Damian Lillard is looking to join Larry Bird and Craig Hodges in an elite club. And Victor Wembanyama will be showing off some skills at All-Star weekend. Lillard, the Milwaukee guard, was announced Friday as one of the entrants in this year's 3-point contest to be held at All-Star Saturday Night in San Francisco on Feb.

The field is set for the 2025 NBA 3-Point Contest. Damian Lillard will try to join entry into an exclusive club and become only the third man to win the event in three consecutive years (Larry Bird and Craig Hodges).

The NBA set the field for the 3-point Contest during All-Star weekend in San Francisco on Feb. 15, with a group of eight shooters that includes All-Star Game snub Norman Powell of the Los Angeles Clippers and two-time defending champion Damian Lillard of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard has his eyes on a three-peat in the NBA's 3-point contest after the 8-man field for next week's All-Star event in San Francisco was announced by the league on Friday.

Milwaukee's Damian Lillard will try to complete a three-peat in next week's NBA All-Star Game 3-point Contest, the league announced Friday, while two French stars seek a Skills Challenge title.Lillard won the 3-point showdown in 2023 while with Portland and last year after joining the Bucks and will try to equal the record three consecutive titles set by Larry Bird in 1986-1988 and matched by Craig Hodges in 1990-92.

Sharpshooting Milwaukee Bucks All-Star point guard Damian Lillard is a late addition to this year's NBA 3-Point Shooting Contest, according to Shams Charania of ESPN. Lillard joining this illustrious group makes sense.