Where They At

This past weekend was the NBA All-Star weekend which had a record setting 108 thousand people in attendance for the All-Star game. This was a high flying, high scoring, close game that you would expect the All-Star game to be. This was the highlight of the weekend and in my opinion the only good part of it. In the skill competitions earlier in the weekend were as bad as ever. Where were the stars at?

Starting with the skills challenge, that deals with ball handling and passing which was won by Steve Nash, there were only two people that I have heard of. Steve Nash and Derron Williams are two of the best PG's in the game but there are other elites that could have been in it instead of two no names. Where was Chris Paul, Tony Parker, Jason Kidd, Chauncey Billups? These players are considerably better and could have given Nash and Williams a little competition. Not saying the no-names aren't good, but they aren't as good as the ones mentioned above.

Next is the three point competition. The only one i can see being in the competition is Stephon Curry who can shoot the lights out. He didn't win but he is a rookie and I guarantee he wins two or three before he hangs up the sneakers. Paul Pierce won it but he shouldn't have been in it. Ray Allen, which is arguably the best shooter today and maybe one of the best of all times wasn't in it. Neither was Danielle Gibson, who is making three's whenever you hear about him. Rashard Lewis and JJ Reddick are other good shooters that could have been in it. Never the less congrats to Paul Pierce.

The final and maybe the biggest competition was the dunk contest which was won by Nate Robinson. He is 5' 5'' and can throw down which is amazing, but he has only had 3 dunks in the regular season. People are just trying to make him the next Spud Webb. This competition was the weakest I have ever seen. It looked more like a high school dunk competition. I only heard of Nate Robinson from previous dunk competitions and that's all. I have know idea who the others were but where are the stars at? Why can't we get LeBron in there or Dwight Howard again? Even Dwayne Wade can throw down better than the ones in the dunk contest. Get Vince Carter there just for the dunks. Nobody was buzzing like they usually do after this. This usually has more hype than the All Star game. I seriously hope they can get it back because there was no big names or even creativity this year.

I understand that the NBA administration is not completely to blame. Some players are too worried about their season or are too focused on the game. They are too concerned with themselves than they are to please the fans. Some were hurt, like Kobe, which is an alright excuse but i don't think there is another acceptable one. Let me know what you thought about the All-Star weekend.