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All-Star weekend
« on: February 01, 2011, 08:44:48 PM »

Offline Surferdad

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The rookie-sophomore challenge squads were just announced:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-rookiechallenge

I sort of like the whole All-Star festivities.  The rookie challenge game is a joke (read dunkfest) but the skills competition is pretty good, 3-point competition is good, dunk contest is sorta stupid and the celebrity game is good for a hoot.

Opinions?
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Re: All-Star weekend
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2011, 08:48:14 PM »

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Meh

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Re: All-Star weekend
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2011, 09:10:04 PM »

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Quote from: Surferdad on February 01, 2011, 08:44:48 PM
The rookie-sophomore challenge squads were just announced:
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-rookiechallenge

I sort of like the whole All-Star festivities.  The rookie challenge game is a joke (read dunkfest) but the skills competition is pretty good, 3-point competition is good, dunk contest is sorta stupid and the celebrity game is good for a hoot.

Opinions?

I like the All-Star festivities too.

It's a laid back event, the TNT guys due a great job of keeping it funny, and it's kind of cool to see the All-Stars, guys who are usually enemies, joking and goofing around with each other.  It's a nice break, and it's cool to see the not so serious side of a lot of the guys.

Barkley racing Bavetta.
Shaq kissing TMac
Kenny Smith as the Russian judge.
Elevator Earnie Johnson (which I think they first showed during an All-Star weekend)

Good times!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiTbOY_U7dQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNqsUtbw5yA
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Re: All-Star weekend
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 12:09:35 PM »

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One of these things seems to happen almost every All-Star game, which makes it fun to watch:

(And the voice at 1:24 sounds oh so familiar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlcOYpUMtZU
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Re: All-Star weekend
« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 12:18:45 PM »

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I personally am not a fan of any All Star games.  I didn't watch the Pro Bowl and probably haven't watched a complete MLB or NBA All Star game in years (though I've seen bits). 

I really don't think that the All Star games are really that much better than the rookie/sophomore game dunkfest: while there might be some effort, it's still about half as much as a regular season game.  So to me, it's really not worth making time. 

This year might be a little different.  I'll tune in if PP and Ray are both in the 3pt contest and I'll likely tune in if there's 4 Celtics and Doc on the bench. 
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