As some of you know, this weekend is the NBA All-Star weekend, which around here is overshadowed by the Olympics, but whatever, they're both huge events in my opinion, I was just more excited to watch some of the NBA's finest take charge in Dallas, TX.
The Rookie vs. Sophomore game was on Friday. I didn't get the chance to watch it, but the rooks took it 140-128 under the coaching of Kevin Durant.
The skills competition yesterday was decent. We basically got to watch Kevin Durant make normal shots from all over the court, and out of bounds in the H.O.R.S.E. challenge. Time was eventually an issue in the challenge and it resorted to Durant and the Celtic's Rajon Rondo going shot for show from the 3-point line until they missed. Durant took it effortlessly. Steve Nash took the skills challenge with a flawless run through the course of lay-ups, passing, shooting and dribbling. Paul Pierce won the 3-point contest, luckily nailing all five two-point money balls for a grand total of 20 points. The biggest disappointment, and actually my only major complaint was the dunk competition. If you watched it you know what I mean. Gerard Wallace did nothing. Not literally, but you know... Shannon Brown unfortunately did not deliver either... so it was up to DeMar DeRozan and Nate Robinson in the final round. Nate took it because of fan voting - 51% in favor of Nate, 49% for DeMar. Needless to say, DeRozan deserved it, and if it came down to the actual judges deciding on the winner then DeRozan woulda took it.
That is basically all that I saw. I missed a few events on Friday and I think I'm going to end up missing the All-Star game tonight. I'll just catch the TSN highlights tomorrow I guess.
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