NBA All-Star Weekend is a three-day celebration filled with excitement as the basketball community comes together to honor some of the best players in the league.
But this year, the mood is different.
It’s been three weeks since the tragic helicopter accident in Calabasas, California, took the lives of Kobe Bryant, his 12-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others. And the emotions among players and fans are still very raw.
“We know that he’s watching over us,” Lakers star LeBron James said Saturday at All-Star media day. “I don’t really want to sit up here and talk about it too much.