Official 2019 NBA All-Star Game Discussion Thread

[DC23]

Discussion thread for the All Star Game and all related activities taking place this weekend.

[horseshue]

How many Spurs will participate?

[Neo.]

will there be any spurs players in it this year?

[Beartrucci]

How many Spurs will participate?

Bertans is in the 3 point contest...

oh wait

[Spurtacular]

Bertans is in the 3 point contest...

oh wait

:lol

[Spurtacular]

IV should be a dunk contest candidate, tbh.

[KobesAchilles]

If I see any Spur there, they better have damn well paid for that ticket bc they’ve been playing like shiiiit

[daslicer]

If I see any Spur there, they better have damn well paid for that ticket bc they’ve been playing like shiiiit

I don’t think anybody who wasn’t invited would want to be in Chicago at this time of year. The weather is complete shit. Who would subjugate themselves to 20 degree weather and brutal wind chill if they didn’t have to.

[Beartrucci]

Damn Shaq shitting on Timmy again on TNT. He really hates Duncan :lol

Dude has a really warped view of history. Seems like he doesn’t see him as even close to being a peer

[daslicer]

Damn Shaq shitting on Timmy again on TNT. He really hates Duncan :lol

Dude has a really warped view of history. Seems like he doesn’t see him as even close to being a peer

Shaq knows Tim was as good as him and even better. That's why he's salty whenever talking about him because it still eats him up that Tim has 5 and he has 4.

[Jules_Winnfield]

No Ayton for rising stars game. :pctoss


USA vs. World format is history.

[UZER]

Damn Shaq shitting on Timmy again on TNT. He really hates Duncan :lol

Dude has a really warped view of history. Seems like he doesn’t see him as even close to being a peer

Yeah, this is the guy bragging how much he loved his friend Kobe but didn’t talk to him for 3 years after he retired. :lol

[Laker_1995]

Shaq knows Tim was as good as him and even better. That's why he's salty whenever talking about him because it still eats him up that Tim has 5 and he has 4.

I think Shaq is jealous of the fact how TD was so consistent with winning with the same team for years. Shaq bounced around like a hoe at a YG concert. Shaq was more dominant obviously in his prime but TD was the superior player IMO. TD is for me a top 5 player of all time.

[UZER]

I think Shaq is jealous of the fact how TD was so consistent with winning with the same team for years. Shaq bounced around like a hoe at a YG concert. Shaq was more dominant obviously in his prime but TD was the superior player IMO. TD is for me a top 5 player of all time.

For being the biggest bruising big man of all time, he is as insecure an NBA player that there ever was. Of social media was around in his prime, he’d be as sensitive as KD.

[Chucho]

For being the biggest bruising big man of all time, he is as insecure an NBA player that there ever was. Of social media was around in his prime, he’d be as sensitive as KD.

He's such a little girl. It only took him about 15 years to admit he lied about David Robinson snubbing him for an autograph. He talks out both sides of his neck.

[daslicer]

Yeah, this is the guy bragging how much he loved his friend Kobe but didn’t talk to him for 3 years after he retired. :lol

I don't think he ever liked Kobe. He was forced to respect Kobe and give him praise simply because he knew the Laker fans would never give him any love if he didn't do it.

[LkrFan]

Zion in 2025
https://twitter.com/CrypticNoOne/status/1228496463208075265?s=19

:lol

[UZER]

I don't think he ever liked Kobe. He was forced to respect Kobe and give him praise simply because he knew the Laker fans would never give him any love if he didn't do it.

100% I think that once LA became Kobe’s town after he left, it made him even more jealous, especially after Kobe tang. Thats why he talked to him so little. And he is still always trying to piggy back off of Kobe’s LA love trying to make it sound like you can’t say Kobe without saying Shaq. He just so insecure.

[Russ]

Bertans is in the 3 point contest...

oh wait

After all these years, the Spurs finally figured a way to get him invited . . .

