I’m a pretty big NBA fan. I grew up watching the SuperSonics — from the Downtown Freddy Brown and Jack Sikma era through the great Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp days. But the Sonics don’t exist anymore, so I switched over to the Lakers after moving to LA.
For the last decade or so, it seems like the NBA has been trying to solve a glaring problem: no one gives a shit about the midseason All-Star game. I don’t remember it being a problem during the Bird and Magic years, or the Jordan years, or the prime Kobe years. Having the East vs West superstars face-off was interesting because the players were competitive enough to keep it interesting.
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