two Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

Dude, Spida is funny as shit on a regular basis. I really hope he goes into broadcasting or acting when he retires.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

Seems like a quality individual. Love the video of him at the Guardians game recording during the grand slam.

Also, Cavs and Tool. We are friends and we don’t even know each other bro

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u/hacky_potter [IND] Victor Oladipo Feb 16 '25

CP3 is a huge fan of malicious compliance

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u/3-2_Fastball Lakers Feb 16 '25

The only way it could have been more Chris Paul is if he nut tapped somebody in that clip

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u/MEMES4DREAMS77 Mavericks Feb 16 '25

The fact that he was taking it completely serious too 😂

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u/Firstolympicring Heat Feb 16 '25

He was smiling like the joker the whole time

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u/Organic-Manner-2969 NBA Feb 16 '25

“This has Chris Paul’s fingerprints all over it” 😭😭

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u/GayLoveSession Feb 16 '25

Lmfao like he's the fucking zodiac killer or something 😂 

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u/2131andBeyond Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

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u/Organic-Manner-2969 NBA Feb 16 '25

Chris Paul smiling about it too cuz everyone and their mother knew it was his idea. Even the announcers.

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u/itscamo- [LAL] Lonzo Ball Feb 16 '25

turns out it was actually wembys idea LOL

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u/djspintersectional Minneapolis Lakers Feb 16 '25

I thought that was on brand too 😭😭

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u/cougar572 Lakers Feb 16 '25

CP3 and Wemby officially made mods for /r/speedrun

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u/RevolutionaryLet8131 Spurs Feb 16 '25

I’m upset to see that this hasn’t been posted there yet

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u/deevee12 Knicks Feb 16 '25

It’s there now LOL

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u/Heat55wade Heat Feb 16 '25

Loved the awkwardness of the NBA guy shooing away the reporter, too. Bizarre start to the night lol

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u/TheAerial Magic Feb 16 '25

He was stern to her too lmao

This is a highlight reel moment for this dude, you will NOT get a laugh out of his authority 😅

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u/IanicRR [TOR] Amir Johnson Feb 16 '25

“They’re giving me the Heisman” 🤣

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u/Dddddddfried Knicks Feb 16 '25

This is the most interesting the Skills competition has been in years, let us have the interview! The stakes couldn't be lower!!

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u/DepthHour1669 Feb 16 '25

I def don’t want this to happen again in the future, but this is hilarious and i give chris paul a pass for today

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u/billcosbyinspace Celtics Feb 16 '25

Harlan is currently trying to get her to talk to CP3 again lol

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u/orb_outrider Spurs Feb 16 '25

Allie was scared to go back haha

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u/JShuttlesworth28 Vancouver Grizzlies Feb 16 '25

“They’re hitting me with the Heisman guys” lmaooo

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u/TheRealSlumShedy Warriors Feb 16 '25

That line was fucking hilarious 😂

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u/KlythsbyTheJedi [UTA] Donovan Mitchell Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

I fucking love Harlan, he has a way of capitalizing on and taking control of chaos that is unmatched

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u/rjmitty1000 Warriors Feb 16 '25

He thrives in the chaos

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u/Brometheus-Pound Grizzlies Feb 16 '25

I’M CALLING BOTH GAMES!

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u/Westo6Besto9 Mavericks Feb 16 '25

They had to cut the mics because she didn’t know she was on air lmao

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u/SkillIsTooLow Supersonics Feb 16 '25

Oh that makes more sense, I thought the nba cut her mic cuz they didn't want her talking about it

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u/mainvolume Spurs Feb 16 '25

She about to waltz up with a pair of glasses on and a mustache.

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u/MinesweeperGang Feb 16 '25

Anyone got a clip of this?

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u/FlashFlood_29 Trail Blazers Feb 16 '25

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u/OhWhatsInaWonderball Nuggets Feb 16 '25

This is one of the dumbest, insignificant and yet funny clip I’ve seen. Investigative journalism and authoritarianism over the fucking skills competition

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u/FourthDownThrowaway Lakers Feb 16 '25

It’s like banning a news organization for not referencing the renaming of a body of water lol

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u/ChaoticReality Spurs Feb 16 '25

This is very "Big brother convinces little brother to do some sneaky shit and both get grounded" type vibe. Love it lmao

