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Choose via go go. Welcome to the Athletic NBA Show. I am Jared Weiss. I am

joined by Tim Cato and Mike Borkinoff. We have David Ford producing and

we're going to talk about Hall Start weekend that was, I think it's getting progressively messier if people are more annoyed with it. And so Vork, you were there. Cato, you were watching at home somewhere, I assume assume with the beer in your hands.

So we're going to get your impressions first.

What did you think of All Star Weekend as far as the product and also everything around it?

Well, I got to say, Steph versus Sabrina was awesome.

And that is what I will say about NBA All Star Weekend.

Actually, no, three-point concepts.

I mean, yeah, I think it's a product that has become less interesting because of both

how uninteresting the NBA game itself is the dunk contest has fallen again it's back in its kind of

foul period I feel like the dunk contest goes through this every 10 years or so

and so you know I think the novelty of the Step for Sabrina competition was really what made it so cool.

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