![\"kon-knueppel-3-point-contest-getty.png\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/kon-knueppel-3-point-contest-getty.png\")
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Getty Images<\/p>\n
The NBA 3-point Contest<\/a> is set for Saturday (5 p.m. ET on NBC\/Peacock) at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. It’s a star-studded field at All-Star Weekend and the two biggest favorites entering the event are a rookie and a surprising veteran. Kon Knueppel<\/a>, the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft<\/a>, enters with the best odds (+240 at DraftKings<\/a>) in the eight-shooter field. Damian Lillard<\/a>, who is not playing this season for the Trail Blazers<\/a> as he recovers from a torn Achilles, has the second-best odds (+400).<\/p>\n Lillard, now 35, tore his Achilles tendon<\/a> in Game 4 of the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>‘ first-round series against the Indiana Pacers<\/a>, a devastating end to a disappointing two seasons in Milwaukee. The Bucks waived him<\/a> in July, and he returned to Portland — where he spent the first 11 years of his career and made seven All-NBA teams — on a three-year, $42 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lillard won the 3-Point Contest in 2023 and 2024. He is one of eight players to win the contest multiple times, and only two players — Larry Bird and Craig Hodges — have won it three times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NBA All-Star Weekend predictions: Expert picks for 3-point Contest, ASG MVP and more<\/p>\n \n Jack Maloney <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n In order to get his third victory, Lillard will not only have to shake off some cobwebs. Reigning champion Tyler Herro<\/a> will not attempt to defend his title; he has not played since mid-January due to a ribs injury. Here’s a look at the entire field:<\/p>\n 2026 NBA 3-point contest participants, odds<\/p>\n (Odds via DraftKings)<\/p>\n Mitchell, Knueppel, Maxey and Murray are all in the top 10 in 3-pointers made in the NBA this season. Booker, meanwhile, is having the worst shooting season of his career (his 31.1 3-point percentage is a career low), but he did win the event back in 2018.<\/p>\n Recent NBA 3-point Contest winners2025: Tyler Herro, Heat2024: Damian Lillard, Bucks2023: Damian Lillard, Trail Blazers2022: Karl-Anthony Towns<\/a>, Timberwolves<\/a>2021: Stephen Curry<\/a>, Warriors<\/a>2020: Buddy Hield<\/a>, Kings<\/a>2019: Joe Harris<\/a>, Nets<\/a>2018: Devin Booker, Suns2017: Eric Gordon<\/a>, Rockets<\/a>2016: Klay Thompson<\/a>, Warriors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The NBA 3-point Contest is set for Saturday (5 p.m. ET on NBC\/Peacock) at the Intuit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":603089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[80216,33520,7,507,247,103,1328,473,193,125,80458,187,2292,864,3842,164,194,126,762,1027,563,498,968,80457,135,189,102,121,3871,152,367,6,80456,80455,558,207,472,471,477,573,492,1263],"class_list":{"0":"post-603088","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-3-point-contest-odds","9":"tag-3-point-contest","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-bobby-portis","12":"tag-brooklyn-nets","13":"tag-bucks","14":"tag-buddy-hield","15":"tag-charlotte-hornets","16":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","17":"tag-damian-lillard","18":"tag-damian-lillard-3-point-contest","19":"tag-denver-nuggets","20":"tag-devin-booker","21":"tag-donovan-mitchell","22":"tag-eric-gordon","23":"tag-golden-state-warriors","24":"tag-houston-rockets","25":"tag-indiana-pacers","26":"tag-jamal-murray","27":"tag-joe-harris","28":"tag-karl-anthony-towns","29":"tag-klay-thompson","30":"tag-kon-knueppel","31":"tag-kon-knueppel-3-point-contest","32":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","33":"tag-miami-heat","34":"tag-milwaukee","35":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","36":"tag-milwaukeebucks","37":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","38":"tag-myles-turner","39":"tag-nba","40":"tag-nba-3-point-contest-odds","41":"tag-nba-3-point-contest-participants","42":"tag-norman-powell","43":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","44":"tag-phoenix-suns","45":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","46":"tag-sacramento-kings","47":"tag-stephen-curry","48":"tag-tyler-herro","49":"tag-tyrese-maxey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=603088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/603088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/603089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=603088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=603088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=603088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"NBA](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/damian-lillard-getty-3.png\")
<\/p>\n