The game’s 20 best players that year, including Oscar Robertson and Wilt Chamberlain, voted 18-2 against playing the game to protest the league’s labour policy that included no pensions for players. The East leads the all-time rivalry 37-27. Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (19 selections) is the only player to play in more All-Star games than Bryant. The chance to honor No. 24 knows no limits. We’re going to be seeing a lot of these two players, who through the luck of the draft will find their careers on a collision path. Days like these, then, are to be enjoyed.
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“It’s an honour for the city of Toronto to host Bryant’s final All-Star Game”, says Jamil.
His plans for his company Kobe Inc., which has investments in Derek Jeter’s The Players’ Tribune and Body Armor? This glorified walk-through won’t tell you much, but for basketball diehards and junkies, it can still be an enjoyable viewing experience. It’s his last one.
He added he was pleased to be a part of Kobe’s final All-Star game.
The inventor of basketball made a guest appearance at an NBA event on Friday, scoring a swish 125 years after he created the sport.
Even Charles Barkley – noted lampooner of National Basketball Association cities like San Antonio and Oklahoma City – likes Toronto.
“Those are the things that get to me still”, Bryant said. It’s great. There’s an excitement and a buzz around the city and there’s a buzz around me and my family and my friends, and especially a buzz for me and DeMar. “So finally some guy says to me, ‘If you’d put the ball in the basket, you would have broke the spread'”. The over covered easily for bettors as the Western Conference edged the East, 163-158. “I had three major injuries”. Next, I’m watching his workout and before I knew it I was supposed to be in the back … and I’m watching him work out for 20 minutes, just star-struck.
Before he sat down to play with his teammate (and wife) Gabrielle Union, Wade says players don’t turn off the competitive fires that fuel them on the court, explaining that “competitive people like winning, no matter what we do”. Thon Maker, who grew up in Sudan and Australia, attends high school in Ontario and is among the most coveted prospects in the college recruiting class of 2016.
Bryant first won the award for the first time in 2002, followed by MVP performances in 2007 and 2009.
“Kobe means a lot to me”, Westbrook said.
■SURPRISE, SURPRISE: A Cleveland reporter asked Green if it’s wrong the Cavaliers, who have the Eastern Conference’s best record, have only LeBron James as a representative in the All-Star Game. “And you’re one of them”, Thomas said.
“Going to practice, enjoying that moment”. The one that played with the Chicago Bulls or the one that retired with the Washington Wizards? And to play against him?
Curry, who will be starting his third straight All-Star Game, registered 12 points (4-for-14 FG) and 11 assists in 2014, and 15 points and five assists previous year. “I feel like it’s going to inspire the youth around town, inspire the whole country and hopefully it just skyrockets from here even more”.
The rapper will be playing a prominent role in the all-star festivities in Toronto this weekend.
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