SAN FRANCISCO — Welcome to the Bay Area, where the NBA was the biggest loser of all.
On a mostly beautiful weekend in a mostly beautiful city, the league managed to turn its All-Star Game into anything but a showcase of the best basketball players in the world. Everyone from Golden State Warriors star Draymond Green to comedian Kevin Hart spent the weekend crapping on the product — even during the game itself — turning what was supposed to be a celebration of the sport into a joke.
LOSER: The NBA
We probably should have known it was headed that way when Anthony Edwards was asked about the exhibition's new format and said, "I don't really know too much about it.