And we are back, folks, here on the Michigan Insider on the Big 1050 WTCA, online at the

big 1050.com, Sam Webb, Mr. Ira Wynchrop on the other side and joining us as he does

every single week to talk about all topics in the world of sports.

It's our great friend Eric Adelson, EA.

Good morning. How are you?

Good morning, Sam. How are you? Good morning, Sam. How are you?

Doing great, man. Glad to catch up with you, as always. A lot to reflect upon.

A lot to look ahead to. But first reflections, because I know you're a big NBA fan like me,

Big Pistons fan, like I am.

It's great to see Cade and J.D. in the All-Star game.

But I'm more curious about your impressions of All-Star Weekend.

You know, KD accuses a lot of us of being overly nostalgic and looking back upon what used to be and saying it'll never be good again.

What do you think about the changes to All-Star Weekend?

Did they do enough to excite you in the way that you used to be excited?

I mean, I really like that they included Amin Rae St. Brown in the festivities.

I mean, that was my favorite part.

It's better.

I think it's better.

I think it was a little more competitive.

I think the worst is over, hopefully.

It's really hard to, I think the timing makes it bad for the mass audience, because on the other channel, you have the Olympics,

which is like the absolute pinnacle of do-or-dye competition against guys who, you know, don't play all the time and are willing to miss a game

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