2023 NBA All-Star Weekend Events Discussion Thread

[insidehoops]

Friday, Feb. 17

7 p.m. ET: NBA All-Star Celebrity Game (ESPN)

9 p.m. ET: Rising Stars Game (TNT)



Saturday, Feb. 18

1 p.m. ET: NBA All-Star Practice (NBA TV)

4 p.m. ET: NBA x HBCU Classic (NBA TV / TNT / ESPN2)

8 p.m. ET: All-Star Saturday Night (TNT)

- Skills Challenge

- 3-point contest

- Slam Dunk Contest



Sunday, Feb. 19

3 p.m. ET | G League Next Up Game (NBA TV)

7:30 p.m. ET: All-Star Draft (TNT)

8:30 p.m. ET: 72nd NBA All-Star Game (TNT)

[Im Still Ballin]

Checking in.

[HoopologyPhD]

A+ thread, OP is ISH.

[Wally450]

OP is a... nice guy.

[dankok8]

The 3pt contest is the only thing I really make sure to watch these days.

[Xiao Yao You]

Clarkson showing off his skills should be good for a laugh anyway

[L.Kizzle]

These celebrity games have gone downhill. Who are these people?

[Street Hunger]

Guillermo is funny

[L.Kizzle]

Ryan Smith (who dat) made more 3's than Wade.

[SATAN]

What a shot lol

[L.Kizzle]

No former Jazz players around. Where is AK47, Boozer, the original AD, Hornacek, Antoine Carr, Howard Isley.

[Xiao Yao You]

Ryan Smith (who dat) made more 3's than Wade.

owner of Jazz

[L.Kizzle]

owner of Jazz
I know. I was being sarcastic because he outshot Wade.

[2much_knowledge]

Im loving this. Alot young guys i dont know much about making statements. Grimmes, giddey, Mac, mathurin..

[bison]

I have must have some weird fealty toward the nba because I know this is gonna be a horrible waste of time, and there are probably many other better things I could be doing this evening, yet I am here to watch nba all star Saturday

[fourkicks44]

Giannis is injured?

Ok...

[bison]

Giannis is injured?

Ok...

yea wtf

[bison]

JC, Kessler, Sex Machine = team HANDSOME

[bison]

Wow jake from State Farm. The NBA is truly sparing no expenses when it comes to top brass Hollywood talent.

[bison]

The skills thing is a lot better when the players actually take it seriously and stop acting like they’re too cool for the competition. The antentoukompos were just doing light cardio but the rookies were actually going throttle. Now here’s the jazz out here jogging through the course zzzz

[Keno]

Why are the seats empty?

[Xiao Yao You]

The skills thing is a lot better when the players actually take it seriously and stop acting like they’re too cool for the competition. The antentoukompos were just doing light cardio but the rookies were actually going throttle. Now here’s the jazz out here jogging through the course zzzz

Clarkson is a bum. You expect too much

[Keno]

Skills shooting challenge really exposing these garbage players, this is borderline useless pathetic and embarassing

[Proctor]

Clarkson in mid season form

[Nowoco]

This whole skills challenge has been absolute trash.

[Xiao Yao You]

Clarkson in mid season form

must be getting really ugly

[bison]

Utah jazz 3 time skills challenge champions :bowdown: :bowdown: I assume the parade will be scheduled for Monday

[bison]

Why is Julius randle in this

[bison]

Somehow huerter did even worse than randle

[fourkicks44]

Somehow huerter did even worse than randle

Should have had George Niang return to Utah in this contest.

Seems like the NBA missed an opportunity on that one.

[Xiao Yao You]

Should have had George Niang return to Utah in this contest.

Seems like the NBA missed an opportunity on that one.

in another era maybe. Niang wasn't liked here but Clarkson is a favorite :facepalm

[L.Kizzle]

Someone scored 8 points.

[bison]

3 pt contest still the only watchable thing abt all star weekend.

[L.Kizzle]

Wtf is Starry?

[Proctor]

Wtf is Starry?
In honor of Van Gogh's Starry Night, Adam Silver's prized possession.

[bison]

Baby Jordan in the house.

[bison]

In honor of Van Gogh's Starry Night, Adam Silver's prized possession.

:roll:

[Patrick Chewing]

Baby Jordan in the house.

Dude looking like BIG Baby Jordan

[Nowoco]

It’s still hilarious that piece of shit joke league WNBA existed 5 years before someone finally dunked. And even then it was some whack rim grazer.