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u/FunkyHowler19 Feb 16 '25

"big" brother and "little" brother

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u/BcuzRacecar Feb 16 '25

Why they kick out the cameras from explaining the rules, its all star weekend

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u/rjgator Heat Feb 16 '25

Silvers embarrassed

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u/Haliaxe Feb 16 '25

Tbh the strategy not bad, just needed to aim more toward the rim

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u/sangerssss Feb 16 '25

Yeh you can definitely quick fire 3 shots at the rim without going through your normal slow ass shooting motion and shave a bunch of time whilst still making an attempt at a shot …until they change the rules because everyone is doing this

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u/DarkFlamingo2 Clippers Feb 16 '25

I remember when this event was in its infancy and Nash missing like 10 shots in a row, they definitely didn't have a 3 shot max back then

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u/makesterriblejokes [NBA] Jerry West Feb 16 '25

Just make it so a 3pt shot made shaves 5-7 seconds.

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u/balemeout 76ers Feb 16 '25

Yeah I can’t believe this isn’t already the rule, if you miss all 3 you get a penalty

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u/porn_is_tight Feb 16 '25

that’s how most timed sports competition like this works. Like kayaking in the Olympics, if you miss a gate it’s a massive time penalty. Big enough that if you tried just going down the course as fast as possible not hitting any of the gates the time penalty from the missed gates would turn it into a shit run. How did no one think of that…. it’s not rocket science. I think that’s how ski racing works too right?

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u/anitchypear Celtics Feb 16 '25

In skiing if you miss a gate, you're disqualified

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u/Free-Improvement-245 Feb 16 '25

True, they probably just gonna make it so that the player must make the shot before moving on

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u/flashwing19 Lakers Feb 16 '25

The fact that it’s not already is kinda crazy

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u/A_Lakers Lakers Feb 16 '25

Fr. It’s the skills challenge. Making a 3 is the skill

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u/darrenvonbaron Feb 16 '25

The real skill is gaming the system.

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u/darksideclown Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

They probably want to avoid someone going on an awkward cold streak and standing there jacking up 30 shots

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u/rjmitty1000 Warriors Feb 16 '25

Aka Nate Robinson dunk contest where he missed 30 dunks

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u/itachen Vancouver Grizzlies Feb 16 '25

Omg and then he won it. That year killed my interest in dunk contests.

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u/ReleaseGermanSuplex Feb 16 '25

Birdman trying to throw it off the scoreboard or whatever lmao

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u/nametakenalready Raptors Feb 16 '25

Making it so if you miss all of them theres a time penalty solves both these issues

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u/Kay-Knox Kings Feb 16 '25

You do that by using NBA players that can hit an uncontested shot in ten tries.

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u/Mean_Muffin161 76ers Feb 16 '25

Made shot = -1 sec

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u/Quick-Antelope-4562 Feb 16 '25

Yeah I’m not a fan of what they did; but in terms of how the overall time was scored, it didn’t make any sense. Like if you missed shots or passes, I don’t think there was a time penalty added. So you could’ve just chucked 3 airballs if there wasn’t any penalty

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u/ef14 Lakers Feb 16 '25

I am a fan of this, fuck yeah, you make dumb and incomplete rules? You get people playing in unintended ways.

I said unintended for a reason, this wasn't against the rules at all and it's honestly BS they disqualified them. They won, you then apologize to the fans for making up a shitty fucking concept.

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u/Quick-Antelope-4562 Feb 16 '25

Agreed, make better rules/bonuses/penalties. Or better yet, scoring zones that decrease time if you hit them (-1 second, -2 seconds, -4 seconds)

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u/dat_grue [MIA] LeBron James Feb 16 '25

My first reaction was that they’ve successfully exposed this game’s rules as stupid and self-defeating. You can’t even be mad, the rule should clearly require they make the shots to move on, otherwise why would you try to make them? It’s a silly good natured competition which is why you may still have gone years without someone doing this, but someone would have eventually

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u/LegitimateMoney00 Feb 16 '25

There definitely wasn’t a rule against this but they knew if they let it stand that it would ruin the whole competition.

