Author: Alistair Grech

Dame time, Greek Freak, King James and Curry. No one stood a chance. There was certainly some highly vocalised criticism and disarray within the league-leading up to this seasons All-Star Game. Lebron James called it a “slap in the face” for the NBA to hold an All-Star Game in an already compressed 72-game season just two months after the 2020-21 season ended in the quarantine bubble. James had said he has “zero energy and zero excitement about an All-Star game this year.” James represented a large portion of the league leaders who had also questioned the validity of having an…