Byrant’s farewell highlights 2016 NBA All-Star Game

Anyway, Kobe is done with the National Basketball Association in April, which means this weekend’s All-Star Game in Toronto will be his last. The players can cover up with the parkas Canada Goose, maker of cold weather outerwear, designed for them. I’m naive, I didn’t know what the hell. Kyle Lowry was (somewhat surprisingly) voted in to the game as the starting point guard for the Eastern Conference, but seeing as he plays for the Toronto Raptors and this weekend’s festivities are taking place in Toronto, it makes sense that Lowry earned the nod. The NBA and all its best players, personalities and the parties that come with them are here for all-star weekend.

The five-time NBA champion has won the NBA All-Star MVP four times in his career (2002, 2007, 2009, 2011) and he will have another opportunity to steal the honor on Sunday. The Friday-night event generally produces an exciting contest on the floor, with the two teams breaking into a World team and a United States of America team to create two loaded rosters. Does the 18-time All-Star’s aching body have enough left at 37 for one more vintage performance? “If you’re going to be identified as an all-star, be an all-star for 82 games plus post-season”. “Why not go out with a bang?” Why not go out with a bang?”THEYVE GOT SKILLS: The NBA announced the bracket Thursday for Saturdays Skills Challenge, the event that combines dribbling, passing and shooting and this year features a number of big men in a field that traditionally is for guards. “So finally some guy says to me, ‘If you’d put the ball in the basket, you would have broke the spread'”. All-Stars Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins meet in the first round, with the victor to face All-Star Draymond Green or rookie Karl-Anthony Towns in the semifinals. Powell, who’s averaging 6.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with the Mavericks, is making his debut in the game this year. “Weve been actually fortunate in recent years.

Former high-flyer Vince Carter helped give the Raptors franchise credibility when he mesmerised the All-Star Weekend dunk contest in 2000. But he wont be in the city he called the NBAs “best-kept secret, ” instead spending his break watching his daughter play in a tennis tournament.

“We didn’t really know whether we’d be playing or not – I guess he knew – but we both talked about how cool it was to have the all-star game here and we knew the city would come together to support it and how excited everyone was”. “Its just daddy duties first.”.