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The NBA All-Star Game is an annual extravaganza that has everything to do with honoring the best players in the game and providing entertainment for the fans, but has very little to do with sound basketball. This year’s contest has zero Spurs participating, unless somehow they convinced super-snub DeMar DeRozan to rush to Atlanta to take the place of Joel Embiid or Ben Simmons, who were last-minute roster scratches due to Covid contact tracing.