This was such a bad idea.
Amid all the pending trade calls and, you know, actual games happening across the league, the NBA decided tonight was the optimal time to air its NBA All-Star Draft with captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
LeBron, of course, is in Boston with the Lakers for a game starting at 8pm. So, you guessed it, the damn thing was pre-taped and hokey and overly structured.
How the NBA got outfoxed by the freaking NHL on the roll out and presentation of this draft — something that should have been a hilarious, endearing, wonderfully petty, perhaps alcohol-infused and .