All-Star Weekend 2015: Remind Me Again Why We Do This

There would seem to be no advantage in polluting mixing regular season thread chatter with all-star weekend chatter, assuming there is any.

it's the most wonderful time of the year

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9wkS1tIcAILCMD.jpg

find them and destroy them

Lars Ulrich looking good there.

i am going to watch this celeb game because of mo'ne davis but i am still going to hate myself for it

today is friday the 13th perhaps all the celebs will perish

oh wow the Grizzlies crazy owner is playing in this celeb game

And playing pretty well!

kevin hart getting faked out and scored on by mo'ne was amazing

noticed melo is rockin a pretty slick widebrim hat on the bench tonight

pera pulls out the eurostep!

you know pera wanted that assist

https://vine.co/v/OPXK7pgdMiX

whats up w/ this guy

Around the age of five, LaVine developed an interest in basketball after watching Michael Jordan in Space Jam.[3]

xp mo'ne the real MVP

KD has tooken AD's starting spot - remains unconfirmed whether he has also tooken any of brow's family members

I've been exposed to lethal levels of reggie already

Anyone watch that fashion thing? Lmao so awkward

3 point contest living up to the hype so far

wes might not get in with 22 points my lord

Wow steph 🔥

only saw the championship round but woooowwwwwww

these tablet scorecards are stupid.

lol thanks clay most times i don't visit ilx anymore directly, just my bookmark to that thread

also lavine is throwing down some good dunks u guys

wanted to see mason bro break out his three ball dunk :|

Is that Chris Mullin judging the dunk contest?

oladipos first dunk was incredible

dunk http://streamable.com/kz8c

zach >>>>

The Sports Quotient ‏@SportsQuotient Feb 13
Russell Westbrook was asked why he's never been in the dunk contest.

His response: "I only dunk on people."

Lavines first two dunks were gorgeous

Kenny was super annoying btw. Worse than reg imo

yeah the last one was a bit meh. its almost like you need to use your best dunks first to make sure you get into the second round

Honestly, I don't understand why people dislike All Star Weekend. It's fun and usually goofy as hell.

It's fine. Seems fun for the players. Nice to see them chill

man, could the players always hear what the announcers were saying in the past? they seemed super obnoxious. that seemed pretty messed up, especially when Kyrie seemed to choke during his 3-pt session when Reggie Miller mentioned Lebron's health....

i wish the whole damn thing wasn't so long though

haha reggie totally iced him man.

the celeb game is annoying. i've never even seen one, i just imagine lots of dumb people mugging and bad basketball. lol, the sanctity of the game!

mvps:
[code]2005 Brian McKnight
2006 Nelly*[a]
2007 Tony Potts
2008 Terrell Owens
2009 Terrell Owens (2)
2010 Michael Rapaport
2011 Justin Bieber*[b]
2012 Kevin Hart
2013 Kevin Hart (2)
2014 Kevin Hart (3)
2014 Arne Duncan[c]
2015 Kevin Hart (4)*[d]

they should just have TO play every year

i'm in disbelief that old man Rapaport is STILL playing these things

i wish the whole damn thing wasn't so long though

― Nhex, Saturday, February 14, 2015 9:31 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark

seriously this thing could be 90 minutes long

also i am really getting sick of pretty much all of turner's broadcasters excepting ernie and c-webb. time for some fresh blood.

also i am really getting sick of pretty much all of turner's broadcasters excepting ernie and c-webb. time for some fresh blood.
--Clay

kevin harlan is aight & I like rachel and the dudes you mention but yea otherwise ugh

if anyone is still awake and needs any counter programming they're airing the bad boys 30 for 30 on ESPN 2

xxxp shaq and chuck are just at each others throats the whole time. i used to love charles' commentary but it is totally clear that nobody can stand shaqs shit anymore and it really brings things down

it is also pretty clear most nights that ernie and cwebb are the only dudes out there with anything pertinent to say abt hoops this season. the rest are phoning it in pretty obviously

https://vine.co/u/930704701996032000

First vine is all four of Lavine's dunks.

one where he goes behind the back is the most beautiful imo

the thing to me about Lavine's dunks is how effortless they are. Supreme grace.

wow dude super gay

think you misread "dunks" there

^offensive

xp

lol morbs whatre u doing in here

Goon, rules are rules.

there's a big white tent for the ASG in front of my office

i think they are making players w/ alien pods

sometimes I forget New York is a real place and people live there

if u call this livin

duly impressed by lavine's dunks. lots of style.

big white all star tent vs inflatable rat

inflatable rat ftw

http://i.imgur.com/zasMyki.png

important stuff from our fallen friend

Clay I wanted to find out what channel the all star game was on and am glad your dudes are picking up the huffpo slack http://www.oregonlive.com/nba/index.ssf/2015/02/what_tv_channel_is_the_nba_all.html

Kenny was super annoying btw. Worse than reg imo

― Steph def def (Spottie), Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:14 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark

