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Giannis Antetokounmpo. That is the correct spelling for those wishing to vote the Milwaukee Bucks star into this year’s All-Star Game. The Greek Freak has always had one of the more difficult names to spell and now that may be an actual factor in determining the amount of All-Star votes he garners. At least Antetokounmpo thinks […]

Philadelphia 76ers rookie center Joel Embiid is exhausting all his options as a social media extraordinaire, this time making use of the popular Twitter handle of President-elect Donald Trump to rack up more All-Star votes. WOWWW RT @realDonaldTrump Joel Embiid #NBAVote — Joel Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) January 5, 2017 https://twitter.com/ConnorBarwin98/status/817117581714878469 https://twitter.com/D_Rome13/status/817116718858387456 Embiid sits fourth in voting […]

If the 2017 All-Star Game were to start this very day, Golden State Warriors center Zaza Pachulia would be starting in the game next to his teammate Kevin Durant. It seems like Pachulia once again has had the unconditional support of the entire country of Georgia frantically voting to see their hero in one of […]

In anticipation of the 2017 All-Star Game in New Orleans, the NBA has unveiled the uniforms for both teams, with the West wearing charcoal gray and the East wearing light gray at the Pelicans‘ arena, the Smoothie King Center. John Reid of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported that the West’s jerseys will feature red numbers trimmed […]

Golden State Warriors players Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry approve of the NBA’s new format for next year’s All-Star Game which will integrate the fans with the media and fellow players — all having a say in who gets elected as a starter. “I called for that a couple years ago,” Durant told ESPN’s Chris […]

The NBA will make All-Star balloting changes in order to give players and the media a say when it comes to voting for starters along with the fans, sources told ESPN’s Marc Stein. The fan vote would weigh for 50 percent of the vote count while players and media would have 25 percent each. All-Star […]

R&B artist John Legend will make his return to the NBA All-Star weekend as the game’s halftime performer, according to a league announcement on Monday. This is hardly Legend’s first time performing in NBA circles — the Grammy and Oscar-winning singer-songwriter has previously performed the national anthem at the annual showcase in Houston in 2013 and was a […]

If you weren’t salivating for next year’s slam dunk contest, you will be now. Back-to-back champion Zach LaVine of the Minnesota Timberwolves has even more in his bag of tricks than many had anticipated. Here he is casually throwing down a monster 360 dunk after taking off from the free throw line after practice, courtesy of […]

The NBA has unveiled the logo for the 2017 All-Star Game, which returns to New Orleans just three years after its last visit to the Big Easy. The 2017 #NBAAllStar logo for New Orleans features a Crescent City-inspired design! pic.twitter.com/cYwp78p85E — #NBAAllStar (@NBAAllStar) September 8, 2016 The logo’s background offers a wallpaper-filled fleur de lis design […]

Shortly after the NBA pulled the All-Star game and festivities out of Charlotte due to the controversial H2 bill in North Carolina, New Orleans was named as a favorite to host the weekend. Chicago and New York made bids as well, but after some deliberation, the association is indeed going with the Big Easy. The […]

Ever since the NBA formally announced that the 2017 All-Star game was being moved out of Charlotte, New Orleans was listed as a front runner to host the event. It has remained in that top spot despite contending bids from cities like New York and Chicago, and now a new report has surfaced indicating that […]

The NBA is continuing to work to find a new location for the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. It’s been nearly a week since NBA commissioner Adam Silver decided that the game would no longer be hosted in Charlotte, in light of North Carolina’s controversial transgender bill. New Orleans was immediately the city brought up and considered […]

The city of Chicago has not had the opportunity to host an All-Star game for almost 30 years, with the last one being held in 1988 at the Chicago Stadium. During that year, the star of Micheal Jordan graced the court, winning not only a dunk contest against Dominique Wilkins, but also clinching the All-Star game’s MVP […]

After being pulled out from its original Charlotte destination, the 2017 NBA All-Star game has been left looking for a home. As such, initiatives left and right are coming up in hopes of getting the league office’s nod to award the hosting rights to their respective cities. Recently, Massachusetts lawmaker Bob DeLeo sent out a […]

The decision to move the NBA All-Star game out of Charlotte came from the top. Even though the location of the All-Star Game affects the entire league and all its teams, commissioner Adam Silver and the league office were the ones to make the decision to move the game to New Orleans. The owners did […]

A lot of NBA players, whether current ones or those who have played in the past, have given their thoughts and support to the league on their decision to move the 2017 All-Star weekend from Charlotte. One of them is the first openly gay NBA player, Jason Collins. The 13-year NBA veteran, who last played […]

There are mixed feelings within the Charlotte Hornets organization today. After an exhaustive effort from the Hornets to keep the 2017 All-Star game in the Queen City, the NBA announced today that the ASG and the festivities around it will be moved to another city. The change was prompted by North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 bill. […]

It has been a long, ongoing process between the NBA and the state of North Carolina regarding the 2017 NBA All-Star game. But, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and the NBA finally reached it. At 2 p.m. ET, Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical reported that the NBA was ready to […]

The 2017 NBA All-Star game will take place on February 19th. While the date has been determined, the location is still up in the air. The NBA had announced that the game would take place in Charlotte, North Carolina. That was before the “bathroom bill” had been passed in the state. The NBA does not […]

There is something fishy going on, at least that is what Wizards star guard John Wall thinks. He does not agree with the voting process for the All-Star Game, nor for the All-NBA Teams. Wall believes that he should have been selected to the All-NBA Team list, though he has not been on for the […]

The NBA community has shown strong opposition to holding the All-Star Weekend in North Carolina after a bill was passed earlier in the year that requires people to use the bathroom that matches the gender given on their birth certificate rather than the gender with which they identify. Some have accused the bill as being […]

Now that the location of the 2017 All-Star game seems to be up in the air, teams are throwing their name in the hat to try and move the game to their city. With a record-breaking season and the defending champions now on their side, the Warriors have decided to join the fun in an […]

Despite mounting pressure from fans, players, and organizations, Adam Silver announced that there have been no discussions to move the 2017 NBA All-Star game from North Carolina in protest of the recently passed The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act in the state. “The current state of the law is problematic for the league. But […]