The All-Star break is a great time for NBA players to recharge the mental battery and rest some joints that might be achy.
But it doesn’t always leave a good residue.
Kyrie Irving has been around long enough and been part of enough All-Star weekends that he knows the first game back from the break can be hard on the eyes.
“You’ll see some examples of good and not-so-good basketball,” he said.
And there was a little of both in the Mavericks’ 111-103 win over New Orleans on Friday.