Things I Learned From The All Star Weekend

The skills competition and 3 point competition are pretty cool. Tony Parker won the skills and Kevin Love won the 3 point competition.


The dunk competition is what I really have a problem with. Having the competition be Chase Budinger, Jeremy Evans (winner), Paul George and Derrick Williams is absurd. I know that we don't want to give a million dollars to these douche bags, but if that's what it would take to get LeBron, Blake, Durant and whoever to compete, thats what they need to do. The Dunk contest has lost it's luster and even though there are some diamond in the roughs, it's not what people want to see. The dunk contest used to be my favorite competition, now it's one of the bottom ones for me.

As for the game itself, I love it. It's exactly what you should expect out of a game, high scoring, awesome transition baskets, followed by vicious dunks. The end of this game was tight, it was a one point game and of course LeBron turned the ball over, and then opted to inbound the ball with a second left. LeBron brought the East back to the brink of winning the game, but then opted to throw the ball away.

The Celtics didn't do much in Paul Pierce and Rondo, Rondo did have 8 assists, but whatever. Pierce did heckle Kobe at the end of the game, adding more fuel to that fire.

Although my favorite All Star even in all sports is the Home Run Derby, NBA has the best actual game.