[daslicer]

100% I think that once LA became Kobe’s town after he left, it made him even more jealous, especially after Kobe tang. Thats why he talked to him so little. And he is still always trying to piggy back off of Kobe’s LA love trying to make it sound like you can’t say Kobe without saying Shaq. He just so insecure.

Agreed. He has female tendencies despite growing up with a father granted it was his step father. I have noticed with Shaq he will get in fights with people randomly and it always stems from him being jealous of that person. He will then insult that person and then later on get emotional and apologize only to diss that person again.

[Beartrucci]

Mitchell and Myles low key did a better job calling the Rising Stars game better than a lot of professionals :lol

[Slo spurs fan]

2019?

[Spurtacular]

2019?

:lol FAIL

[Robz4000]

Pop not even in Chicago and taking losses tonight.

:lol picking Mason Plumlee over Bam Adebayo for the US team

[daslicer]

Pop not even in Chicago and taking losses tonight.

:lol picking Mason Plumlee over Bam Adebayo for the US team

Not a fan of Pop but if he wins the gold this summer then him not picking Bam will be forgotten. If you want to see Pop get humiliated then he has to lose the gold this summer.

[Robz4000]

Not a fan of Pop but if he wins the gold this summer then him not picking Bam will be forgotten. If you want to see Pop get humiliated then he has to lose the gold this summer.

Don't particularly care, just tired of seeing this version of Pop that has no idea what he's doing. I truly think he's gone senile.

[140]

Damn Gordon got robbed again :lol

[DC23]

Gordon got robbed again. Unreal.

[Texas_Ranger]

wade sucks as a parent and as a judge.

[DC23]

Never watching this shit again. 2 of tonight's judges don't know shit about basketball anyways.

[daslicer]

Don't particularly care, just tired of seeing this version of Pop that has no idea what he's doing. I truly think he's gone senile.

Agreed he needs to quit. At times I wonder if he's senile or if he's just getting exposed now that Duncan and #2 is no longer around to clean up his mess. This is the same guy who would play Bonner and Blair together for years and got away with it even though it was detrimental to the team's success in the playoffs. Spurs were able to win a lot of games even though it was a shitty combo defensively much like Belli-Mills is but the difference was Duncan-Manu-Tony were able to cover up that garbage combo. Pop has played stupid combos and line ups in the past but he had superstars and stars that could cover it up but now he no longer has it.

[140]

Never watching this shit again. 2 of tonight's judges don't know shit about basketball anyways.
Not to mention Wade who had an obvious conflict of interest :lol

But regardless of who was judging, the judging system is just shit. They give out 50s like candy and have nowhere to go when a better dunk comes up. I thought they were gonna do something about it after the same thing happened in 16 but they didn't and here we are again

[Robz4000]

:lol det Heat bias from Wade

[Beartrucci]

Wade is such a huge bitch for that shit :lol

[phxspurfan]

The roast is pretty funny so far

[UZER]

Wade announces he’s has a boy who’s thinks he’s girl, now all of a sudden he’s everywhere on every show. :lol

[ducks]

They need to be .5 in there
And they need to be tougher to get 50 in dunk offs

The dunk over taco to me was not a 50 imo
I would have gave a 9

[140]

Wade announces he’s has a boy who’s thinks he’s girl, now all of a sudden he’s everywhere on every show. :lol
Wade was gonna be everywhere regardless because he's a spotlight hungry faggot. In fact he's a way bigger faggot than his kid tbh

[daslicer]

Wade announces he’s has a boy who’s thinks he’s girl, now all of a sudden he’s everywhere on every show. :lol

He's trying to become a celebrity in this post basketball career.

[Texas_Ranger]

First, put some dunkers or former players as all the judges and second, make sure they dont hear what kenny smith and other commentators are saying.

[Clipper Nation]

Hard to believe people still care about the dunk contest when everything's been done already and it's mediocre at best most years. Free throw line dunks, jumping over celebrities/teammates, etc. lose their impact when it's done every year.

