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All-Star weekend will have a Pistons theme
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All-Star Festivities tip-off on Friday, Feb. 13.
Allen Iverson may be the only Piston that was named to the All-Star team, but he will be joined for the weekend festivities by a couple familiar faces.
Chauncey Billups will be matching up against AI when he takes the court to represent the Denver Nuggets as All-Star reserve.
The other familiar face will be Rodney Stuckey, playing on Friday, Feb. 13 as part of the Rookie Challenge. Pistons fans should circle that date on their calendar, as the Rookie/Sophomore Game is typically a high-scoring affair.
Stuckey will most likely see the majority of time at the one, as he and the Rockets Aaron Brooks are the only two point guards on the roster.
Plus, it will be fun to see Dwight Howard (Sophomores) and Dwayne Wade (Rookies) coaching the young guys.
Of course, Friday night is nothing more than an appetizer for Pistons fans. The main course will come when Iverson and Billups face off for the second time this season in the real All-Star game.
Iverson earned a spot on the roster by winning the fan vote and will be starting alongside Wade in the Eastern Conference's backcourt. Billups was voted to the team by Western Conference coaches on Thursday.
Like the Rookie Challenge, the All-Star game is lacking in defense, and the final scores are astronomical. And that means it's a format that Iverson usually thrives in.
Iverson, who is making his 10th appearance, has earned All-Star Game MVP honors twice in his career. Billups is making his fourth straight trip to the game, his first for the Western Conference.
It might just mark the one and only night this season Pistons fans can stake their claim at getting the best of the big Billups-for-Iverson swap that went down in November.
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