The 2024 NBA All Star Weekend thread (Feb 16-18 USA dates)

[peternorth]

It's that time of the year again where we celebrate the worlds "greatest athletes". We finally hark back to traditions pleasing many old school fan where two teams, East and West battle it out for basketball supremacy and.....what do they actually win? NBA.com advised that the winning team wins money for their charity.

During the NBA All-Star Game, the East and the West will each represent a charity. The East will represent Special Olympics Indiana and the West will represent the Boys & Girls Club of Indianapolis. Each organization will start the game with $100,000, with an additional $240,000 going to the winning team.

Whilst a james worthy and noble idea, this raises many conflicts across the board, as Maggie Lewis, CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis bemoans:

"We are Pacer fans at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Indianapolis, but at the end of the day, we want to win. “So, go West!”

But first, let's cast an eye over the Panini Rising Stars event. MMMMM, feel like a panini right now.





But wait, there's more. I know you simply cannot wait till Saturday the 17th for the second Tay Tay concert at the MCG. Oh wait....the KIA Skills Challenge is on?

KIA STILLS CHALLENGE

The league missed a trick by not selecting our brave member of the air force....




STARRY 3 POINT CONTEST

Next up, brought to you by Starry, Lillard aims to go back to back in a talented field. The West is represented by Markkanen.

According to Wikipedia, Starry is a lemon-lime soft drink distributed in the United States by PepsiCo. Distribution first began in January 2023. The brand is aimed at competing against Sprite and 7 Up.

And if that's not enough.....how about man vs woman?

Here;s their career shot charts for your reference

AT&T SLAM DUNK CONTEST

Continuing the with the inclusion trend we have 3 of the 4 major USA ethnic cohorts battling it out for claims to the be leagues best in rim rocking.

Maybe Jacob could bring some of his brothers best work to the night



Judges: Dominique Wilkins, Fred Jones, Gary Payton, Mitch Richmond and Darnell Hillman

73RD NBA ALL STAR GAME

But, I know you here for the main event, the main course, the signature hole....... but first, please put your hands together and join me in congratulating Doc Rivers and his Bucks coaching staff as they take the Eastern reigns. Let's hear from the boys in Atlanta and get their thoughts on this historic announcement

 

[mattyc75]

A truly awful spectacle these days

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[burge13]

A truly awful spectacle these days

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No ide how it sells tickets, or why anyone watches it anymore. Hasn't been good for many years

 

[fidstar]

In

 

[peternorth]

Starts in earnest today

 

[tigs2010]

Jalen Rose winning coach. Mathurin MVP. Location Indiana. Small part of me (about 98%) wants to say rigged. The 2% is because I turned it on at 23-13 so who am I to judge

 

[Richard Cranium]

I hope we never see these courts again.

That is all.

 

[Gift]

They dont really care if u shoot 2s in the 3pt contest LOL... what a joke

 

[DT_35]

Lucky KAT didn’t win it…..would’ve been some uproar from the punters lol

 

[Gift]

Even Dame said at the end that the refs didnt care that you were shooting twos so he creeped as well

 

[stewie griffen]

Sabrina shot well

Might not be well enough though

 

[Gift]

Good to see both Sabrina and Steph trying. Steph too good. Woulda won the 3pt contest easily if he was in it

 

[Scythe94]

Kenny Smith absolutely embarrassing himself. Should've cut his mic.

 

[fidstar]

 

[Richard Cranium]

Judges trippin

 

[stewie griffen]

Mclung not getting 50. Travesty

 

[Richard Cranium]

Judges trippin

 

[Scythe94]

Brown pulling out two of the most boring dunks in contest history lmao. Getting booed by the crowd too

 

[stewie griffen]

Boos lol

 

[stewie griffen]

That ain't a 48.6 dunk

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Kenny Smith absolutely embarrassing himself. Should've cut his mic.

Been a rough performance on the mic tonight

 

[Gift]

Maybe my expectations are too high but I expected better this year from the dunk contest

 

[stewie griffen]

Now that's a dunk

 

[stewie griffen]

Maybe my expectations are too high but I expected better this year from the dunk contest

Needed toppin in the final

 

[carlton_99]

Dunking over a sitting five footer was hilarious - judges were on something tonight. Also, Kenny Smith shouldn't be involved with this night again