[jeebus]

Hard to believe people still care about the dunk contest when everything's been done already and it's mediocre at best most years. Free throw line dunks, jumping over celebrities/teammates, etc. lose their impact when it's done every year.
Watch it for Kirby, hater.

[TDfan2007]

Damn Shaq shitting on Timmy again on TNT. He really hates Duncan :lol

Dude has a really warped view of history. Seems like he doesn’t see him as even close to being a peer

What did he say?

[D-Wade]

Best dunk contest in years. Gordon's dunk over Tacko was overrated af. Dude ducked about a foot in order for Gordon to pull it off and didn't even clear him. He also copied some of Derrick Jones Jr.'s dunks.

[KobesAchilles]

Best dunk contest in years. Gordon's dunk over Tacko was overrated af. Dude ducked about a foot in order for Gordon to pull it off and didn't even clear him. He also copied some of Derrick Jones Jr.'s dunks.
I agree about the duck but man that one handed 360 off the side of the backboard was the dunk of the night. Ive always felt like the winner should have the dunk of the night so I say Gordon was robbed.

[phxspurfan]

Hard to believe people still care about the dunk contest when everything's been done already and it's mediocre at best most years. Free throw line dunks, jumping over celebrities/teammates, etc. lose their impact when it's done every year.

The dude who blew out the cupcake was pretty creative...so was jumping over a car. Also Aaron Gordon's dunk over the mascot was cool bc the mascot was on a hoverboard. And this year's one hand off the side of the backboard 360 was cool

[phxspurfan]

Best dunk contest in years. Gordon's dunk over Tacko was overrated af. Dude ducked about a foot in order for Gordon to pull it off and didn't even clear him. He also copied some of Derrick Jones Jr.'s dunks.

Exactly, that dunk lost him the title. He didn't clear him at all. No ties, they probably only had one trophy to give out.

[phxspurfan]

At some point someone's gonna dunk 2 basketballs at once, or get some crazy alley oop with a flip or a trampoline

[Killakobe81]

Best dunk contest in years. Gordon's dunk over Tacko was overrated af. Dude ducked about a foot in order for Gordon to pull it off and didn't even clear him. He also copied some of Derrick Jones Jr.'s dunks.

True, but some of Jones were also variations of the same between the legs dunks. Although they were impressive especially in slow-mo.

[TD 21]

Considering there's a possibility of Gordon's being traded to the Spurs this off season, he should get used to being screwed. Might as well add ignored to the list too, because the league will forget he even exists.

[phxspurfan]

Why is Chris Paul in the ASG. He’s so old and shitty

[Chris Fall]

Player introductions with forced nursery rhymes by a 50 year old rapper??

Maybe rethink that decision.

[Laker_1995]

Player introductions with forced nursery rhymes by a 50 year old rapper??

Maybe rethink that decision.

lowkey shit was mad corny.

[Jules_Winnfield]

Player introductions with forced nursery rhymes by a 50 year old rapper??

Maybe rethink that decision.

shot @ kawhit


"runs a clinic" :fro

[phxspurfan]

Typical ASG

[Killakobe81]

Player introductions with forced nursery rhymes by a 50 year old rapper??

Maybe rethink that decision.

I liked it better than boring standard intros

[Killakobe81]

That boy can't speak...

[phxspurfan]

Jokic out there looking like 37 year old Duncan at the ASG. Slow and plodding. Too bad he’s fucking 24 and already fat as hell

[140]

That boy can't speak...
That was hard to get through tbh :lol

[phxspurfan]

Double Dribble count: CP3 and LeBron with 1 each, in the 1st quarter.


“Best basketball players in the world”

[tholdren]

If you like this or you watch this you are an idiot

[tholdren]

Double Dribble count: CP3 and LeBron with 1 each, in the 1st quarter.


“Best basketball players in the world”

Yet you watch

[phxspurfan]

Westbrook just runs down the lane and throws the ball to random spots. No actual court vision required

[phxspurfan]

Yet you watch

Of course, rooting for my favorite Spurs participant. Oh, wait they suck and don’t deserve to be in it

[DMC]

Worst ASG lineup since pre ABA NBA merger

[DMC]

Wade announces he’s has a boy who’s thinks he’s girl, now all of a sudden he’s everywhere on every show. :lol

Isn't it the other way around? Doesn't the girl think she's a boy? Not sure these days.

