NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge
The Taco Bell Skills Challenge is a National Basketball Association (NBA) contest held on the Saturday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. First held in 2003, it is a competition to test passing, ball-handling and shooting ability. In the current version of the contest, a participant first shoots a layup. After dribbling between three obstacles, the player must throw a pass into a first net that does not touch the ground. Then, the player shoots a jump shot from 20 feet from the basket. Next, the player must dribble between two more obstacles before passing off to his teammate who repeats the process. When all of these tasks are completed successfully, the timer is stopped. The team with the fastest time from the East faces the team with the fastest time from the West in the final round.
The current champion is Patrick Beverley of the Houston Rockets.
Winners
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Denotes players who are still active |
| Player(s) (#) | Denotes the number of times the player has won |
| Team(s) (#) | Denotes the number of times a player from this team has won |
| Season | Player(s) | Team(s) | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 |  Jason Kidd |
New Jersey Nets | 35.1 seconds |
| 2003–04 | Baron Davis |
New Orleans Hornets | 31.6 seconds |
| 2004–05 |  Steve Nash |
Phoenix Suns | 25.8 seconds |
| 2005–06 | Dwyane Wade |
Miami Heat | 26.1 seconds |
| 2006–07 | Dwyane Wade (2) |
Miami Heat (2) | 26.4 seconds |
| 2007–08 | Deron Williams |
Utah Jazz | 25.5 seconds[a] |
| 2008–09 | Derrick Rose |
Chicago Bulls | 35.3 seconds |
| 2009–10 | Steve Nash (2) |
Phoenix Suns (2) | 29.9 seconds |
| 2010–11 | Stephen Curry |
Golden State Warriors | 28.2 seconds |
| 2011–12 |  Tony Parker |
San Antonio Spurs | 32.8 seconds |
| 2012–13 | Damian Lillard |
Portland Trail Blazers | 29.8 seconds |
| 2013–14 | Damian Lillard (2) Trey Burke |
Portland Trail Blazers (2) Utah Jazz (2) |
45.2 seconds |
| 2014–15 | Patrick Beverley |
Houston Rockets |
All-time participants
| Player (in bold text) |
Indicates the winner of the contest |
| Player (#) | Denotes the number of times the player has been in the contest |
- a The time is the all-time event record.[1]
- b Jameer Nelson was injured and was replaced by Mo Williams.
- c Derrick Rose was injured and was replaced by Russell Westbrook.
- d Stephen Curry was injured and was replaced by Rajon Rondo.
- e For the 2013–14 season, the NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge was revamped to have 4 teams of two players compete to a two-round time relay-style course.
- f John Wall was replaced by Patrick Beverley due to resting purposes.
- g Michael Carter-Williams was replaced with his teammate Robert Covington due to injuries. Covington would be replaced by Elfrid Payton due to resting purposes.
- h Jimmy Butler was replaced by Dennis Schröder due to a shoulder injury.
- i For the 2014–15 season, the NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge was revamped to a best of 8 tournament where after 8 players competed in the first round, only 4 would go to the semi-final round and 2 would participate in the championship round.
2014-15
A tournament format was adopted for this year.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Isaiah Thomas (Phoenix) | X | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Patrick Beverley (Houston) | O | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Beverley (Houston) | O | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Teague (Atlanta) | X | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Jeff Teague (Atlanta) | O | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Elfrid Payton (Orlando) | X | ||||||||||||
| Patrick Beverley (Houston) | O | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Knight (Milwaukee) | X | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Trey Burke (Utah) | X | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Brandon Knight (Milwaukee) | O | ||||||||||||
| Brandon Knight Milwaukee) | O | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Lowry (Toronto) | X | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Kyle Lowry (Toronto) | O | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Dennis Schröder (Atlanta) | X | ||||||||||||
