What is Starry Range? NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest adds special long-distance shots

Benyam Kidane

What is Starry Range? NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest adds special long-distance shots image

The 3-Point Contest will bring some of the best marksmen in the NBA together to crown a champion on All-Star Saturday Night. 

Becoming the marquee event of All-Star Saturday Night in recent seasons, the 3-Point Contest has attracted some of the league's biggest stars, competing to claim the ultimate bragging rights. 

Keeping up with the recent explosion of long-range shooting, the All-Star contest will add another wrinkle with the debut of Starry Range. 

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What is Starry Range?

Replacing the "DEW Zone," which featured in the 3-Point Contest for the previous three years, the Starry Zone will provide the ultimate test of long-range shooting. 

A player may shoot a maximum of two Wilson Starry basketballs from a distance of 29 feet and nine inches, which is six feet beyond the regulation 3-point line. 

Each Starry Range basket is worth three points apiece, bringing the perfect score for each round to 40.

Buddy Hield Indiana Pacers
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Who is participating in the 2023 Starry 3-Point Contest?

This year's field includes All-Stars Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard and Lauri Markkanen.

Pacers guard Buddy Hield headlines the field in search of his second 3-Point Contest crown, having won in Chicago in 2020. Hield leads the NBA in 3-point makes this season and is shooting over 40 percent from the perimeter.

Lillard returns for his third appearance in the contest, having previously participated in 2014 and 2019.

Starry 3-Point Contest Participants
Player Team
Damian Lillard Portland Trail Blazers
Anfernee Simons Portland Trail Blazers
Buddy Hield Indiana Pacers
Tyrese Haliburton Indiana Pacers
Lauri Markkanen Utah Jazz
Kevin Huerter Sacramento Kings
Jayson Tatum Boston Celtics
Tyler Herro Miami Heat

When is the Starry 3-Point Contest?

  • What: Starry 3-Point Contest
  • When: Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 p.m. ET (second event)
  • Where: Vivint Arena
  • TV channel: TNT
  • Live stream: Sling TV

The Starry 3-Point Contest will take place on All-Star Saturday night following the Skills Challenge.

In the United States, fans can watch the 3-Point Contest on TNT. Fans in the U.S. can also stream each event from All-Star Weekend on Sling TV.

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Karl-Anthony Towns (MTN DEW 3PT champion, NBA All-Star 2022)
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All-time 3-Point Contest winners

Last season, Timberwolves big man Karl-Anthony Towns took home the 3-Point Contest crown in Cleveland, beating out Hawks guard Trae Young and then-Clippers wing Luke Kennard. 

Towns was the first big man to win the event since former Timberwolf Kevin Love in 2012.

Previous 3-Point Contest winners
Year Winner
2022 Karl-Anthony Towns (Timberwolves)
2021 Stephen Curry (Warriors)
2020 Buddy Hield (Kings)
2019 Joe Harris (Nets)
2018 Devin Booker (Suns)
2017 Eric Gordon (Rockets)
2016 Klay Thompson (Warriors)
2015 Stephen Curry (Warriors)
2014 Marco Belinelli (Spurs)
2013 Kyrie Irving (Cavaliers)
2012 Kevin Love (Timberwolves)
2011 James Jones (Suns)
2010 Paul Pierce (Celtics)
2009 Daequan Cook (Heat)
2008 Jason Kapono (Raptors)
2007 Jason Kapono (Heat)
2006 Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks)
2005 Quentin Richardson (Suns)
2004 Voshon Lenard (Nuggets)
2003 Peja Stojakovic (Kings)
2002 Peja Stojakovic (Kings)
2001 Ray Allen (Bucks)
2000 Jeff Hornacek (Jazz)
1999 NBA LOCKOUT
1998 Jeff Hornacek (Jazz)
1997 Steve Kerr (Bulls)
1996 Tim Legler (Wizards)
1995 Glen Rice (Heat)
1994 Mark Price (Cavaliers)
1993 Mark Price (Cavaliers)
1992 Craig Hodges (Bulls)
1991 Craig Hodges (Bulls)
1990 Craig Hodges (Bulls)
1989 Larry Bird (Celtics)
1987 Larry Bird (Celtics)
1986 Larry Bird (Celtics)

Benyam Kidane

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Benyam Kidane is a senior NBA editor and has been covering the league for The Sporting News since 2016. In his spare time you can find him watching Allen Iverson highlights on repeat.