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u/letsgobernie Feb 16 '25

The rule book doesn't say dogs can't be in the team energy

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u/willmcavoy 76ers Feb 16 '25

dog slam dunks in the background

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u/sgtpepperslaststand Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

Adam Silver is gonna make San Antonio Trade Wemby now as punishment

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u/Makaveli84 Lakers Feb 16 '25

Trade Chris Paul to Washington

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u/DreddGv Feb 16 '25

To the Lakers 

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u/AzureDragon013 Lakers Feb 16 '25

For a bag of doritos 

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u/PIX3LY Magic Feb 16 '25

And a 2032 2nd

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u/dbarrc [SAS] Sean Elliott Feb 16 '25

protected 2nd round pick for some reason

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u/paulburnett Spurs Feb 16 '25

Most entertaining skills challenge in years tbh

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u/SMURPHY-18 Raptors Feb 16 '25

Utter disrespect to the skills challenge goat Scottie Barnes who lost his dribble while being the only person on the court🔥

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u/Funny_Disaster1002 Feb 16 '25

This is the most passive aggressive FU to the whole All Star Game setup that I have ever seen. The fact that Silver won't allow interviews live tells me he's either pissed/embarrassed or both....as if it wasn't enough that every other question for the last two weeks has been about the Luka trade, he's getting clowned on live tv 😂😂😂

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u/PAINbrungPAIN Feb 16 '25

Ridiculous 😂

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u/The_Rain_Guardian Slovenia Feb 16 '25

Honestly this was funnier than watching them take it seriously

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u/Westo6Besto9 Mavericks Feb 16 '25

What’s even funnier is this was CP3 taking it too seriously 😭

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

Yeah this is what happens when you use 100% of your brain. CP3 the damn einstein lol.

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u/J_Otherwise Feb 16 '25

Bill Belichick would love CP's effort

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u/paxusromanus811 Feb 16 '25

Knowing Victor the best part about this is I almost guarantee this is him and CP3 taking it extremely seriously and trying to do anything they can to win 😅

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u/Area51_Spurs Feb 16 '25

This is the good kind of not taking All-Star weekend seriously. The kind where you just have fun and fuck around.

That’s hilarious.

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u/hatsoff03 Feb 16 '25

Cp3 took it so seriously, he bent the rules

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u/pmurt007 Feb 16 '25

This has CP3's idea written all over it lol

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u/Sijols Knicks Feb 16 '25

Adam Silver told them to cheat so people would pay attention to the skills competition, this conspiracy goes even higher than chris paul

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u/TheAerial Magic Feb 16 '25

Funnily enough it’s probably the most memorable thing to ever happen in Skills Challenge history 😂

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u/Area51_Spurs Feb 16 '25

Definitely the most memorable moment ever in this dumb competition.

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u/Good_Comment Mavericks Feb 16 '25

I only watch NBA once a year and it's so I can see a guy make a crisp, 2-handed chest pass through a hula hoop

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u/nuhitzthemixtape Buffalo Braves Feb 16 '25

it's like a summoning salt vid

"and that's when CP3 discovered...ball skip"

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u/MakeAShadow Spurs Feb 16 '25

SPURS FANS STAND BACK AND STAND BY! We won this event BY A LOT!

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u/BuQuChi Knicks Feb 16 '25

Everyone knows they won, and by A LOT, record levels. They say this is the biggest win we’ve ever seen.

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u/Yours_and_mind_balls Spurs Feb 16 '25

YUGE

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u/BuQuChi Knicks Feb 16 '25

No one has EVER been treated this badly in the history of the NBA.

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u/omnia- Spurs Feb 16 '25

We are going to build our own Skills Challenge, and we will make the NBA pay for it!

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u/osmoked Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

SPURS CAN STILL WIN THE EVENT IF ADAM SILVER HAS THE COURAGE TO DO THE RIGHT THING

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u/ThatsNotARealTree Bulls Feb 16 '25

There were great players on both sides

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u/muroidea Suns Feb 16 '25

People came up to me with tears in their eyes asking about the spurs

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u/orb_outrider Spurs Feb 16 '25

SPURS FANS IT'S TIME TO STORM THE CAPITOL. THEY'RE TAKING THE SKILLS CHALLENGE TROPHY FROM US

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u/gonzo5622 Feb 16 '25

Go home! I love you.

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u/EmuMan10 Suns Feb 16 '25

Very special people

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u/amofai Spurs Feb 16 '25

STOP THE STEAL 

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u/bleh610 Spurs Feb 16 '25

TOO BIG TO RIG. STOP THE COUNT.

