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NBA All-Star Weekend Needs a 1 on 1 Contest
After another rather dull Saturday, the ideas to fix the Sandwiched night of the All-Star weekend are coming from every direction. Instead of tweaking the current events, give the public what they want to see: A 1 on 1 contest, maybe even at the expense of the dunk competition or something else.
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Michael Jordan Won’t Be the Greatest of All Time Forever
Before Michael Jordan, there were Magic Johnson, and Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain. And those who watched them during their prime moved along, although the Magic-Michael era was pretty close. Still, players’ legacy are only as good as the memory of the dominating media members. At some point, Jordan won’t be the one mentioned as all-time greatest in the NBA.
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Expect Kobe Bryant to Try and Take Over the All-Star
The least surprising outcome of the night, in my opinion Kobe Bryant setting another NBA All-Star game record, this time winning a fifth MVP, after forgetting this is also about superstars working together, not just enhancing their own brand name, and putting on a ball-hogging performance for generations to enjoy.
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Three-Point Shootout is Good as its Best Contestant
Unlike the usually disappointing dunk contest, the three-point shootout isn’t about star power, although having Kyrie Irving and Stephen Curry stroking the deep ball didn’t really hurt; it’s about having one or two competitors simply having a terrific night from beyond the arc.
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Slam Dunk Contest isn’t Worth Much Without Star Power
No star power, not really interesting. There’s a problem with what used to be the signature moment of the All-Star weekend, but is now stretching a concept that seems to have gone quite boring and stale in recent years. People like Terrence Ross and Jeremy Evans, but aren’t that interested in seeing them battle for the Slam Dunk Contest crown.
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Maryland Terps – Still Good Enough to Beat Their Biggest Rivals
There’s always a discussion and fan banter between Duke and Maryland about their match-ups being real rivalries or not. Well, they certainly feel that way in College Park, putting another dent in the ACC run of the Blue Devils, losing for the third time in conference play and looking unimpressive for yet another time.
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All-Star Weekend, Night 1 – Best Moments
As the weekend builds up towards Sunday, the start of the All-Star events in Houston weren’t too bad, with Usain Bolt dunking and racing against Kevin Hart, Dikembe Mutombo showing his finger-wag once more and Kyrie Irving breaking Brandon Knight and his ankles.
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Rising Stars Challenge Still Not Very Interesting
Kenneth Faried kept dunking without anyone disturbing him, making 18 of his 22 field goal attempts, as he led team Chuck to a 163-135 win over Team Shaq in the opening event of the 2013 All-Star weekend, the Rising Stars Challenge, which still doesn’t really work despite the various attempts to add some missing ingredient into the mix.
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Los Angeles Clippers – Showing Who is the Boss in Town
After beating the Los Angeles Lakers three times this season, the Los Angeles Clippers are headed towards a lot of firsts in their franchise history, but the most important thing is that Chris Paul and Blake Griffin now control the NBA scene of the town, while the crumbling, shiny project from across the street is going down with the Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard relationship.
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Miami Heat – LeBron James Shows Who is the Real MVP
Ignore the fact that Kevin Durant scored one point more than LeBron James. He wasn’t even close to the level needed to outshine LeBron James, going through an unstoppable stretch, for once not troubled by the fact that the Miami Heat traveled to play away from home, against the the team with the best record in the NBA.