Always Miller Time » NBA All-Star Weekend http://alwaysmillertime.com An Indiana Pacers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 21 May 2013 15:37:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 NBA All Star 2013: Should All Star Weekend have one location? http://alwaysmillertime.com/2013/02/15/nba-all-star-2013-should-all-star-weekend-have-one-location/ http://alwaysmillertime.com/2013/02/15/nba-all-star-2013-should-all-star-weekend-have-one-location/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:40:42 +0000 Stephen Ajamie http://alwaysmillertime.com/?p=4007 I was thinking about this as someone called into 1070 the Fan today about bringing the All Star game to Indianapolis.  Unfortunately, I don’t think it would make any sense to do that as it’s hard to get enough people at a Pacers game, so I can’t imagine that people would make the trip to [...]

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]]> I was thinking about this as someone called into 1070 the Fan today about bringing the All Star game to Indianapolis.  Unfortunately, I don’t think it would make any sense to do that as it’s hard to get enough people at a Pacers game, so I can’t imagine that people would make the trip to Indy for an All Star Weekend.  Plus, I’ve heard it’s not that big of a money maker for a city, so why not just have it at one location?  There are definitely two options if the NBA went this route.  Los Angeles and New York City.  Two of the important cities in the US and important in the game of basketball.  Personally, I would choose New York City, and have the All Star Game played at Madison Square Garden.  As a Pacers fan, I know that Reggie Miller had always come to play a bit harder when playing there.  I imagine Michael Jordan did the same.  Lebron James has had some of his fantastic games at MSG, so why not?

Los Angeles is a good choice as well since it’s the city of stars.  Who doesn’t know as a NBA fan that Jack Nicholson is always sitting courtside at the Lakers’ game?  Celebs would be great ambassadors for the game of basketball, so you have that city of stars, and they’re all there.  It doesn’t make any sense to me anymore to rotate the All Star Weekend to different cities.  Unless you were to rotate between the two that I’ve talked about.  MSG and Staples Center have that history of greatness, and if the All Star weekend is about the great players of the NBA, let’s get them a great home.

Do you think this is a radical idea that needs to be looked at?

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]]> Oct 14, 2010; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony (15) during the game against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Staples Center. The Nuggets defeated the Clippers 100-95. Photo via Newscom

This could be a bad day for all fans of the Denver Nuggets. In the team’s season-opening victory, the Nuggets acknowledged to give Carmelo Anthony the go-ahead $65 million extension. Anthony declined.

Anthony said he wants a change in his future, and it doesn’t seem to involve the Nuggets at all. He was coming off a 23-point performance in the Nuggets’ 110-88 win over the Utah Jazz.

“Management to sit down and talk, but my thing is it’s way beyond this year,” he told Yahoo! Sports. “It ain’t got nothing to do with the new GM [Masai Ujiri], Josh [Kroenke, team president], the players. For me, I feel it’s a time for change.

“If I do nothing now, I’m never going to do anything. I feel like my time is now to make a decision if I want to leave or if I want to stay.”

The Nuggets extension offer has been there for months now. If Anthony plays the season out, he will be the next big thing of the free agency. Or another thing may happen, he could be dealt by the deadline.

The teams that are possible in trading for the All-Star are the New York Knicks, New Jersey Nets, and the Chicago Bulls.

Anthony wants to keep his options open.

“But as far as the money that’s on the table, I understand the money that’s on the table. I understand it’s a lot,” he said on “The Scott Van Pelt Show.” “But it’s more than the money. Right now I’m here, I’m with the Nuggets.”

Maybe not for long.

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