tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post8768151110533239952..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: The NBA All-Star Game -- what a jokeBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-34134234825897493782011-02-25T08:28:56.750-08:002011-02-25T08:28:56.750-08:00You know, not that I really care..... but I didn&#...You know, not that I really care..... but I didn't even know this game was being played. It's like missing that latest meteor shower, it'll happen again next year, and not too many people will be interested!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-816799224132551382011-02-24T12:28:52.237-08:002011-02-24T12:28:52.237-08:00LA Angels rebranding FAILLA Angels rebranding FAILAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57535174971363843712011-02-22T16:19:48.681-08:002011-02-22T16:19:48.681-08:00It is all about money...It is all about <a href="http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2011/02/11/news/doc4d55cc45ed412913108976.txt" rel="nofollow">money</a>...Dana Gabbardhttp://socata.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-14837441119652638932011-02-21T07:30:19.185-08:002011-02-21T07:30:19.185-08:00The game may be fun, but the weekend is an open ca...The game may be fun, but the weekend is an open casting call for the worst bunch of degenerates ever. You never want to be in town if the all-star game comes to your town.danrydellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13345808725796657972011-02-20T23:07:12.765-08:002011-02-20T23:07:12.765-08:00I enjoyed it. It was fun seeing the guys do thing...I enjoyed it. It was fun seeing the guys do things they wouldn't normally try because they'd be playing it safe. I liked watching the interactions between all the big egos and ,in some cases, friends, too.selection7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-43304306479758561402011-02-20T21:33:52.483-08:002011-02-20T21:33:52.483-08:00I watched my eight year-old son's hoops team p...I watched my eight year-old son's hoops team play on Saturday to a thrilling 25-24 win. The skills were low but the drama high.<br /><br />I've gone to a couple of UCSB Gauchos game. They're in a conference no one pays attention too and play teams no one cares about like UC Irvine and Cal State Northridge and Cal Poly San Luis. Had a blast every time and the quality of play was amazing -- any Division One NCAA team is high quality.<br /><br />Went to a Lakers game. Had a good time in the nosebleed seats. I think me and my son were right on the dividing line between the Bloods and Crips sections. They were all great guys, even if they only people who'd recognized them were their parents and parole officers.<br /><br />Probably going to hit a couple of high school games too. Plan on having fun at every one.<br /><br />Basketball at any level is a great game that needs not an ounce of celebrity to be entertaining.<br /><br />The NBA All-Star game wasn't basketball.John Pearley Huffmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-87115315729245140112011-02-20T20:32:12.760-08:002011-02-20T20:32:12.760-08:00Not hard for me to ignore. I don't care about ...Not hard for me to ignore. I don't care about basketball at all.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28279277355420684172011-02-20T19:44:57.414-08:002011-02-20T19:44:57.414-08:00NBA all star is the best game ever.
Thanks for the...NBA all star is the best game ever.<br />Thanks for the brilliant post.analeehttp://www.moviesonzone.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21493623927679623862011-02-20T16:50:17.489-08:002011-02-20T16:50:17.489-08:00To paraphrase lyrics from the group - "we are...To paraphrase lyrics from the group - "we are building a religion, we are building a brand. And everyone keeps calling me "Dude."<br /><br />MLB has the best All=Star game - it may be flawed but has a great tradition. The NBA weekend is about the brand - the image and the marketing. <br /><br />Somehow they don't pick up the revulsion their excess triggers - or they take that reaction as a sign their strategy is working. Always unsettling to know you are not a part of the target market...Phillip Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498595633633248863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40933883477423948102011-02-20T16:36:49.813-08:002011-02-20T16:36:49.813-08:00"All star" and exhibition games should b..."All star" and exhibition games should be banned, right along with astro turf and domed stadiums.