Celtics Life · Feb 17, 2025
Will NBA's attempt to shame stars into caring be successful tonight?
Many NBA fans have fond memories of classic Eastern vs Western Conference midseason All-Star battles. Unfortunately the memories have become much more distant as NBA player at some point decided to just make the All-Star Game a no defense affair featuring uncontested dunks and logo 3-point attempts.
With the lone exception of Jaylen Brown last year, stars also decided to bypass the dunk contest, since they didn't want to deal with the embarrassment of losing. You can credit LeBron James with starting that trend.