[FkLA]

Rap is such a shitty genre. Literally no vocal talent required.

[Clipper Nation]

Frauden and Kemba are unwatchable right now.

[phxspurfan]

lol Chinese guy in the front row with a dust mask on

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Frauden actually had the nerve to complain about Lowry flopping.

[Robz4000]

Fun fourth quarter

[Clipper Nation]

Why does Marc Davis of all people get to ref the All-Star Game?

[Robz4000]

:lmao all this whining by team Lebron

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Kawhi still punking Embiid, even in the All-Star Game

[Robz4000]

At least the NBA got it right with this fourth quarter format. Should be how they do it going forward.

[Robz4000]

These refs have been otherworldly bad as well.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Just give it to Kawhi and stop trying to rely on career losers like Frauden and CP0.

[Robz4000]

:lol Just give it to Kawhi and stop trying to rely on career losers like Frauden and CP0.

Crazy how little he's touched the ball after how he scored or assisted on five straight possessions before this stretch.

[Clipper Nation]

Crazy how little he's touched the ball after how he scored or assisted on five straight possessions before this stretch.

It literally reminds me of old Spurs games when Porker used to freeze him out down the stretch.

[TDfan2007]

Lame way for the game to end. Fourth was a foul fest

[140]

They should make a rule that it can't end on free throws or something. Anti climatic as fuck tbh

[Robz4000]

:lol of course it ends on a free throw

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Imagine if AD managed to choke both free throws.

[Chris Fall]

Even with all the late fouls, I wasn't mad at that 4th quarter at all. Pretty exciting.

[Laker_1995]

And to think we could have had kiwi too . Him and AD on the defensive end would have been deadly. goodness gracious

[140]

I agree that they should keep/improve on this format though, can't remember the last time an asg was this entertaining

[Beartrucci]

What an unfathomably lame ending to an otherwise really cool AS game

[TDfan2007]

Even with all the late fouls, I wasn't mad at that 4th quarter at all. Pretty exciting.

These guys weren't used to that level of physicality. Things got really sloppy, but it was very fun to see them go at it

[TDfan2007]

Best all star game since 2004 imo

[Robz4000]

Nephew gets MVP

[Laker_1995]

Well deserved Kiwi

[Clipper Nation]

MVP Kawhi :worthy:

[phxspurfan]

good idea for the 4th quarter. Maybe rescued it because the 1st-3rd qtrs were the usual unwatchable

[Killakobe81]

MVP Kawhi :worthy:

I thought Spur fan and CN claimed he never worked with Kobe?!
Well deserved tho by the terminator, Klaw whatever...

[daslicer]

I thought Spur fan and CN claimed he never worked with Kobe?!
Well deserved tho by the terminator, Klaw whatever...

#2 admitted in an interview during the '16-'17 season that he never worked with Kobe. The only time he worked with him was summer of '19 for a brief work out at Mamba academy.

[Killakobe81]

If people are honest Cp3 was the most important player in that game outside the three best SF giannis, KL and Bron maybe even more than Bron

[Clipper Nation]

1229233138691215360
Of course, this stat leaves out an important distinction: Kawhi plays against athletes, Jordan played against plumbers and accountants.

[ismael-robert]

How long was 4th? Who kawhi giving kia too?

[Clipper Nation]

1229273557282119681
Meanwhile in San Antonio:

:pop: "Basketball doesn't matter when the spotted owl is going extinct. Players need to get over themselves."

[daslicer]

How long was 4th? Who kawhi giving kia too?

Uncle Dennis.

[FrostKing]

What I miss?

Worked and spent time with family over the weekend.

