Should Jaylen Brown play in the All Star Game?

[ozgod]

Reasons for him to play:

- it's his first ever All Star game and it's an honor to play alongside some of the game's greats
- it's in his home town

Reasons for him not to play:

- his knee is already dodgy. What if he aggravates it and misses time? Remember Kemba last year?
- it's a meaningless exhibition game. The honor is in his being selected, not in his playing

[Roy H.]

I say go, but only play a couple of minutes.

[Who]

If it were me, I'd rather play the ASG and sit out a Celtics game rather than vice versa.

There is only 1 ASG per year. 82 Celtics game. I know which one would mean more to me.

[Donoghus]

Sure.  At limited minutes.

He's earned it & its in his hometown.  It's a special moment.

Make it be his call, though.

[Silas]

Remember what happened to Kemba.  Let him play, but limit it to 10-15 minutes.

[jambr380]

I doubt the All-Star game will be as intense as last year and he won't be starting anyway (see: Kemba last year), so he should definitely play. It's not like he is bed-ridden; he can just treat it like shoot-around or a light scrimmage. We all have high hopes for him moving forward, but there is always the chance that he never makes another All-Star game. He needs to play.

[liam]

TIMELORD should be in the dunk contest!

[RJ87]

I doubt the All-Star game will be as intense as last year and he won't be starting anyway (see: Kemba last year), so he should definitely play. It's not like he is bed-ridden; he can just treat it like shoot-around or a light scrimmage. We all have high hopes for him moving forward, but there is always the chance that he never makes another All-Star game. He needs to play.

Exactly. He's put in a ton of work to get to this point as a player, and there's no guarantee he gets another selection (not because of his play but because the career of an athlete can end at any moment). Let him enjoy this experience.

[liam]

Jaylen and Jason in the three point contest!

[Tr1boy]

I doubt the All-Star game will be as intense as last year and he won't be starting anyway (see: Kemba last year), so he should definitely play. It's not like he is bed-ridden; he can just treat it like shoot-around or a light scrimmage. We all have high hopes for him moving forward, but there is always the chance that he never makes another All-Star game. He needs to play.

Disagree

It should be intense

Same ASG format as the 2020 game

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Jaylen and Jason in the three point contest!

 Devin Booker (Suns), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Zach LaVine (Bulls), Donovan Mitchell (Jazz), Jayson Tatum (Celtics)

that should be fun!!

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whoops wrong thread!  sorry

[jambr380]

I doubt the All-Star game will be as intense as last year and he won't be starting anyway (see: Kemba last year), so he should definitely play. It's not like he is bed-ridden; he can just treat it like shoot-around or a light scrimmage. We all have high hopes for him moving forward, but there is always the chance that he never makes another All-Star game. He needs to play.

Disagree

It should be intense

Same ASG format as the 2020 game

Last year's ending was ridiculous. I just don't expect it to be like that every time. Besides - as I mentioned - JB is not starting, so there is very little chance he will be in there during crunch time anyway.

[footey]

NO.

But he will.

[footey]

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