NBA and especially its All Star Game is rotten

There are so many negative aspects regarding the NBA.

In my opinion, it is greedy of them to schedule what amounts as an exhibition game, their All Star Game at 8 o’clock Eastern time.

Even the Super Bowl started an hour and a half earlier.

The total for this joke of a game is 319, so not much, if any, defensive play is expected.

Worse is that in some circles, the retiring once great player Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is even money to win the MVP award.

I thought he was a good choice for those who bet such things in moderation, as surely they will try to make him look good.

However, that line indicates there is a distinct possibility they will do more than try to make him look good.

I once loved the NBA and did so for a long time. My great appreciation peaked with Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Larry Bird putting the pass back into the game.

Once I liked its All-Star Game especially so in 1968 when Hal Greer, pictured above, won the MVP of the game which was played that year in Madison Square Garden in New York City.