The NBA All Star Weekend Returns to Tradition and Excitement

This weekend the stars of the best basketball league in the world will test their skills and face each other in the All Star Game and even in an era of innovation and new rules in sports, the NBA returned to the basics and its tradition.

From February 16 to 18, various events will take place such as the Rising Stars, where the league’s promises will compete, the celebrity game, the traditional dunk contest and, of course, the return of the match between the best players in the Eastern Conference against the Western Conference for the first time since 2017, as a draft between captains was currently being held to choose the teams.

“We returned to the traditional format, in addition to having made other changes that we made to treat this as a game again,” said NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum ahead of the weekend in Indianapolis.

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“After last year, we listened to the opinion of the fans and the conclusion was that it was not that competitive and, while it is important that no one gets injured, we want there to be competition. We immediately started talking to the players, and they understood that this It got out of hand and we had to go back to the bases. They told us that the halftime show lasted a long time, the introductions too, and now, you know who your team is from the beginning, you create a bond and we will change the time of the game so that it look more like a regular season one,” he added.

Likewise, one of the big stars who will try to win a trophy in the Slam Dunk Contest will be the Mexican Jaime Jaquez Jr., who Tatum assures that “he amazed the entire league, he always contributes to the Miami Heat and the fact that he spent more years in college allowed him to reach the NBA in this way and he will put on a great show.

The forward who is competing for Rookie of the Year won a high school dunk contest at the ‘Battle of The Valley Slam Dunk Contest’ in 2019 and could steal the spotlight this weekend in one of the fans’ most anticipated events.

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2024-02-13 23:26:23
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