NBB All-Star Weekend explained

The NBB All-Star Weekend is an annual event involving the All-Star players of each season of the Novo Basquete Brasil (New Basketball Brazil), which is the top-tier level Brazilian professional club basketball league. This event features the NBB Dunks Tournament and the NBB Three-point Tournament (both featured since the first edition of the All-Star Weekend), and the NBB Skills Challenge (featured since the 2011 edition). The NBB All-Star Weekend also features the NBB All-Star Game, as its main event.^[1]

NBB All-Star Game

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The NBB All-Star Game is an annual game involving the All-Star players of each season of the Novo Basquete Brasil (New Basketball Brazil), which is the top-tier level Brazilian professional club basketball league. The players are chosen by votes on the Internet, and are then divided into two teams. The criterion for the selection of the teams has varied during the years.

NBB Dunks Tournament

Edition	Player	Position	Nacionality	Team	Ref.
2009	Júlio Toledo	SF		Araraquara	^[2]
2010		C			^[3]
2011	Jordan Burger	SF		Paulistano	^[4]
2012	Gui Deodato	SF		Bauru	^[5]
2013	Gui Deodato (2)	SF		Bauru (2)	^[6]
2014	DeVon Hardin	C		Basquete Cearense	^[7]
2015	André Coimbra	PF/C		Franca
2016	Wesley "Mogi" Alves da Silva	SG		Paulistano
2017	Cordero Bennett	PG/SG		Pinheiros
2018	Guilherme Bento	SG		Pinheiros

NBB Three-point Tournament

Edition	Player	Position	Nacionality	Team	Ref.
2009	Fernando Fischer	SF		Bauru	^[8]
2010		PG			^[9]
2011	Fernando Fischer (2)	SF		Bauru (2)	^[10]
2012	Helinho	PG		Franca	^[11]
2013	Matheus Dalla	SF		Limeira	^[12]
2014	Marcelinho Machado	SF		Flamengo	^[13]
2015	Marcelinho Machado (2)	SF		Flamengo
2016	André Coimbra	PF/C		Franca
2017	Jefferson William	PF/C		Bauru
2018	Rafa Hettsheimeir	C		Bauru

NBB Skills Challenge

Edition	Player	Position	Nacionality	Team	Ref.
2011		PG		Franca	^[14]
2012	Fernando Penna (2)	PG		Franca (2)	^[15]
2013	Fernando Penna (3)	PG		Pinheiros	^[16]
2014	Nezinho dos Santos	PG		Brasília	^[17]
2015	Thiaguinho	C		Liga Sorocabana
2016	André Coimbra	PF/C		Franca
2017	Tyrone Curnell	PF/C		Mogi das Cruzes
2018	Murilo Becker	C		Vitória

External links

• Official website
• New Basketball Brazil at Latinbasket.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home . lnb.com.br.
2. Web site: Habilidade e precisão marcam abertura do Jogo das Estrelas. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
3. Web site: Rafael Mineiro salta dois companheiros e conquista o Torneio de Enterradas. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
4. Web site: Jordan Burger é o campeão do torneio de Enterradas. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
5. Web site: Voador . LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
6. Web site: O Batman voltou!. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
7. Web site: LNB. Portuguese.
8. Web site: Habilidade e precisão marcam abertura do Jogo das Estrelas. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
9. Web site: Com ótimas apresentações, Thiaguinho conquista Torneio de 03 pontos. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
10. Web site: Trono recuperado. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
11. Web site: Ídolo e certeiro. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
12. Web site: Equilibradíssimo. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
13. Web site: Ele é o cara. LNB. February 21, 2014. Portuguese.
14. Web site: Fernando Penna leva o Desafio de Habilidades. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
15. Web site: A flecha. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
16. Web site: Dinastia. LNB. June 22, 2013. Portuguese.
17. Web site: Outra história. LNB. February 21, 2014. Portuguese.