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NBA All-Star Weekend used to be a celebration, but now it’s a caricature of itself

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Got a call the other day: “Scoop, you goin’ to the Bay for All-Star?”

Response: “Naw. Not interested.”

Got stopped on the street earlier this week: “Scoop Jackson. Thought you’d be in San Fran for All-Star. Since you’re here, where are you gonna watch the game?”

Response: “Probably not going to. They’ve turned it all into too much of a circus. It ain’t even about basketball anymore.”

There was a time for many of us when the NBA was the (our) NFL.