I enjoyed Kenny, I think with putting the broadcast over the PA they were giving it a rucker park vibe, I was down with it, Reggie was th eannoying pedant hanger on friend who you never invite to your parties but always seems to show up

I wanna see Zach Lavine and Gerald Greene in a dunk contest

Also how is Zach Lavine only 19

orlive has been doing some weird SEO stuff lately that i totally don't get but i guess it's a newspaper website so money must be tight xxp

i'm going to drink every time someone talks about how special msg and/or nyc is tonight, lmk if anyone wants me to will them the ipad i am posting from.

haha you cant airball that shot bron

They just talked about how much bron loves playing in NYC I'll Match this drink cad xp

does that weirdass dance number set to "welcome to NY" count?

steph is making peak jason williams passes every possession

xp i'm actually in the hospital b/c of that number

that toss to harden for the dunk was 🔥

Praying for CAD

hospital seems like a decent place to hide from the blizzard

shd just play the three hawks all game to get looks for korver

rip cad, murdered by kenny smith at halftime surely

Jesus I forgot how horrible and sloppy all star games are

Camelo just loafing his way through this thinking bout vacation plans

melo playing in this game knowing hes about to shut it down for the year is p lol

wau russell set a new record for most ASG points in a half (27)

Kenny was super annoying btw. Worse than reg imo

― Steph def def (Spottie), Sunday, February 15, 2015 12:14 AM (18 hours ago) Bookmark

Ban agent hibachi

Jesus I forgot how horrible and sloppy all star games are

Camelo just loafing his way through this thinking bout vacation plans

― we just form a f#!king wall (agent hibachi), Sunday, February 15, 2015 9:30 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark

Ban agent hibachi

i stand with hibachi asg is trash

lil mush mouth grande at half time interesting choice

always forget the asg is terrible garbage until it is happening and then it's like wow what's with this terrible garbage

airana grande not quite making words when she sings is srsly hilarious

hah this is going on forever

Can't believe all of you hate fun :(

i only like ruthless competition

and airana grandes speech impediment

was it me or was kyle lowry taking it really seriously at the end and single handedly trying to get the east back in it

nicki did not want to be there at all, lol

it's weird how much of all star weekend is a commercial

or maybe not weird, but it feels new that announcers are doing lead ins to commercials and players are involved with events in character as their endorsement-selves etc

yeah she mailed it in lol wld think someone from ny might apreesh the situation xp

doing that song with only one of the actual people on it was weird tbh, like how hard is it to get jessie j?

ariana prob wanted to do all the parts

oh damn lebron

Think Bron found his PED supplier again

smoeone shd pull hardens tape off

asg needs more hijinks

if the east somehow wins this, lollll

some nice moves in the last couple mins

that steph move

steph is the most fun player in this game by a mile

this game has been pretty fun imo

"hey state farm can i be part of yall crew" -- john wall :( :( :(

noooo john

hate the game not the player

"ron wall"

You mean Jonas Wall xxp

glad millsap got to redo his almost amazing slam

"let's take a minute to throw things over to our own David Aldridge who's with Floyd Mayweather and they're both incredibly stoned. David?"

ya that was kind of a weird interview

lol https://vine.co/v/OPlM1DIlqUT

@billsimmons

NBA All-Star Game: 60 combined threes in 2011, 66 in 2012, 71 in 2013, 100 in 2014, 113 with less than 9 mins to go in 2015.

tons of possessions of guys just jogging up and taking a 3

one team coming out and playing super hard wire to wire one year and winning by 60 wld be beautiful

A nerd just walked into the pub where I'm watching the game and proceeded to mansplain to everyone why this game was garbage. Eyes were rolled. Bartender asked the crucial question, "Why do you hate dunks?" He then changed the subject to his reggae collection and everyone has continued to ignore him.

reggie just said kyrie went to kentucky i think?

it's weird how much of all star weekend is a commercial

I'm going to pretend you're a brilliant sock.

ok

i just don't remember stuff like the broadcasting team doing intros for commercials about to air and like "cliff paul" coming out to pitch insurance before the skills challenge or whatever, just feels like this level of directness is new

I was teasing. I love your posts.

These jerseys ended up looking pretty sweet. the branding was really good for the whole allstar affair really.

ya the jerseys are cool minimal but w some unusual flourishes

yeah loved the team name on the side of the waist band, the stars on the right side of the short and left side of the jersey, the first name and last name on the backs

Feel like I should point out that the 1 and 5 on the court should be red and green, respectively

"why doesn't westbrook play like that during games that count" -- the okc press

Curry's mom the obv highlight of the first half.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B98HO5hIIAEfxgs.jpg

lol

finger wag

kerr's audio assist moment from the 1st quarter was pretty fuckin hysterical

https://twitter.com/NBAonTNT/status/567142956025393152

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Hah Kerr was totally in on that but I wouldn't be surprised if he actually just told them he was gonna coach like that the whole game and everyone was cool with it

"ron wall"

― call all destroyer, Sunday, February 15, 2015 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This killed me

xxp yup that was it. glad TNT remembered it for me