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65899132575599364802011-02-20T13:43:17.387-08:002011-02-20T13:43:17.387-08:00Let's see: Mammoth, televised circle jerk at t...Let's see: Mammoth, televised circle jerk at the home court of the most elitist franchise in pro sports in the most self-important city in America. <br /><br />Why the indignance, Ken?LA Nuts book (Joe Dungan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12242768849546457072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-17905945572313400112011-02-20T13:07:22.897-08:002011-02-20T13:07:22.897-08:00Well, the most recent MLB ASG wasn't too far f...Well, the most recent MLB ASG wasn't too far from you, Ken, down the road in Anaheim, a Metrolink ride away.<br /><br />But I otherwise agree with your comments. The NBA is so much bling and bull, with a game atmosphere that makes baseball's current contrived bombast seem like the epitome of decorum. I generally could care less about the NBA, and even if my Wizards somehow magically returned to the stature of the late '70s championship Bullets, I doubt I'd be all that interested.<br /><br />50 years ago last month, the NBA ASG was in, of all places, my birthplace of Syracuse, held at the venerable War Memorial (which still stands today as a minor-league hockey venue, home of the Ducks' AHL affiliate). For more on that memorable night -- a far cry from the spectacle it's now become -- go to http://www.syracuse.com/poliquin/index.ssf/2011/01/fifty_years_ago_this_very_day.htmlVP81955https://www.blogger.com/profile/11792390726196611188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21200650048827147762011-02-20T11:34:51.976-08:002011-02-20T11:34:51.976-08:00It’s entertainment for royalty, a pleasant diversi...<i>It’s entertainment for royalty, a pleasant diversion for the elite.</i><br /><br />The elite? Ken, I hope you wrote that accidentally.Rory L. Aronskyhttp://scrapsofliteracy.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26980072707386695812011-02-20T11:25:25.305-08:002011-02-20T11:25:25.305-08:00Kind of like the Super Bowl, no?Kind of like the Super Bowl, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-39452148997837521422011-02-20T10:02:17.744-08:002011-02-20T10:02:17.744-08:00Thanks Cartwright. You are right. 1980. I shoul...Thanks Cartwright. You are right. 1980. I should know. I was there.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-31747884432365046552011-02-20T09:06:31.725-08:002011-02-20T09:06:31.725-08:00As uttered in the film Carrington by Jonathan Pryc...As uttered in the film Carrington by Jonathan Pryce playing Lytton Strachey: God damn, blast, confound and fuck the upper classes.<br /><br />And this post is even more well struck coming from someone who most assuredly _could_ have had a ticket if he'd wanted, and easily so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-63121932491862966742011-02-20T07:32:22.179-08:002011-02-20T07:32:22.179-08:00Last MLB ASG at Dodger Stadium was 1980Last MLB ASG at Dodger Stadium was 1980Cartrightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-4388249701182324922011-02-20T07:29:53.355-08:002011-02-20T07:29:53.355-08:00Here in Cleveland, we hosted an All-Star Game abou...Here in Cleveland, we hosted an All-Star Game about 15 years ago. There was a report by one of our local media who asked why it was impossible to get a ticket and commented on how there wasn't a lot of local outreach. He said the reply from whatever NBA contact he had was "This is party is for us, not you."Thomas Zahlerhttp://www.loveandcapes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58271118968324183632011-02-20T07:26:38.404-08:002011-02-20T07:26:38.404-08:00Sounds like you couldn't get a ticket.Sounds like you couldn't get a ticket.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351452512636422112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21945403228649885362011-02-20T07:26:00.232-08:002011-02-20T07:26:00.232-08:00The ASG is for the kids. That's how I see it b...The ASG is for the kids. That's how I see it because the last time I cared about the ASG was when I was a kid and things like seeing my favorite stars play worse basketball than a DIII school was the highlight of my NBA watching season.<br /><br />I'm also a Knicks fan so, you know, I had very little else to look forward to once the playoffs came around.Carlos Matthews Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844149114686947104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-52824851561934368482011-02-20T07:21:18.759-08:002011-02-20T07:21:18.759-08:00Absolute brilliance, Mr. Levine. There is not a wo...Absolute brilliance, Mr. Levine. There is not a word in there that does not have truth in it. It's not just the All-Star Game, it's the league as a whole.<br /><br />Keep speaking the truth.Harrynoreply@blogger.com