NBA All-Star Game Articles - Page 35

There’s been a lot of talk about the All-Star voting lately. Most of them are serious issues, like whether the draft involved in the new format of the All-Star game should be televised or not. It’s a breath of fresh air to get news that are not so serious. Fred Katz of Thunder After Dark […]

If you are in need of some attention, Mia Khalifa can usually help. The ex-porn star has also made a name for herself as a sports fan, particularly fond of the teams in the D.C. area. She showed that support today with a tweet in search of gathering All-Star votes for Washington Wizards point guard […]

There are some big changes coming to this year’s All-Star Game, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver weighed in on one of the most interesting — and controversial — topic. This year, the players from each conference who get the most votes will be named captains of the All-Star teams, and get to pick their own teammates. […]

The NBA has released its 2018 All-Star fan voting returns. There is still about a week left before the fan voting is closed. After the fan voting deadline, the NBA will also gather player and media votes, which account for 50 percent of the voting for All-Star game starters. Keep an eye on important dates […]

One week after the first 2018 All-Star voting returns were out, the NBA has released the official second voting returns through the 2018 NBA All-Star Twitter account earlier today. There are notable movers in both conferences, and there is still one week left for you to vote for your favorite players. In the East, LeBron James has […]

Throughout sports, it is common to notice occasional conflicts between players and the referees. Said conversations usually end after a couple of answers back and do not escalate further. But there has never been a time where so much tension was felt between players and officials like this season in the NBA. During the first […]

New year, new NBA All-Star format. In 2018, the NBA will attempt to improve their All-Star game with the elimination of teams from both conferences. Are the 2018 changes enough? Should the NBA event consider additional revisions to their biggest weekend? The February 16-18 event in Los Angeles will give us our first taste of […]

Joel Embiid has made waves the NBA this season and showed that the Philadelphia 76ers were right in drafting him. Perhaps one of the best ways to measure just how impactful he has been is by the votes for this year’s NBA All-Star Game, which is in Los Angeles. In the first returns of the […]

The holidays are over, and now it is time for fans and the media to begin voting for this year’s NBA All-Stars. We all know that LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry are shoe-ins to be selected for another all-star appearance, but the rest of the competition is still fighting for slots. For the […]

The 2018 NBA All-Star game is coming on Feb. 18, and it’s bound to be an interesting one. For one, for the first time in the game’s history, players will not be divided according to their conferences affiliation, but rather through a draft-style format to be governed by assigned team captains. Before that happens, however, […]

The Golden State Warriors are clicking on all cylinders after having won 11 straight games with their victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. What has made their stretch even more impressive is how they have managed to do it without superstar point guard Stephen Curry at the helm. Although the Warriors’ goals for […]

This season will have a new format for the 2018 All-Star Game, with a draft taking place before the weekend’s festivities. It will have the two team captains, who are the top vote-getters of each conference, selecting their teammates from appointed All-Stars. Since it is a new way of determining who takes part in the […]

The 67th annual NBA All Star game is just around the corner. In 2018, the host city will be Los Angeles, at Staples Center. Being the home to Los Angeles Lakers as well as their cross street neighbour, the Los Angeles Clippers, this is exciting news to fans. The All Star game will happen on […]

Will Commissioner Adam Silver be the NBA’s Bad Guy? Unlike his predecessor David Stern and NFL counterpart Roger Goodell, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has maintained a relatively positive image from fans, media, owners and players of the league he governs. Stern became a villain after trying to change the material of the basketball without the […]

The Chicago Bulls may not have a lot to cheer about lately, but things will definitely change soon with some good news for them. It has been reported that the team will hold a press conference on Friday, to announce that they will host the 2020 NBA All-Star Game inside the United Center, according to […]

The NBA has made changes to the All-Star Game in hopes of promoting better competition among the players and a more interested fan base after years of it being nothing else than an offensive exhibition, with every year garnering scoring records one after the other. Under the new rules, two team captains will be selected […]

Earlier this week, the NBA announced the decision to change the format of the 2018 All-Star Game in Los Angeles by allowing two captains from the voted-in players to select the rosters. All of this chatter has seemingly got New York Knicks big man Enes Kanter thinking about a possible scenario that he believes should happen, according […]

The NBA has made a myriad of changes this offseason, trying to appease both — players’ and owners’ concerns during this offseason. Perhaps one of the most crucial changes was that of the All-Star Game, getting rid of the Eastern and Western Conference teams as well as making a draft of it, just like one […]

Only two seasons away from the opening of their brand-new, state of the art arena, the Golden State Warriors have submitted a bid to host the NBA All-Star Game in their opening season at the Chase Center, according to a dual report by ESPN’s Chris Haynes and Marc J. Spears. While the year of the bid’s submission […]

Ini light of the recent changes made to the All-Star Game format, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green didn’t shy away from saying what has been in many people’s minds since the mid-February festivities took place in New Orleans. The new format will not feature East or West for the first time, have two team […]

Kevin Durant explained on The Bill Simmons Podcast that each NBA All-Star receives slippers with stars representing their number of All-Star appearances. As a generation of perennial All-Star talent emerges, who will be rocking one-starred slippers at Staples Center in LA for the 2018 All-Star Game? Last year, we saw four players make their first All-Star […]

The 2017 NBA Finals isn’t only a monumental one because of its rubber match nature, but also because of just how star-studded it is, boasting 11 combined current and former All-Stars — the most in the last 34 years of NBA history, via Greg Swartz of Bleacher Report. The Cleveland Cavaliers have the likes of LeBron […]

After a failed effort to hold the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, the NBA has given the city another chance by announcing it will hold its 2019 festivities there for the first time in 28 years. “We have decided to award NBA All-Star 2019 to Charlotte based on this deep connection and the […]

While many experts and TV personalities have chimed in and tried to interpret why the All-Star Game has become such a scoring fest to the point of non-competitiveness, Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant had a very simple answer. “It’s Sunday. It’s Sunday. It’s Sunday,” Durant said on the Bill Simmons podcast. “The game is […]

South Carolina high schooler Zion Williamson left the home crowd with mouths agape, throwing down a ridiculous 360 around-the-back alley-oop dunk with the greatest of ease. The 16-year-old is the No. 2 prospect on ESPN’s Top 60 for the class of 2018 and this video is just a brief sample of his raw talent. Zion […]

Pop singer Justin Bieber reached out to his Twitter followers last week to get his friend, L.A. Clippers point guard Chris Paul, to the All-Star Game. RT to Send my boy Chris Paul @CP3 to the NBA All-Star Game #NBAVote #retweettovote — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 6, 2017 The two have been known to have […]

The 2017 NBA All-Star Game will be played February 19 in New Orleans, and the league has unveiled the uniforms that the teams will wear in the game. How do these 2017 jerseys stack up to other All-Star game threads? Rank them below!

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 […]