Spurs teammates Victor Wembanyama, Chris Paul disqualified from NBA All-Star Game skills challenge

As they came to the shooting part, Wembanyama and Paul just threw the ball toward the rim in a time-saving tactic.

It didn't fly.

They were disqualified because the shot attempts were determined to be invalid. Wembanyama, the 7-foot-3 Frenchman who is in his second year in the NBA, said he came up with the idea.

"I don't regret it. I think it was a good idea," he said.

Wembanyama and Paul completed the course in 47.9 seconds, the best among the competitors.

"It definitely sucked to see them throwing the ball like that," Green said. "But what I will say is, Wemby walked around the court asking everybody, 'Make one or three attempts?' And Wemby said, 'Oh, so I can get all three of them up there?' So, he asked. Now, he may not have asked the right people. But I will say, in Wemby's defense, he did ask a lot of people."

Cleveland Cavaliers stars Donovan Mitchell and Evan Mobley won the event.

Mobley said he had an idea similar to that of Wembanyama's time-saving plan. But it was the Spurs teammates who became the talk of the competition.

"We tried something that we thought could win," Paul said. "To see if we had the best time, so... it was fun."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.