All-star

Kristaps Porzingis isn’t worried about his road to recovery from a season-ending ACL injury. He’s sure he’ll return to the New York Knicks as an All-Star. From ESPN.com’s Ian Begley: “I believe that I’m going to come back better and stronger,” Porzingis said Tuesday in his first public comments since he suffered a torn left [...]

Here’s to incandescent hypotheticals! Kobe Bryant never got the chance to partake in the NBA’s new All-Star Game format, which includes captains who build their team from a pool of 22 players, almost entirely irrespective of conference affiliation. It was only introduced this season, his second in retirement. But could you imagine if he were [...]

It is no secret that the luster of the All-Star game in major American professional sports lost its luster generations ago as the showcase typically devolves into a highlight fest with minimal effort until the last few minutes of the game if the game is close. That doesn’t mean that leagues like the NBA can’t [...]

The schoolyard style captains select your teams format for the NBA All-Star was completed last week and Team LeBron and Team Curry are now set. Now I present Team LeBron… Here is Team Curry… The most interesting selections for either team obviously is LeBron taking Durant with the 1st pick and selecting Kyrie Irving despite [...]

Ah yes, now that the popularity contest that is the All-Star starters from each conference has come and gone (coaches and media have a say in that now as well) yesterday was the time for the remaining 14 All-Star players to be named, seven from each conference of course. These final selections are the most [...]

The Bucks should be getting a big boost in the next month. Former No. 2 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft Jabari Parker could return to the floor for Milwaukee before All-Star weekend. [tweet https://twitter.com/Matt_Velazquez/status/951234219065380868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] This is pretty exciting news for a Bucks team trying to enter the top half of the eastern conference this [...]

As you may (or may not) know, the rules and stipulations around the creation of the NBA All-Star teams changed this off-season. Instead of the teams being separated by conference affiliation, they will be chosen by the leading vote getter from each conference who will serve as a team captain. Each captain will have a [...]

Ben Simmons has a pretty good, verging on great, chance to become the first NBA rookie since Blake Griffin to earn an All-Star nod. The Eastern Conference is thin on superstar clout, and he’s playing out of his mind, averaging a patently absurd 18.7 points, 9.2 rebounds, 7.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game on [...]

LeBron James is vibing the NBA’s captain-centric tweaks to its All-Star game. Under the new format, which was announced last week, the Eastern and Western Conference will still send 12 representatives apiece, with the five starters being chosen through a weighted fan (50 percent), player (25 percent) and media (25 percent) voting process. Coaches will [...]

Los Angeles will be playing host to next year’s NBA All-Star Game, and don’t think for a minute Lakers controlling owner Jeanie Buss isn’t pining for purple and gold to be repped on the floor, at Staples Center, when the 2018 superstar exhibition tips off. During an appearance on a podcast for Forbes Sports Money, Buss [...]