[bison]

I genuinely thought a fan ran out to the court on trey Murphys attempt

[Hey Yo]

Lil Mac just knocked out Tyson

[fourkicks44]

No way in hell Doc is ever going to play this McLung kid :oldlol:

[bison]

That was pretty nice from mac

[Proctor]

No way in hell Doc is ever going to play this McLung kid :oldlol:
He can't even play Korkmaz who is really good

[Mask the Embiid]

https://i.postimg.cc/4dMG6sQh/ADFC9157-FB03-44-BF-8748-C7986-FBDCE11.gif

[bison]

Damn mac, not on black history month!

[L.Kizzle]

How did Jerico get a high score the 2nd dunk?
Mac and the Pelecan dude need to be in the finals.

[Patrick Chewing]

My boy Sims needs to have the basket raised to 12 feet and dunk on it.

[Keno]

Finally a decent dunk contest

[Keno]

These judges scores are so bad

[bison]

Finally a decent dunk contest

Compared to the last few years absolutely. Was just glad the finalists were competent. Nothing groundbreaking, just solid dunks with no gimmicks or props, and all were done on the first attempt. The bar is low though.

[Keno]

G leaguer has saved dunk contest :oldlol:

[imdaman99]

There you go Philly, I hope it makes up for your world series and super bowl L's :roll:

[fourkicks44]

Josh Harris that slimey bastard always gotta get his face in there somewhere :oldlol:

[L.Kizzle]

100× better than Brent Barry.

[Patrick Chewing]

Why wasn't Lebron there to congratulate McHung??

[warriorfan]

LeChode scared of McHung

[Patrick Chewing]

LeChode scared of McHung

:oldlol:

[sdot_thadon]

The once every few years "its back!" dunk contest. Was entertaining though, the kids did some nice dunks and didn't spoil the awe factor by attempting them 20 times.

[L.Kizzle]

Are Karl Malone and Deron Williams the only old timer Jazz at All-Star Weekend? If so, I See why it's been 30 years since it's been in Salt Lake.

[Xiao Yao You]

Are Karl Malone and Deron Williams the only old timer Jazz at All-Star Weekend? If so, I See why it's been 30 years since it's been in Salt Lake.

30 years because there's 30 teams

[bladefd]

Are Karl Malone and Deron Williams the only old timer Jazz at All-Star Weekend? If so, I See why it's been 30 years since it's been in Salt Lake.

I saw John Stockton at the Legends lunch. Doesn't Stockton live in Salt Lake City?

[Xiao Yao You]

I saw John Stockton at the Legends lunch. Doesn't Stockton live in Salt Lake City?

not anymore. Spokane thankfully

[SATAN]

Vin :facepalm

[L.Kizzle]

I saw John Stockton at the Legends lunch. Doesn't Stockton live in Salt Lake City?
Okay, I missed the brunch. And didn't see him Friday or Saturday.

[Gimmedarock]

Damn just watching the players announced before the game. I don’t know anybody can’t get hyped.

[L.Kizzle]

Damn, Kyrie the only player getting booed.

[fourkicks44]

Giannis bringing out a notepad with him on-stage.

Interesting.

[L.Kizzle]

Nobody wanna hear Chuck and Shaq

[Keno]

Wtf no luka or kyrie 1st two picks, that’s troll

[L.Kizzle]

Wtf no luka or kyrie 1st two picks, that’s troll

They're starters bruh

[Keno]

Oh it’s reserves first? Wth

[SATAN]

Giannis :lol

[Keno]

No one wants them centers lol

[bison]

Giannis :facepalm:

[bison]

LeGM putting in work. Giannis looking like pelinka picking his friends.

[insidehoops]

The 2023 NBA All-Star draft is so very close to game-time.

No time for coaches to sort any real strategy out.

[Keno]

LeGM got it on lock

[bison]

not anymore. Spokane thankfully

:facepalm:

[L.Kizzle]

Damn, is Chuck drunk lol

[Keno]

Wtf bron trolling wirh that first pick lol

[bison]

Big wiggle rampage alert.

[Keno]

Wtf giannas has the lowest iq LMAO

[bison]

Giannis is a kid. LeGM is a business man.

[Keno]

Bron got the two best players from the starters lol

[Real Men Wear Green]

Jokic must have body odor

[Keno]

Lebron team better by far holy shit

[L.Kizzle]

MVP picked basically last.

