NBA All-Star summary, Sixers style.

So NBA All-Star weekend 2014 in New Orleans came and went. It was an exciting, action-packed weekend full of memorable moments, and proud players.

For Sixers fans though, the weekend went largely like the rest of the season has; Michael Carter-Williams came up short in the final seconds in the only event he was involved in, and otherwise, the Sixers were far out of the spot light.

They had no all-stars, no three-point or dunk competitors. Hell, I don't even think any of the other players went to hang out.

So basically, as a Sixers fan, I sat in my living room with a bag over my head and my Sixers mardi gras beads, actually obtained in New Orleans a couple years earlier, dangling loosely over my chest.

No really.

 

Michael Kaskey-Blomain

At least the East won, and the game was about as competitive as an all-star game can get. There was a lot of good action, including a seemingly unlimited amount of Blake Griffin dunks, and in the end the game was up for grabs, all you can really ask for. 

Speaking of the dunk contest however, wow. There were some awesome individual dunks, but overall, it was awful. Too short, and the whole team competition idea really took away from the contest. I understand an emphasis on teamwork, but the dunk contest is, and always has been, an individual event, and that's how it should remain. The initial freestyle round was beyond awful. I missed the scorecards too. Holding up an iPad that said either 'East' or 'West' didn't serve the same excitement and anticipation value of the numerical cards.

Nelly watching the 2014 dunk contest like ughh

The concept of a dunk contest sells itself. The fact that the league continues to ruin the once-great competition blows my mind. Get six of the league's best dunkers, give them a few rounds to battle it out with each other, and boom, it will be awesome.

Anyway, on to the second half of the season.