Orlando Magic All-Star Grades: Nikola Vucevic was there

Nikola Vucevic nearly took home the Skills Challenge trophy at the All-Star Game. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports

Centers are not supposed to do well in All-Star games.

Guards hold and control the ball. It is a game that they dominate. They ultimately decide whether to pass to big men who do not initiate offense for the most part.

Besides even for shooting big men, it is a physical job. And this is not a physical game. This is not anything close to that. Nobody would fault big men for taking the night off.

Nikola Vucevic looked for his pockets to shoot and he was not afraid to do so. But this was not his game to showcase his talent. If he had made his 3-pointers, maybe the world…