Kudos to those of you who made it through the NBA All Star Saturday events. To be honest, they put me to sleep (literally, I fell asleep trying to watch them). To recap the action… Jayson Tatum edged out Trae Young in the Skills Competition via a half court heave… former Cav Joe Harris lived up to his “Smokin’ Joe” persona by torching the competition (including Steph Curry) to win the Three Point Contest crown… and Hamidou Diallo scaled Shaq to best Dennis Smith, Jr. in the Slam Dunk Competition.
In between the mostly pedestrian action, there was an inane pop-a-shot competition featuring Shaq and Kenny Smith, and what should have been a highlight (yet was actually a sad lowlight) of Dell Curry and his gang of past historic three point shooting champ teammates (Ray Allen, Mark Price and Glenn Robinson) throwing up treys for charity.