The NBA All-Star weekend is behind us and thankfully so. The dunk contest wasn’t much. The future stars game is I guess okay is if you don’t have a life, but not something I’d schedule two hours of my life around. I’m not even sure what they call the thing Oladipo won. Same thing with the celebrity game—Kevin Hart can only go so far for a period of time. Nothing personal against Kevin Hart.
The game itself was won by the West I think as neither team played any defense whatsoever. Russell Westbrook scored 41 points, but Anthony Davis scored fifty something and broke the all-time scoring record previously held by Wilt Chamberlain back from the 1962 game.
I enjoyed the Westbrook commercials, especially the one with Cam Payne in the barber’s chair. I’m tired of the whole Westbrook-Durant thing. It’s almost as exhausting as the Trump presidency, but obviously doesn’t have the same serious consequences. They’re grown men, give it a rest. They’ve both moved on as should others. The little play were Durant assisted Westbrook on the dunk was nice, but it’s not like the Tetonic plates shifted or anything.
My main focus is seeing if Sam Presti makes a nuance trade this week which will help this Oklahoma City team scoring the basketball. Otherwise, the Thunder pretty much share the dilemma every other team in the league faces in that none of the other teams are good enough to beat the Warriors four out of seven games.
This was much better than the ‘game’.