Luka Dončić Plays in (Revamped!) All-Star Game... Still Not Sure to Play Friday

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🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The good news is that Luka Dončić felt good enough to play in Sunday's All-Star Game, if only for a moment. Five minutes, scoring two points. Didn't seem any worse for wear, which isn't surprising because while the level of activity in this All-Star format was a little better than it had been in the last few, it was not a max-intensity workout. After, Luka said he felt fine... but didn't say he'd be ready to play when the Lakers take the floor again on Friday. It seems reasonable to to expect he'll play... but he didn't say yes, I'll be on the floor. If he's not, will he have an optics problem? Meanwhile, the League (again) messed with its All-Star format, and the results were pretty good in the US vs. the World setup. But not necessarily for the reasons they likely thought. We'll see if the NBA actually sticks with it. And finally, Adam Silver spoke at length over the weekend about tanking, and finally at least discussed the one thing that could truly end the practice: eliminating the draft. HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky SEGMENT 1: Luka plays... not ready to say he'll be available Friday when games resume. SEGMENT 2: Did the new format work? SEGMENT 3: The NBA plans to address tanking... somewhow? Everydayer Club If you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Turbo TaxFor a limited time, you can have your taxes done by a local TurboTax expert for just $150 — all in, if a TurboTax expert didn’t file for you last year. Just file by February 28. Take taxes off your plate and get back to your life. Visit https://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. QuoMake this the year where no opportunity — and no customer — slips away. Try Quo for free plus get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to https://Quo.com/lockedonnba.Quo — no missed calls, no missed customers. 5-Hour ENERGYHave your cake & drink it too. Birthday cake-flavor is back, no fork needed. Vanilla-y cakey flavor, caffeinated kick, and no sugar. It's party time. Order Now at 5-hourENERGY.com or Amazon. IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDONfor $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuelUse your Profit Boost on an NBA future and get entered for your chance to win a trip to the NBA Finals.Play your game with FanDuel, the official sports betting partner of the NBA. Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Luca plays briefly in the All-Star game, but we still don't know for sure if he'll be ready when the real games start again this week. That's next.
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0:48.2	Brian Komeneski with Andy Komenetsky, nearly 20 years covering the...
0:52.2	Well, former President Obama did confirm the existence of aliens if not
0:56.3	necessarily in area 51 right he did walk it back a little bit he made it sound like there was
1:02.8	like firsthand um president's kind of knowledge that he had that he let out the bag, and he kind of walked it back later
1:13.4	on Sunday, which is exactly what you would do if you realize that you let it out of the bag.
1:20.5	Well, regardless, he said it is impossible to believe that in a, you know, a universe this large that we are the only living
1:30.4	beings amongst us. And at least some of those people have to be listening to podcasts,
1:35.6	but we're still bigger than them. Yeah. So I forget where I left off in the preamble here, but we'll just keep going.
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2:01.8	We'll get into some interesting stuff, Adam Silver, so we did a little mini show on tanking
2:06.9	earlier last week, and that was a huge topic of conversation in Adam Silver's normal annual
2:14.9	All-Star press conference. It was one of the big things that came up.
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