As I touched on Saturday morning in some detail, this year’s NBA All-Star festivities were less than riveting for Utah Jazz fans. A lackluster All-Star Saturday night was further evidence of that. While the Skills Challenge and the 3-Point Contest were alright, the Dunk Contest, aside from a couple nice ones from eventual champ Hamidou Diallo, was pretty meh.
Last year’s battle between Donovan Mitchell and Larry Nance Jr. was much more entertaining, and I believe could have been extended even longer into a duel between the two had Nance received more love for his sweet tap-off-the-backboard jam.