[1987_Lakers]

Jokic going to team LeBron before getting drafted. lmao

[fourkicks44]

Joker, Embiid, Luke and Bron all starting together is gonna be interesting.

Unstoppable if they all want to play and take it seriously.

[Keno]

Lebron is 5-0 in allstar game for a reason, highest IQ captain

[L.Kizzle]

What a birthday gift for Joker lol

[bison]

Bron went BIG, Giannis went small. Interesting…

[L.Kizzle]

Where did they dig her up from 1997 MTV Jams.

[Wardell Curry]

Joker, Embiid, Luke and Bron all starting together is gonna be interesting.

Unstoppable if they all want to play and take it seriously.

Generally speaking the All-Star game is a guard's game. Not a big man's. We'll see though.

[bison]

I’m not that into women but Jewel is damn sexy

[Proctor]

I’m not that into women but Jewel is damn sexy

:lol

[Real Men Wear Green]

:lol

It does at least kind of explain the Brandon Ingram thing.

[fourkicks44]

Where did they dig her up from 1997 MTV Jams.

:oldlol:

Yeah reminds me of back in the day trying to bang the arty white girls at high school parties.

[L.Kizzle]

So, is Post Malone gonna perform White Iverson and Allen make a special appearance.

[L.Kizzle]

Jokic needs to take this personal.

[Keno]

God damn, game never starting

Why was there a performance pre game instead of half time?

[L.Kizzle]

God damn, game never starting

Why was there a performance pre game instead of half time?

LeBron performance is at halftime.

[L.Kizzle]

I'm watching the TBS broadcast with the Inside the NBA guys.

[Keno]

Holy, that alley

[Keno]

Bron mvp

[Hey Yo]

Holy shit that was killer by LeBron!!!

[Mask the Embiid]

O this is one of “them” years. Everyone too cool to try hard

[bison]

King Bron :rockon:

[Real Men Wear Green]

The Doncic mic is stupid. Just let him play and give us a full screen please.

[Keno]

Why are they talking to him with Doncic on the court wtf

[Keno]

Lebron > lillard range

[SATAN]

KING :bowdown:

[Keno]

Lillard is so cringe, no one wants to see your bricks, pass the ball

[Keno]

Lillard can’t be serious… building a brick house

[bison]

Stop the 3 point contest and do some alley oop crap

[Nike D'Antoni]

Tatum
Lebron-Kyrie

MVPs so far

[Nike D'Antoni]

Embiid over Tatum was big mistake by Lebron

[Keno]

This game kinda trash :oldlol:

[Nike D'Antoni]

Giannis with 2 point game

[ShawkFactory]

This is..not fun to watch.

It’s essentially watching a layup line. Cool..

[kabacho]

this game

https://s1.qwant.com/thumbr/0x0/b/d/e1bbc28edc7b60dd117b6f638c8e42d6927ad7ac9395fdb584 3c410cb29419/tenor.gif?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia1.tenor.com%2Fimage s%2F81fa692be6af161cfc9ef9ebeb9af0ad%2Ftenor.gif%3 Fitemid%3D4246025&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=0

[L.Kizzle]

Antoine Walker rolling over in his grave

[Nike D'Antoni]

Will Jokic shoot the ball?

[Nike D'Antoni]

Draymond Green says LeBron James is the only player on the court with a resume that stacks up with his

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1627485823279955971

[BallsOut]

Draymond Green says LeBron James is the only player on the court with a resume that stacks up with his

https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1627485823279955971

Draymond is also the same idiot who punched his own teammate and got Kevin Durant to get off the Warriors.

[kabacho]

https://i.postimg.cc/c4d4yF6B/1676858688444213.png

[Keno]

Wtf Lebron out rest of night smh L

[Keno]

Goat ceremony left of the goat

[SATAN]

Stop saying greatness for god's sake

[L.Kizzle]

Damn, Karl Malone look like he can still give work right now.

[bison]

LeMoment. LeHistory. LeNumber1

[SATAN]

Weird hearing the commentators and Giannis lying their asses off saying the guys have been playing hard.

[L.Kizzle]

Weird hearing the commentators and Giannis lying their asses off saying the guys have been playing hard.

They're being sarcastic.

[Nike D'Antoni]

Paul George airballing 3

[Nike D'Antoni]

Jokic doesnt give ass about the game

[Hey Yo]

Kyrie thinks he's not a better shooter than Reggie??

