2008 NBA All Star Game

Rookie Challenge Game

MVP - Daniel "Boobie" Gibson

Framed Plaque

LIMITED EDITION #1/99

This is a beautiful limited edition quality framed plaque commemorating Daniel "Boobie" Gibson of the Cleveland Cavaliers winning the NBA 

MVP award during the Rookie Challenge game occuring during the 2008 All Star Weekend in New Orleans, LA. 

Limited Edition #1 out of 99 produced/distributed by The Highland Mint and sold exclusively through the Cleveland Cavaliers retail store.

Features an 8" x 10" game photo, piece of the 2008 All Star game-used net, limited edition 24K overlay gold medallion.

Beautiful high-quality cherry wood and glass frame.

Hanging hardware is perfectly intact and ready to use.

Frame Dimensions: Height 16" / Width 13" 

Practice Notebooks

Rookies (McMenamin)

Sophomores (Schuhmann)

ROOKIE ROSTER

PLAYER

TEAM

POS.

HT.

WT.

FROM

Mike Conley

Memphis

G

6-1

180

Ohio State

Kevin Durant

Seattle

G

6-9

215

Texas

Al Horford

Atlanta

C

6-9

246

Florida

Jamario Moon

Toronto

F

6-8

205

Meridian CC

Juan Carlos Navarro

Memphis

G

6-3

170

Spain

Luis Scola

Houston

F

6-9

245

Argentina

Sean Williams

New Jersey

F

6-10

235

Boston College

Yi Jianlian

Milwaukee

F

6-11

245

China

Jeff Green

Seattle

F

6-8

228

Georgetown

SOPHOMORE ROSTER

PLAYER

TEAM

POS.

HT.

WT.

FROM

LaMarcus Aldridge

Portland

F

6-11

245

Texas

Andrea Bargnani

Toronto

C

7-0

250

Italy

Ronnie Brewer

Utah

G

6-7

223

Arkansas

Jordan Farmar

L.A. Lakers

G

6-2

180

UCLA

Daniel Gibson

Cleveland

G

6-2

194

Texas

Rudy Gay

Memphis

F

6-9

220

Connecticut

Paul Millsap

Utah

F

6-8

258

LouisianaTech

Rajon Rondo

Boston

G

6-1

171

Kentucky

Brandon Roy

Portland

G

6-6

229

Washington

Sophomore Streak at Six and Counting

It is said that trouble comes in threes. Sophomore sharpshooter Daniel Gibson showed the Rookies just what that means.

Gibson, the combo guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers, drained a record 11 3-pointers in 20 attempts and scored 33 points as the Sophomores again defeated the Rookies, 136-109, for their sixth straight victory in the 2008 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam at New Orleans Arena on Friday night.

Gibson shattered Kyle Korver's Rookie Challenge record of seven 3-pointers set in 2005. He fell three points shy of Amare Stoudemire's 2004 mark for points in the annual showcase and took home MVP honors, joiningZydrunas Ilgauskas (1998) - not LeBron James - as the only Cavaliers to win the award.

Memphis forward Rudy Gay scored 22 points on 9-of-12 shooting for the Sophomores, who had five players with at least 17 points. They shot 57 percent from the field, including 17-of-32 from the arc. The extra year of experience again was a factor.

"I think it makes a big difference," said reigning Rookie of the Year Brandon Roy of Portland, who tuned up for Sunday's All-Star Game with 17 points and seven assists.

The Rookies hung around for most of the first half but a late spurt by the Sophomores sparked by Gibson opened a 66-52 halftime lead.

Seattle's Kevin Durant and Atlanta's Al Horford, the top two candidates for 2008 Rookie of the Year, led the Rookies, who made just four 3-pointers. Durant scored 23 points and Horford added 19.

The T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam was televised live nationally on TNT and broadcast live on ESPN Radio.

Gibson Gone Wild

by John Schuhmann

Posted Feb 16 2008 12:23AM

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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16, 2008 -- Boobie likes the long ball.

Boobie especially likes the long ball from the left wing.

And Boobie might just have an allergy to paint.

Daniel "Boobie" Gibson took 20 shots in tonight's T-Mobile Rookie Challenge & Youth Jam, all of them from beyond the three point line. He connected on 11 of the bombs for a game-high 33 points, leading the Sophomore squad to their sixth straight Challenge win, a 136-109 victory at New Orleans Arena.

The Rookies kept the game surprisingly competitive in the first half, and it was tied at 24 with 10:46 remaining in the first half when Gibson checked in. He immediately hit a three off an assist from Jordan Farmar. The Rookies answered and led by three a few minutes later when Gibson hit four straight bombs (with a Paul Millsap miss mixed in) to help the Sophomores take back control.

"He made three in a row early and I was like, 'Wow, this dude's on fire,'" Sophomore teammate Brandon Roy said after the game. "And I did a dribble handoff with him and he made his fourth. I was like, 'We're pretty much gonna win this game.'"

For the half, Gibson hit 7-of-11 from downtown, and the "veterans" finished the half on a 19-8 run and take a 14-point lead into the break.

Gibson benefited from the drive-and-kick skills of Farmar (who assisted on four of Gibson's first-half threes) and Roy, as well as the sometimes-slow-to-get-out Rookie D.

