NBA All Star

Jimmy Butler is one of the hardest working and most relied upon players in the NBA on a nightly basis. He currently leads the NBA in minutes per game at 37.3 and plays for a coach that is more notorious than almost any other in NBA history for playing his players an exorbitant amount of [...]

The 2018 NBA All-Star Game and the new format did not disappoint. Team LeBron beat Team Curry 148-145 in a highly entertaining spectacle of the best basketball players in the world, as team captain LeBron scored what would be the go ahead bucket in the final minute after a dish from his former teammate Kyrie [...]

Derrick Rose’s NBA journey isn’t expected to continue until after the All-Star break—assuming it continues at all. Though many anticipated the Minnesota Timberwolves would scoop him up after he was traded from the Cleveland Cavaliers to the Utah Jazz, the point guard cleared waivers and remains without a home. And that isn’t expected to change [...]

The NBA’s annual popularity contest has ended and the prom kings of each coast are…. you guessed it, LeBron James and Steph Curry. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/954156447364939776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] LeBron was the leading vote getter with 2,638,294 votes and Curry was 2nd with 2,379,494. Here are the remaining pool of fan voted starters that each captain will pick from [...]

It is official, the NBA All-Star Game is returning to the state of basketball for the first time since 1985. Indiana will be hosting the 2021 All-Star Game. [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/940935789902483457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Adam Silver will announce the decision in a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. The No. 1 reason Indiana got the nod (at least I hope [...]

The grind never stops for Anthony Davis. While NBA All-Star weekend is supposed to be a relaxing and entertaining time, it’s also a recruiting summit. And no players have more of incentive to recruit soon-to-be free agents than those from host cities. In this case, that’s New Orleans, which means Davis will spend a good [...]

As we look ahead to NBA All Star weekend, Mountain Dew releases its new ad featuring DEW partner and MVP candidate Russell Westbrook. In Don’t Do They, Russell and DEW challenge ‘they,’ instigating a culture that pushes boundaries and encourages people to “do you.” Westbrook is an athlete who constantly challenges the status quo, inspiring [...]

DeAndre Jordan is (probably) just like you: He didn’t think he was going to be an All-Star this year, either. The Los Angeles Clippers big man was so sure he would be left off the Western Conference roster he booked a trip to Hawaii. Here’s Jordan dropping the details to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: [...]

The 2017 NBA Slam Dunk Competition is now a little less awesome. Zach LaVine, the two-time reigning champion, will not be participating in the festivities, according to Basketball Insiders’ Michael Scott: [tweet https://twitter.com/MikeAScotto/status/824353917320515591] So much for a rematch of the epic battle that took place between LaVine and Aaron Gordon last year. On the bright [...]

Believe it or not we are already approaching the mid-way point of the NBA season and All-Star weekend is right around the corner. This year’s game is returning to New Orleans for the third time since 2008 after it was moved from its original location of Charlotte after the controversial HB2 law or “Bathroom Bill” [...]