[L.Kizzle]

Jokic doesnt give ass about the game

It's his birthday and he got picked last.

[SATAN]

Better seeing guys just jack up threes instead of doing uncontested slow motion lay ups. :facepalm

[SATAN]

When Tatum gets the MVP I will give him no credit whatsoever for it.

[L.Kizzle]

Team Giannis only gonna have to score like 7 points in the Finals quarter the way this game is going.

[Nike D'Antoni]

The euro guys Jokic & Doncic are totally invisible on the court.

[fourkicks44]

Is it just me or does watching this make anyone else just want to see the play offs now?

[L.Kizzle]

Finally some excitement in the last 90 seconds.

[Nike D'Antoni]

I hope we see something worthy. Till now its been waste of time

[L.Kizzle]

I hope we see something worthy. Till now its been waste of time
Team Giannis only needs to score 20. This deal only works if it's close.

[Nike D'Antoni]

Jokic & Doncic benched.

[SATAN]

This is ****in' horrible.

[Nike D'Antoni]

Jokic & Doncic benching is great proof of how overrated the euro guys are

[L.Kizzle]

Team Giannis could have ended this game 20 minutes ago.

[Full Court]

Lebron is 5-0 in allstar game for a reason, highest IQ captain

:roll:

[Spurs m8]

I wonder which players LeCvck sucked off this weekend to help the future collusion

He loves going down all star weekend, has for a decade

AD commented it was some of the best he's ever had

[2much_knowledge]

Doesnt surprise me. Almost always, when the dunk contest kills it, the game sucks and vice versa like last year.

For the 1st time, i wanted lebron on the court to see if they could keep the streak

[Keno]

:roll:

? he was injured, obviously his team going to lose, sorta like lakers

[CountDracula]

“I must break you(Mac McClung)!”

-Sarunas Marciulionis

https://i.ibb.co/LCL1HX6/449-CDECB-9782-47-B8-A304-C56-E04-C623-EB.jpg (https://ibb.co/GVKRN4k)

https://i.ibb.co/7gQq1r8/83-D3986-D-E446-41-E5-B1-E5-B75-CDB6-F75-EA.gif (https://imgbb.com/)

[Real Men Wear Green]

JT now has the records for all-star and play in game scoring. I can only hope this is annoying to the right people.

[ImKobe]

JT now has the records for all-star and play in game scoring. I can only hope this is annoying to the right people.

The All-Star part would mean something if they actually tried but everyone's trashing the game (his own teammate called it a joke and his guy won the MVP lol) and could care less about his pt total in this one. ASG is perfect for Tatum's skillset though so he'll thrive at it for years to come, unless they change the rules and put some real money on it for these guys to go hard at each other. 100k for the charity per quarter is not enough.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Right on cue.

[ImKobe]

Right on cue.

Do you disagree with coach Malone?

https://streamable.com/a1eqxo

And he gave Kyrie credit for playing hard

[SATAN]

JT now has the records for all-star and play in game scoring. I can only hope this is annoying to the right people.

Not sure if I'm one of the people you meant but no one actually cares about this game tbh. Complete garbage. The worst I've ever seen. A disgrace. Abomination to basketball.

I'm not watching next year like that again unless it gets good reviews and then I'll find a dodgy replay stream. They have let the fans down too much. Anyone on ish could score 50 in this game if also being allowed to do almost unlimited lay ups and three point chucking.

Props to Jaylen for making it interesting for about a minute though.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Do you disagree with coach Malone?

https://streamable.com/a1eqxo

And he gave Kyrie credit for playing hard

You reall are mad about this. Amusing.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Not sure if I'm one of the people you meant but no one actually cares about this game tbh. Complete garbage. The worst I've ever seen. A disgrace. Abomination to basketball.

I'm not watching next year like that again unless it gets good reviews and then I'll find a dodgy replay stream. They have let the fans down too much. Anyone on ish could score 50 in this game if also being allowed to do almost unlimited lay ups and three point chucking.

Props to Jaylen for making it interesting for about a minute though.

I don't write three paragraphs when I don't care. You aren't a poster I was expecting to comment but aside from being a James stan I don't remember much about your opinions.

[Gimmedarock]

Game was fine. Not sure what more you could expect from an All Star game. Nice showcase for the players & fun Saturday night. I’ll always watch at least a half.