"He told us he wanted to get ready for tomorrow night," Farmar revealed after the game, "so as the point guard, it was my job to find him, and he was just knocking them down."

Tomorrow night is the Foot Locker Three-Point Shootout, where Gibson will compete against defending champ Jason Kapono and four other guys who are or were All-Stars.

You shoot 25 threes in each round of the Shootout, so putting up 20 would certainly qualify as a good warmup, except that almost all of them came from the left wing. Five of Gibson's seven first-half bombs came from right in front of his Cavaliers teammate, All-Star LeBron James, who reacted to each one by walking down the court to gloat in front of buddy Chris Paul like a proud older (by just 14 months) brother.

The second half was more of the same. The Rookies were hanging around within shouting distance (14 points) when Gibson reentered the game with 10:23 on the clock. He missed his first attempt from downtown, but on the next possession, he fed Rudy Gay with a beautiful alley-oop feed on the break. He hit a three from the left wing two possessions later, and then stripped Sean Williams to ignite a break that resulted in another Gay dunk.

More Boobie threes ensued and the rout was on.

When Gibson hit his 11th three of the night, LeBron, as if he was responsible for the barrage, stood up, started walking toward the exit and said "I'm gonna go home."

After all, the Rookies were done and so was any discussion about who should be the MVP. The award belonged to Daniel Gibson, no questions asked.

"He was the difference in this game," Roy said. "He was the reason why we separated and we were able to get a cushion to win the game."

"Last time I remember shooting like this was probably Game 6 [of the Eastern Conference Finals] in that fourth quarter," Gibson told the media.

He scored 31 points in that game, hitting 5-of-5 from downtown. The difference was that he got to the line 15 times against the Pistons. Tonight, he didn't take a shot inside the arc and he didn't get to the line once.

But hey, people have learned to live with all kinds of allergies. So there's no reason someone allergic to paint can't win the Rookie Challenge MVP.

"It was unbelievable," he said. "It was special. I never imagined, never dreamed that I would come out and shoot the ball as well as I did in an environment and atmosphere like that. So right now, I don't really know what to say. I'm just excited and I'm happy I got the opportunity."

Rising Stars Challenge

The Rising Stars Challenge is an exhibition basketball game held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) on the Friday before the annual All-Star Game as part of the All-Star Weekend. The players are first- and second-year players selected by the NBA's assistant coaches. Two people designated as "general managers" draft players for the two opposing teams.

Carmelo Anthony receiving an alley-oop during the 2004 Rookie Challenge game.

The Rookie Challenge, established in 1994, was originally competed by two randomly selected teams composed entirely of first-year players. This format was continued until 1996, when it was changed to pit rookie teams of both the Eastern and the Western Conference against each other. In 1999, the game was cancelled as a result of the NBA lockout. Since the 1998 rookie class did not compete that year, the game was revamped and featured a team of standout first-year players ('Rookies') against a team of standout second-year players ('Sophomores'). For 2012 and 2013, the format was changed to having two teams drafted by former NBA superstars Charles Barkley (Team Chuck) and Shaquille O'Neal (Team Shaq). In 2014, the two teams were drafted by Chris Webber (Team Webber) and Grant Hill (Team Hill). The format of the game and name was changed to the Rising Stars Challenge in 2012. The game format changed in 2015 to USA vs World, where each team should choose at least three Rookies and three Sophomores, and the squad of each team should have four back courts, four front courts and two swingmans.

Unlike regular NBA games, the game was divided into two twenty-minute halves, similar to college basketball. The participating players were chosen by voting among the league's assistant coaches. In the game, players wear their respective regular team uniforms, except for 2009, in which players wore fan-designed jerseys. The head coaches of the two teams are the lead assistant coaches of the NBA All-Star Game coach. Starting in 2009, two active NBA players were added to the game coaching staffs.

The game is currently sponsored by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA). Before 2012, the event was known as the Rookie Challenge, officially named the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge and Youth Jam.

2008 game[edit]

Further information: 2008 NBA All-Star Game

Rookies

Pos. Player Team

PG Mike Conley Memphis Grizzlies

SF Kevin Durant Seattle SuperSonics

SG Jeff Green Seattle SuperSonics

C Al Horford Atlanta Hawks

PF Yi Jianlian Milwaukee Bucks

SF Jamario Moon Toronto Raptors

SG Juan Carlos Navarro Memphis Grizzlies

PF Luis Scola Houston Rockets

C Sean Williams New Jersey Nets

Head Coach: Darrell Walker

Assistant Coach: Bob Pettit

Sophomores

Pos. Player Team

PF LaMarcus Aldridge Portland Trail Blazers

PF Andrea Bargnani Toronto Raptors

SG Ronnie Brewer Utah Jazz

PG Jordan Farmar Los Angeles Lakers

SF Rudy Gay Memphis Grizzlies

PG Daniel Gibson Cleveland Cavaliers

PF Paul Millsap Utah Jazz

PG Rajon Rondo Boston Celtics

SG Brandon Roy Portland Trail Blazers

Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau

Assistant Coach: Willis Reed

February 15

Rookies 109, Sophomores 136

Scoring by half: 52-66, 57-70

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