Part 3 of a look back at LI's best basketball players, a series that goes through seven decades for the boys and five decades ...

I can assure you that people like myself, who somehow hit the Powerball profession of getting paid to watch basketball, don't really want to talk or write about it. Sunday's All-Star Game ...

That is perhaps a bit of a shame because league’s latest attempt to create a more entertaining and competitive All-Star Game was reasonably successful in terms of the basketball we saw on the court.

More broadly, the problem was that the NBA’s solution to its All-Star Game problem — which is, it must be stressed, not a real thing — was to do other things than just playing basketball.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Karl Malone pose during halftime of the NBA basketball All-Star game Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Credit: AP/Rick Bowmer That's the whole reason for the change ...

His basketball skills were on display in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, scoring a game-high 22 points and adding eight rebounds and five assists as he led Team Bonds to a 66-55 victory against ...