[Full Court]

Not sure if I'm one of the people you meant but no one actually cares about this game tbh. Complete garbage. The worst I've ever seen. A disgrace. Abomination to basketball.

I'm not watching next year like that again unless it gets good reviews and then I'll find a dodgy replay stream. They have let the fans down too much. Anyone on ish could score 50 in this game if also being allowed to do almost unlimited lay ups and three point chucking.

Props to Jaylen for making it interesting for about a minute though.

Beezleblubber obviously cares deeply about it. :roll:

[ImKobe]

You reall are mad about this. Amusing.

Why would I be mad? I was amused by your initial comment. It's the damn ASG. Good for him, but it wasn't that competitive with 3 of the 5 best players in the league sitting out. Kind of a "meh" game compared to the last one but I'm happy for JT. Giannis picked the better team to win a 3PT chuck fest.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Why would I be mad? I was amused by your initial comment. It's the damn ASG. Good for him, but it wasn't that competitive with 3 of the 5 best players in the league sitting out. Kind of a "meh" game compared to the last one but I'm happy for JT. Giannis picked the better team to win a 3PT chuck fest.

You aren't happy for Tatum at all and everyone knows it. You bothered to link to Malone criticizing the game because Tatum having the record bothers you. And it's especially funny to me because it's so unimportant. Everyone knows no one is playing defense in the allstar game. I can't remember the last time guys were playing hard. But Tatum got the MVP award and now owns the record... so you mad.

[Axe]

Why would I be mad? I was amused by your initial comment. It's the damn ASG. Good for him, but it wasn't that competitive with 3 of the 5 best players in the league sitting out. Kind of a "meh" game compared to the last one but I'm happy for JT. Giannis picked the better team to win a 3PT chuck fest.
Still waiting for brandon ingram to make his 2nd all-star game. :milton

[ImKobe]

You aren't happy for Tatum at all and everyone knows it. You bothered to link to Malone criticizing the game because Tatum having the record bothers you. And it's especially funny to me because it's so unimportant. Everyone knows no one is playing defense in the allstar game. I can't remember the last time guys were playing hard. But Tatum got the MVP award and now owns the record... so you mad.

Why would it bother me? They weren't even playing at NBA speed, just chucking 3s for most of the game lol. He has the record but it was one of the more forgettable All-Star Games with half of the top names not playing much or at all due to injury. It's pretty damning when one of the coaches calls it the worst game he's ever seen.


Still waiting for brandon ingram to make his 2nd all-star game. :milton

Yes, it's really funny when someone's out due to injury. You know, we don't make fun of enough players for being injured. :facepalm

[Doomsday Dallas]

https://media.tenor.com/WQgg5kVlD7AAAAAM/man-yawn.gif



Can we get back to the regular season already?

[ArbitraryWater]

JT now has the records for all-star and play in game scoring. I can only hope this is annoying to the right people.


yeah, no one cares bout dat

[Real Men Wear Green]

Why would it bother me? You ask this and then proceed to show that it's bothering you:
They weren't even playing at NBA speed, just chucking 3s for most of the game lol. He has the record but it was one of the more forgettable All-Star Games with half of the top names not playing much or at all due to injury. It's pretty damning when one of the coaches calls it the worst game he's ever seen. You are doing everything you can to trivialize the record... because it bothers you. As to why? Well you know the answer to that question so a better question would be why you are asking me? Something to do with the extent to which the Tatum Ingram debate has been annihilated....perhaps.

[ImKobe]

You ask this and then proceed to show that it's bothering you: You are doing everything you can to trivialize the record... because it bothers you. As to why? Well you know the answer to that question so a better question would be why you are asking me? Something to do with the extent to which the Tatum Ingram debate has been annihilated....perhaps.

Enjoy the record man. Your guy earned it. Might be the only W for Boston this season.

[Real Men Wear Green]

Enjoy the record man. Your guy earned it. Might be the only W for Boston this season.
At this point I would just like to point out that the Celtics currently have more Ws than any other team in the NBA.

[SATAN]

At this point I would just like to point out that the Celtics currently have more Ws than any other team in the NBA.

:oldlol:

[Axe]

Yes, it's really funny when someone's out due to injury. You know, we don't make fun of enough players for being injured. :facepalm
So he's injured yet you think he's better than tatum currently? That's just silly, you know. :whatever:

[SATAN]

The guy AD couldn't guard was picked second last. :biggums: