2018 All Star Game And Weekend

Looks like LeGM and Curry picked their teams:





What do you guys think?

 

Some more gold from Chuck!

 

Looks to me like Team Lebron will win if they can all play nice.

 

LMA, Klay, Green, Horford my God.

 

LeGM LMAO,

Are you f***ing kidding me ? SMH at these players comments



There will be a $75,000 difference between the winners' and losers' earnings, as opposed to just $25,000. Some players have bonuses in their contracts tied to All-Star appearances, but that is independent of the boost the league is rewarding the All-Star Game winners.

All-Star players who spoke to ESPN overwhelmingly agreed that this financial incentive is a game-changer. Most of the All-Stars said they were unaware of the salary hike.

"Well, I would like to think so," Boston C Bags forward Al Horford told ESPN. "I think guys will definitely take the game more seriously. In the last couple of years, the games haven't been good, and we're all aware of that. Regardless of that, I think guys are going to come out and compete. But that's a big incentive, for sure. We're going to be diving for loose balls out there."

Over the years, there have been heightened complaints about the players not taking the game seriously enough, with porous defense and half-hearted offensive showings. That could change dramatically.

"That'll certainly make it more interesting," Boston C Bags guard Kyrie Irvingsaid regarding the $100,000 winner's prize. "That's a huge difference."

"I think it will help, for sure. That's a lot of money," Golden State Warriorsguard Klay Thompson told ESPN. "It will definitely help."

 

Hope those winnings go to charity or something.

 

Good luck with that.

Very few players are excited about this so they give their winnings to charity.

Not sure how I feel about this. We now have to bribe players to play hard and compete? I don’t like the precedent.

How long before 100k isn’t enough motivation?

 

Funny how we didn't have issues about competitiveness when Kobe was playing. Remember that broken nose Wade gave him, in an ASG!

Team leaders should have been able to pick a charity their team was representing. Winning team gets a certain amount donated to the charity. These guys are already making millions.

 

We have TMac, Candace Parker and MBJ. I'm okay with that.

 

I missed the PG intro anything special from the crowd?