The NBA All-Star weekend begins on Friday and concludes on Sunday. During this stretch, we’ll have the Celebrity All-Star Game, the East vs. West All-Star Game, the skills challenge, the 3-point contest, the dunk contest, and more.
For those looking for how to bet on basketball, one of the best places to wager on the NBA All-Star events is Underdog Fantasy, specifically its pick’em challenges. Underdog Fantasy isn’t a legal online sportsbook, but it operates as a daily fantasy/fantasy sports website. You can also find info on legal online NBA betting sites.
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Props & odds for NBA All-Star weekend
At Underdog Fantasy, pick’em props are available for the 3-point contest and All-Star Game. Below, we’ll look at some of the more notable players you can select “higher” or “lower” on.
NBA 3-point contest
Dubbed the “Starry 3-Point Contest,” this event has eight participants. Of the players competing, Malik Beasley of the Milwaukee Bucks tops the list in 3-point shooting percentage at 44.4%, seventh-best in the NBA. There are five racks of balls: four balls are worth one point, the “money ball” is worth two, and the “starry shot” is worth three.
Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns has a 43.7% 3-point percentage. Beasley has shot 351 threes this season, and Towns has 277.
- Malik Beasley: Round 1 score 20.5 — higher or lower
- Karl-Anthony Towns: Round 1 score 19.5 — higher or lower
- Malik Beasley: Round 1 threes made 19.5 — higher or lower
NBA All-Star Game
The NBA All-Star Game is back to the old “East vs. West” format, with each player on the winning team getting $100,000.
Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton will suit up in front of his home crowd with the event in Indianapolis, and LeBron James will make his 20th All-Star appearance. He’ll go up against a star on his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, in Donovan Mitchell on the East side.
- Tyrese Haliburton: 17.5 points — higher or lower
- LeBron James: 19.5 points — higher or lower
- Donovan Mitchell: 17.5 points — higher or lower