[LkrFan]

Jokic out there looking like 37 year old Duncan at the ASG. Slow and plodding. Too bad he’s fucking 24 and already fat as hell

:lol

[LkrFan]

MVP Kawhi :worthy:

Bron got him a ton of easy looks. You think he second guessing his decision? He would have eaten first and load managed all he wanted across the hall :downspin:

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/ClevisMurray/status/1229280619760406528?s=19

djohn2oo8 get your hummingbird ass in here and:downspin: this shiiiiiiiiiiiiit!! :rollin:lmao:rollin

Errbody gonna go hard at Har_en :lol

[LkrFan]

For those that missed the game
eSXBikj6d0U

[D-Wade]

Haren passing up the game winning layup is a nice preview for April/May.

[Clipper Nation]

Bron got him a ton of easy looks. You think he second guessing his decision? He would have eaten first and load managed all he wanted across the hall :downspin:
Bron was freezing him out in the fourth quarter, though. Kawhi already had enough of that treatment with Porker, he wants to close games himself.

[FrostKing]

Load management your own ticket holders but all out in an exhibition game for "Team Lebron"?

[LkrFan]

Bron was freezing him out in the fourth quarter, though. Kawhi already had enough of that treatment with Porker, he wants to close games himself.

Was he or did his balls stop hanging when the game got tight? :lol

He'll get his chance :toast

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/J_Sand_Yankees/status/1229267493128110081?s=19

:lmao

[JamStone]

Mr. Robot doesn’t really handle the ball that much tho. It’s not that he can’t. Just not his game. And you got three other guys in LBJ, CP3, and Harden who are all ball dominant as well as more than capable scorers. Good luck getting the ball from any of them in crunch time unless you’re wide the fuck open under the basket.

[LkrFan]

Mr. Robot doesn’t really handle the ball that much tho. It’s not that he can’t. Just not his game. And you got three other guys in LBJ, CP3, and Harden who are all ball dominant as well as more than capable scorers. Good luck getting the ball from any of them in crunch time unless you’re wide the fuck open under the basket.

I actually saw Nephew defer to Bron in the 4th tbh. Was he load managing in an all star game? :lol

[LkrFan]

Greek Freak dropped the people's elbow on Harden in an all star game
https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1229444911621124103?s=19

He been hanging out with Artest :lol

[140]

Greek Freak dropped the people's elbow on Harden in an all star game
https://twitter.com/TheNBACentral/status/1229444911621124103?s=19

He been hanging out with Artest :lol
He got a similar treatment from Embiid as well when trying to guard him in the post :lol

[DMC]

Kawhiet Earp

[DMC]

Bron was freezing him out in the fourth quarter, though. Kawhi already had enough of that treatment with Porker, he wants to close games himself.
People like Lebron, Kobe, Wade and Anthony feel entitled to decide among themselves who get the MVP nod.

[LkrFan]

He got a similar treatment from Embiid as well when trying to guard him in the post :lol

:lol

[LkrFan]

Nephew gets MVP

https://twitter.com/RyanWardLA/status/1229520320899371008?s=19

:wow

[Robz4000]

https://twitter.com/RyanWardLA/status/1229520320899371008?s=19

:wow

:lol of course he's going to say that. The entire weekend was a Kirby memorial service; he'd be scrutinized if he didn't fluff your hero up.

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/1229305275141763073?s=19

Greek Freak took it seriously. Ask Harden:
https://twitter.com/shaqtin/status/1083203035688591360?s=19

Harden did an interview after the game. He complained of having a headache
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/3a/cb/f53acbd12326a123a94ceb7de8915d6d.jpg

:lol

[LkrFan]

:lol of course he's going to say that. The entire weekend was a Kirby memorial service; he'd be scrutinized if he didn't fluff your hero up.

:lol

How come he never fluffed Jim for helping him rang? :downspin:

[Robz4000]

:lol

How come he never fluffed Jim for helping him rang? :downspin:

He hates the Spurs and refuses to reference them in a positive light. Dude literally claimed a few days ago he thought he'd come in his rookie year and immediately be the #1 option.

