The Memphis Grizzlies will debut three different O.J. Mayo billboards in Phoenix for All-Star Weekend as part of his Rookie of the Year campaign, which will kick off this weekend. The billboards feature Mayo and the tag line “Welcome to the Show.”

Be sure to watch Mayo play in the T-Mobile Rookie Challenge Friday night and the H-O-R-S-E competition on All-Star Saturday Night.

O.J. Mayo will take on Kevin Durant and Joe Johnson in the first ever H-O-R-S-E competition during All-Star Saturday night.

The contest will take place outdoors at the NBA’s All-Star Block Party on Saturday in Phoenix before TNT televises the All-Star Saturday night festivities.

If a player makes a shot in H-O-R-S-E, the next competitor must make the same shot or receive a letter. A player gets an ‘H’ for his first miss and is eliminated once he has all five letters of the word.

Players will have 24 seconds to execute their shots, and an NBA referee will rule if they’re done properly. Dunking won’t be allowed.

• Leads all first-year players in scoring
• On pace to break Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s Grizzlie rookie record for points per game.
• Scored in double figures in each of his first 25 professional games, the longest streak to start an NBA career since David Robinson (77-straight)
• NBA Rookie of the Month Award for October/November after averaging 21.9 points in the month
• Scored 210 points in his first 10 career games. Only two active NBA players scored higher – Shaquille O’Neal (238) and Allen Iverson (224)
• Ranks in the Top 5 among all rookies in scoring average, assists (2.8, 4th), three-pointers made (80, 2nd), three-point percentage (.379, 5th), free throw percentage (.869, 3rd), steals (1.05, 3rd) and minutes (37.5, 1st)

Sad but true. In an interview with Yahoo! Sports Blog Ball Don’t Lie, Mayo speaks about rookie hazing, adjusting to life in the NBA, what he would do to improve the NBA and much more.

More importantly, he answers the question:

BDL: Some fans have made a website about you called OJMayonnaise.com? Have you ever looked at that?

Mayo: (Smiles) Nah, I haven’t seen it.

O.J. Mayo scored 14 points on 6 of 13 shooting in 30 minutes in his first NBA preseason game as the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the Houston Rockets 96-93.

Marc Iavaroni had some nice things to say about O.J. Mayo via Ronald Tillery of the Memphis Commercial Appeal:

“He arrives early and stays late. His competitive spirit never needs booster cables. O.J. Mayo is making a smooth transition so far. He’s shown everything he’s shown before… He’s a tremendous competitor. He pays a lot of attention to defense. He’s got a balanced game. He’s learning that he can be an assassin in this league.”