When Quentin Grimes wrecked the competition in Friday night’s Rising Stars competition, it looked like the Knicks might have a lot of success during All-Star weekend. Sadly, this was not the case. To be honest, Saturday and Sunday night were a couple of duds.
Let’s start with the three-point contest. Julius Randle was a last-minute replacement, which earned the ire of many three-point efficiency simps on Twitter. Julius didn’t exactly prove the haters wrong, though, scoring only 13 in a first-round elimination. He didn’t finish in last place, however — Kevin Huerter only had eight points.