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/Hoopnomics/status/1229508086336978944?s=19

Kiwi saw Bron lock Greek Freak up in the clutch like:
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F_Djc-gnmOo/U5fQ934WyMI/AAAAAAAAHaA/_KJ6nAzHuds/s1600/3.gif

:lol

[Clipper Nation]

Was he or did his balls stop hanging when the game got tight? :lol

He'll get his chance :toast
I don't know what you were watching, but I was seeing LeBron, CP0 and Frauden take turns hogging the ball, tbh.

He's already had plenty of chances and delivered, Pablo. Two alpha rings and counting. :downspin:

[LkrFan]

I don't know what you were watching, but I was seeing LeBron, CP0 and Frauden take turns hogging the ball, tbh.

He's already had plenty of chances and delivered, Pablo. Two alpha rings and counting. :downspin:

:lol

[Laker_1995]

I don't know what you were watching, but I was seeing LeBron, CP0 and Frauden take turns hogging the ball, tbh.

He's already had plenty of chances and delivered, Pablo. Two alpha rings and counting. :downspin:

Last year okay. But your telling me Kawhi was the #1 guy over TD ? Damn lol

[Clipper Nation]

Last year okay. But your telling me Kawhi was the #1 guy over TD ? Damn lol
He was co-alpha with Tim, tbh.

[Killakobe81]

Last year okay. But your telling me Kawhi was the #1 guy over TD ? Damn lol

Yup. If that is the standard Kobe got 5 alpha rings, not 3

[Laker_1995]

He was co-alpha with Tim, tbh.

I respect that. But Boris diaw lowkey was balling in the finals lol

[LkrFan]

He was co-alpha with Tim, tbh.

For a "Clipper" fan you sure know a lot about the Spurs. :downspin:

[TDfan2007]

He was co-alpha with Tim, tbh.

He was the 3rd best player on the team in the playoffs, but he balled out the last 3 games of the finals and deserved finals MVP. Let's not try to rewrite history though...

[daslicer]

He was the 3rd best player on the team in the playoffs, but he balled out the last 3 games of the finals and deserved finals MVP. Let's not try to rewrite history though...

This.

[Collins21]

He was co-alpha with Tim, tbh.

Bullshit those 2011-2014 teams were Parker's teams no other Spurs ws even mention as the best in their position during that time. Parker rather you like him or not was commonly mentioned as the best PG in the league during those years.

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/goldlakerss/status/1229660249335844864?s=19
https://pics.me.me/kisscar-spongebob-2-hours-later-for-2-hours-youtube-53155680.png
https://twitter.com/GrantGoldberg/status/1229652686183616512?s=19

:lol

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/HisandHerLakers/status/1229653647291609090?s=19

:wow

[LkrFan]

https://twitter.com/GrantGoldberg/status/1229672827780911105?s=19

:lol

[Ball Buster]

:smokin

[FrostKing]

NBA is so black. Just scrolling down this page.

[Arcadian]

Damn Shaq shitting on Timmy again on TNT. He really hates Duncan :lol

Dude has a really warped view of history. Seems like he doesn’t see him as even close to being a peer

What did he say about Tim? From what I've seen in the past, he has a lot of respect for Tim.

[Arcadian]

Jokic out there looking like 37 year old Duncan at the ASG. Slow and plodding. Too bad he’s fucking 24 and already fat as hell
Duncan at 37 was turning in a Finals MVP-worthy performance.

[JamStone]

NBA is so black. Just scrolling down this page.

Did you just start watching the NBA?

The last time the NBA wasn’t so black was 40+ years ago, probably more.

[LkrFan]

NBA is so black. Just scrolling down this page.

You long for the 60s huh? I bet you wish the Civil Rights movement neva happened. Look on the white side: you still have privilege :lol

[UZER]

https://twitter.com/HisandHerLakers/status/1229653647291609090?s=19

:wow

But the Atros are cheaters huh. Lebron is such a hypocrite. :lol

[LkrFan]

But the Atros are cheaters huh. Lebron is such a hypocrite. :lol

Ain't nobody cheating son :lol