But for TNT analyst Chris Webber “this All-Star is special because fans will get to witness the best entertainer and the fiercest competitor”. To add injury to insult, Bosh is a spectator this weekend after pulling out of the festivities to protect a strained right calf. “There’s some feeling there”.
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Just two National Basketball Association legends, hamming it up together on All-Star weekend for potentially the last time. It was a struggle – constantly.
“We have so many great athletes in our game, it’s never on one guy to carry the whole load”.
“It’s great that the fans voted him in to be a starter”. They received me well.
“I think unfortunately because of pressure or anxiety or responsibilities, things, whatever, you kind of give up on those dreams and somewhere along the line you lose that imagination”. I had a lot of success here.
“He told me to go out there, told me what plays to avoid running, told me: ‘If you want the champagne and cigars, you gotta win'”. “But I had a great time”.
He was named the “Global Ambassador” for the Toronto Raptors in 2013.
Three-point shootout: Raptors All-Star Kyle Lowry joins a field of sharpshooters hoping to somehow unseat reigning champ and circus-shot specialist Stephen Curry.
Bryant’s decision to join the NBA straight out of high school obviously paid off. Sunday will mark his 18th NBA All-Star appearance to go along with his five NBA championship rings.
“Any other circumstances, if I wasn’t a vet, I’d probably just try to push through it, but it didn’t make any sense to try”. “I’m looking around the room and I’m seeing guys that I’m playing with that are tearing the league up that were like 4 for my first All-Star Game….” But better than the alternative.
Bosh says he’s “pretty optimistic” that the issue is not something more serious. “When we get back to Miami, we’ll do everything we’ve got to do to make sure it’s right”.
Bosh competed in last year’s all-star shooting stars competition and the all-star game itself despite feeling pain in his side.
His 2014-15 season ended over the All-Star break as well, after a blood clot was found on one of his lungs – the scary irony for the Heat there being that Bosh believes that clot formed after he was kicked in the calf, then broke off and traveled to his lung to create a career- and life-threatening situation.
For former All-Star Charles Barkley, Sunday’s game will be “bitter-sweet”.
This three-part exhibition features three events: the dunk competition, three-point shootout and skills challenge.
Back in Toronto, Bosh marvelled at the new construction in the city and how a tour with old friends turned into a trip down Memory Lane.
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Drake wouldn’t reveal much about the album, due out in April, only saying: “We’ve got an awesome campaign going on in this city, just trying to get everybody excited”. Lot of different ceremonies, tribute videos, all sorts of ways to remember his career and acknowledge what he’s meant to the game.
