All-Star Saturday has been a fixture in the NBA since the Slam Dunk Contest was introduced in 1984 and the Brooklyn Nets have contributed some winners.
As a franchise, the Brooklyn Nets haven’t had a great deal of success on All-Star Saturday, an event that began in 1984 with only the Slam Dunk Contest, but has evolved into a All-Star Game Eve celebration of dunks, precision shooting and all-around basketball skills.
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The Nets have produced two All-Star Saturday winners in their history, with Jason Kidd winning the Skills Challenge in 2003 and Spencer Dinwiddie taking down the win in the 2018 Skills Challenge.
Brooklyn will have one competitor on Saturday night in Charlotte, as Joe Harris — who entered the break as the second-best 3-point shooter in the NBA at 47.1 percent — will shoot it out in the Three-Point Contest.
The Slam Dunk Contest was the lone event on All-Star Saturday its first two years, 1984 and 1985, before the Three-Point Contest was added in 1986 and the Skills Challenge was launched in 2003.
The NBA added H-O-R-S-E to the docket in both 2009 and 2010, but after Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder swept the field both years, it was abandoned. The Nets did not have a competitor in either year of the playground shooting game.
Here is a look at how the Nets have fared in their history on All-Star Saturday … now known as All-Star Saturday Night because, well, they started holding it after dark.