NBA has turned its All-Star event into just another weekend

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If you thought the excitement of the Super Bowl would flow into the NBA’s All-Star Weekend, think again. There was once a time when it had meaning, stood for something greater. The anticipation, excitement. When the hype was real. When it was called “our” Super Bowl, the Black Super Bowl. Yeah, them days. “Was” and “once” being the fatal words.

The showcase days are over. The beauty, the significance of it all … gone. The time has arrived to painfully make the PSA: The NBA All-Star Game, as we know and love, done.

Not dead, but worse. It no longer has meaning; lost both its sense of excitement and entertainment. “Are you not entertained?” "Not,” the other fatal word. To…