The NBA All-Star Game devolved into full-on apathy one year ago in Indianapolis, and you could hear the passive-aggressiveness in Adam Silver’s voice as he handed out the MVP trophy. What was otherwise a meaningless exhibition game suddenly became used as the prime example of everything that’s wrong with the NBA today: the players don’t play any defense! The only shots are dunks and threes! This would never fly in Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant’s era!
The NBA couldn’t stand another embarrassment as the game moved to San Francisco this year, so they completely remodeled the format. The traditional All-Star Game was replaced by the All-Star tournament, with four
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