Rachel Nichols blames NBA for making All-Star game an ‘afterthought’
The longtime NBA insider believes the league is prioritizing sponsors and corporate partners over fans during its All-Star weekend, harming the quality of the game.
The longtime NBA insider believes the league is prioritizing sponsors and corporate partners over fans during its All-Star weekend, harming the quality of the game.
Surely this time the NBA will find a solution that sticks.
"I ain’t watching that thing no more."
"There's just some governor on them from playing all out."
The world would be able to move on just fine if we no longer had an NBA All-Star Game to debate the existence of every year.
"LeBron James is directly responsible for ruining the slam dunk contest."
"If you’re not personally offended but this disgraceful farce … you don’t love or understand basketball."
The NBA All-Star Game goes back to its traditional East vs. West matchup after experimenting with different formats. TNT, TBS and truTV cover the game like a blanket tonight.
"To have it with the new floor and like 40,000 fans out here...People using the bathroom."
This is kind of an important detail to miss.
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Charles Barkley and Draymond Green will team up for an alternate telecast of this year's NBA All-Star Game.
"If he ain’t going, Chuck ain’t going."
The game averaged 4.59 million viewers across TNT and TBS.
"You either win the title or you’re considered some different level of disappointment or failure."
"What the hell are you drinking?"
"Y'all are cooked now... ya'll are done... I'm telling you, y'all are done."
The NBA All-Star Game begins with the draft at 7:30 p.m. ET on TBS and TNT and then Team Giannis taking on Team LeBron on both channels at 8:30 p.m.
Parker becomes the first woman to be a color commentator for a NBA All-Star Game.
The Inside the NBA crew failed to attract big numbers on TBS, but more lead time could have helped.
Draymond Green joins the Inside the NBA team on the alternate TBS broadcast.
Kevin Durant did not pick James Harden in his selection of the final two players. That led to LeBron James laughing about the case Durant made for Rudy Gobert.
It's more surprising that this hasn't happened yet, to be honest.