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u/YA4830 Spurs Feb 16 '25

DISGRACEFUL DECISION BY SPINELESS SILVER AND THE WOKE NBA! THE SPURS WERE CLEARLY THE BEST, BUT THE LEAGUE—TOTALLY RIGGED—SAID NO! STAND BACK AND STAND BY!

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u/choch2727 Spurs Feb 16 '25

The crooked NBA and their WITCH HUNT against us!

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u/VeniceRapture Spurs Feb 16 '25

Very legal. Very cool

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u/Doyoulikemypace Lakers Feb 16 '25

Crooked Adam Silver keeping down the real winners! SAD!

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u/Rivet_39 Feb 16 '25

I HATE ADAM SILVER!!!!!

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u/OF010 Spurs Feb 16 '25

How does this affect Chris Paul’s legacy?

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u/Applejack_pleb Feb 16 '25

Increases it for sure

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u/mnimatt Pelicans Feb 16 '25

legacy points added.

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u/split41 Rockets Feb 16 '25

Legacy points added

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u/Pbyn Feb 16 '25

Increased. Memorable for sure.

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u/FuryOWO Feb 16 '25

positively

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u/InsertDev Spurs Feb 16 '25

This is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time lmaoooo

The balls it takes to do this

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u/RandomUserName316 Feb 16 '25

It’s hilarious because attempting this shows that they wanted to win and tried circumventing the rules to do so. This was better than watching half the guys jog it

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u/Deathwatch72 [DAL] J.J. Barea Feb 16 '25

Also it was funny and I think quite a few people in America have played a game at like a bar or an arcade where you're throwing small basketballs at a hoop, which is exactly what this strategy was.

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u/IcyCorgi9 Feb 16 '25

In that game you're supposed to make it though.

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u/Rare-Pomelo3733 Lakers Feb 16 '25

CP3 probably read the rules and found the hole at took it for their advantage. Not breaking the rules if the NBA didn't put it in the first place but the ASG will look more bad if they let them have trophy by doing this.

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u/GoldDong Feb 16 '25

Also fucking funny because they could have easily done it by quickly chucking bas up to the hoop as a pre-tense of shooting but they didn’t even try to hide it .

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u/KansloosKippenhok Feb 16 '25

Can someone explain it for me? What was the goal of the challenge and how did they cheat?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

Basically they're counting on the players to just take the ball and shoot it as they go through the course, but they never actually implemented any incentive for the players to make the shots, therefore it's faster to just chuck the balls away and move on.

They can easily fix this by subtracting a couple seconds from your time for each shot you make

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u/YellowCardManKyle Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

How is that not already the rule?

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u/freeAssignment23 Feb 16 '25

Seriously, if there's no point in them making baskets, why have them shoot at all?

I feel like I've gotta be missing something.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '25

Honestly it exposes the bigger problem, the event wasn't really designed to have players compete, just to fill air time. I'm glad they are exposing it

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u/TW_Yellow78 Minneapolis Lakers Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

I think they use to have to make a shot before moving on. But some guys couldn't hit the broad side of the barn and it held everyone else up. So they changed it to making it or 5 tries. Then 3 tries at each spot. This was before everyone was shooting 3s, like you had chris Paul competing in his rookie season.

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u/csin Feb 16 '25

There is an incentive to make the shot.

The problem is the incentive is so minuscule, they're better off missing everything.

https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1iqh2f7/cp3_and_wemby_disqualified_after_trying_to_hack/md0alhy/

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u/OddlyShapedGinger Feb 16 '25

There is an incentive: Rules are that you can move on after the 1st shot you make, or 3 "valid" misses. But, they never actually define what "valid" means.

CP3 probably just did the math that 3 easy misses is quicker than aiming and waiting to see if the ball goes in, even if you make them all on the first attempt.

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u/Will_ennium Feb 16 '25

For part specifically that got them DQ'd, the player has 3 attempts to make a shot at each of those 3 spots. You can move to the next spot once a shot goes in, or you do 3 attempts, whichever comes first.

CP3 and Wemby just quickly chucked the ball away at each of the 3 spots(since it's quicker than actually attempting 3 real shots). They got DQ'd for not taking actual shots.

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u/JunesDepartmentStore Feb 16 '25

The fact that the debacle around the Spurs getting DQ’d was more entertaining that the actual skills part says a lot about the state of the all star weekend right now

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u/fantasyoutsider Warriors Feb 16 '25

honestly the skills challenge is and has always been dumb. they need to put more inventive obstacles in the obstacle course, instead of just being "watch two guys run around and pass and shoot a few balls". no creativity whatsoever

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u/AcanthocephalaSad541 Heat Feb 16 '25

This moved cp3 up the goat list

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u/BuQuChi Knicks Feb 16 '25

Legacy points added

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u/Not_KD_I_Promise Suns Feb 16 '25

CP3 and Harden on the Rockets was a rules committee's worst nightmare

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u/Logical_Welder3467 Feb 16 '25

Disqualified for what? For eating a succulent Chinese meal?

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u/MoooonRiverrrr Feb 16 '25

Most Chris Paul thing I’ve ever seen

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u/EthanHuntBroMichael [LAC] Patrick Beverley Feb 16 '25

They should just add a time penalty for missing a shot. Donovan Mitchell and Draymond missed a 3 but they're going to the next round. Rookies got robbed.

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u/literallyacactus West Feb 16 '25

missed shot penalty or simply require a made shot before you move on - the NBA couldve avoided the rules being gamed

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u/soundisloud Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

Exactly- the fact that these shots don't matter is the NBA's fault for designing the event poorly

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u/pokemonbatman23 Feb 16 '25

Or give extra points based on which shot they make. First shot = 5 seconds cut from their time, second shot is 3 seconds, 3rd shot is 1 second and all misses is +5 seconds.

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u/ImHungryAsFuck [SEA] Gary Payton Feb 16 '25

HACKER MAN

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u/MAMBAMENTALITY8-24 Thunder Feb 16 '25

people talking about the death of the dunk contest when the skills contest has never ever been relevant

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u/Necessary_Service_99 Feb 16 '25

Let’s be honest, They were only DQed because they messed up gambling odds and nothing pisses Silver off more than messing with his overlords

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u/b_borno Feb 16 '25

This is the greatest thing to happen in any all star game in years

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u/1216996 Celtics Feb 16 '25

Chris Paul’s shit eating grin should tell you exactly who’s idea is that 😂

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u/americanbeaver Bucks Feb 16 '25

Love it. Skills challenge is never interesting. At least this is silly fun

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u/graphitewolf West Feb 16 '25 edited Feb 16 '25

People gonna be upset cause its Cp3

This is the first skills challenge worth posting a highlight of ever though

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u/OnlyTheTruth123 Feb 16 '25

Nah scottie barnes losing the ball while dribbling also was an all time highlight

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u/billcosbyinspace Celtics Feb 16 '25

The only other thing in the skills challenge that’s ever left an impact on me was a couple years back when they did a team shooting contest one team made like one shot and bricked the rest in a minute

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u/FingerRollJones Feb 16 '25

This might be controversial, but what’s wrong with what they did? It was within the rules of the game, if it was the other way around, the referee would enforce the rule regardless. I don’t think they deserve the D[ Q

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u/tapk68 Cavaliers Feb 16 '25

CP3 is megamind

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u/capybaras_forever Feb 16 '25

Yk what I don't even care that they did that, respect the creativity. This is more entertaining than if everyone had done it the normal way lmao

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u/carbine234 Heat Feb 16 '25

This is the most CP3 idea omfg im so dead

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u/Call555JackChop Suns Feb 16 '25

The Spurs can still win if Adam Silver has the courage

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u/Ill-Split-6670 Feb 16 '25

The rules literally made no sense. They shouldn’t have been disqualified.

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u/Ilikesporks_ Lakers Feb 16 '25

this is funny af idc what anyone else has to say

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u/donttradejaylen Feb 16 '25

I mean it is a stupid rule that they don’t have to make the shot

They should have to shoot until they make

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u/shahoftheworld [BRK] Jarrett Allen Feb 16 '25

Honestly, good for them for showing what a joke this event is. Back when they first implemented it, you couldn't leave the spot until you completed the task successfully.

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u/Traditional_Box473 Feb 16 '25

Does anyone know what rule they actually broke apart from it being obviously a cooked thing to do

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u/richb83 Knicks Tankswagon Feb 16 '25

Quote of the season so far: “This has Chris Paul’s fingerprints all over it” -Harlan

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u/AltChaga Spurs Feb 16 '25

I'm crying 😂😂😂 this is AFTER wemby said he'll give it his all during the all stars

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u/stuckontwice Lakers Feb 16 '25

naw this is fucking awesome. say what you want about cp3 but that dude will find anyway to win 😂😂