San Antonio wins Shooting Stars

Perennial All-Star Tim Duncan, four-time WNBA All-Star and Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon and two-time NBA champion David Robinson won the NBA's Shooting Stars Competition as All-Star Saturday Night tipped off at the New Orleans Arena.

San Antonio made the required shots in 39.6 seconds to defeat Chicago, which featured Bulls guard Chris Duhon, two-time WNBA All-Star and Sky forward Candice Dupree and three-time NBA champion B.J. Armstrong.

Robinson - who was again playing alongside former teammate Duncan - hit the half-court shot that secured the victory for San Antonio, which also won the Shooting Stars event in 2006.

The defending champions - a Detroit team featuring Chauncey Billups, Swin Cash and Bill Laimbeer - were eliminated in the first round.

The shooting game featured three-person teams composed of an NBA player, a WNBA player and a famed former NBA player from one city. The teams competed to make shots from six spots around the court in the shortest amount of time.

Rebecca Lynn Hammon (born March 11, 1977), better known as Becky Hammon is a WNBA player who plays for the San Antonio Silver Stars.

Professional career

Undrafted during her rookie season, Hammon was signed to the WNBA on May 12, 1999 and joined the New York Liberty. She had a surprisingly solid rookie season statistically, backing up starting point guard Teresa Weatherspoon. Her aggressive play at both ends of the court quickly impressed the coaching staff and made her a favorite among Liberty fans. After the 2003 season, Hammon took over for Teresa Weatherspoon as the Liberty's starting point guard and along with Vickie Johnson and Crystal Robinson, became one of the team's co-captains in 2004.

In her first season in 2003 with the Tennessee Fury of the NWBL (National Women's Basketball League), Hammon led the league in scoring, averaging 20.6 points per game. In 2004, Hammon signed with the Colorado Chill, a new team to the NWBL, but played in only 2 games because of a knee injury she sustained in the 2003 season when playing for the New York Liberty.

Primarily used to provide instant points off the bench, Hammon finally had a breakout season in 2003, providing much-needed offense for the Liberty. However, her season was cut short by a knee injury.

When aging star Teresa Weatherspoon was not re-signed by the team that year, Hammon was thrust into the starting point guard role. She would help guide the Liberty to a playoff berth in 2004 amongst very close competition in the Eastern Conference.

On August 5, 2004 Hammon represented the WNBA All-Stars in the WNBA vs. USA basketball game that pitted the 2004 USA Women's Basketball team against WNBA players at Radio City Music Hall. On August 16, 2005, Hammon scored her 2000th WNBA career point. At the end of the 2005 season, she was named to the All-WNBA Second Team.

In 2005, in a rematch of the previous year's championship game, Hammon and the Chill defeated her old team and won their first NWBL title. Hammon received the game's Most Valuable Player award with 31 points, 6 assists and 3 steals.

In 2006, Hammon was named Most Valuable Player of the NWBL, leading the Chill to a second straight Pro Cup title.

In the 2006-07 WNBA offseason, Hammon finally made New York her offseason home.

In January '07 she moved to Spanish League and played for Rivas Futura.

On April 4, 2007 during the WNBA Draft, Becky Hammon was traded to the Silver Stars along with a second round draft pick in the 2008 draft for the second overall first round pick in the 2007 WNBA Draft, center Jessica Davenport.

Hammon had her best season of her career in 2007 posting career high averages of 18.8 ppg (fourth best) and 5.0 apg (first in WNBA). She is also an MVP candidate after leading the Silver Stars to a 20-14 record and the second seed in the Western Conference. While in San Antonio, Hammon earned the nickname, "Big Shot Becky" because of her ability to hit shots in clutch moments. It comes from the nickname "Big Shot Rob" given to San Antonio Spurs forward, Robert Horry.