{"id":171376,"date":"2021-02-05T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nba-closing-in-on-having-an-all-star-game-in-atlanta\/"},"modified":"2021-02-05T10:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T07:23:07","slug":"nba-closing-in-on-having-an-all-star-game-in-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nba-closing-in-on-having-an-all-star-game-in-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"#NBA closing in on having an All-Star Game in Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NBA closing in on having an All-Star Game<\/a> in Atlanta<\/strong>”
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The NBA told its teams on Thursday night that it expects to finalize plans in the coming week to have an All-Star Game in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

The game and skills competitions will be held on March 7, the NBA told clubs in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. It remains unclear when players would have to report to Atlanta and how testing will work there, or if fans will be part of the game.<\/p>\n

The first-half schedule ends March 4, with the second half set to begin on March 11. The league said it expects to agree to terms with the National Basketball Players Association on testing protocols that will app<\/a>ly to all players during the break, how testing will work for the All-Star event, and when players will have to report back to their home markets to begin preparations for the second-half schedule.<\/p>\n

ESPN first reported on the contents of the memo.<\/p>\n

Daily testing, the NBA said, will continue during the break and the league expects that another condition will be that players won\u2019t be allowed to travel<\/a> internationally. If a player leaves his home market during the midseason break, the NBA is expected to mandate that he stay in private accommodations.<\/p>\n

All players will likely have to be back in home markets within two days of their teams resuming play, the NBA said.<\/p>\n

Talks between the league and the NBPA have gone on for weeks about if and how to salvage the All-Star Game, which was originally scheduled to be played in Indianapolis this season \u2014 before the pandemic called off those plans. Among the ideas the league and the union are discussing: how the game can benefit both COVID-19 relief and historically Black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

Sacramento guard De\u2019Aaron Fox said Wednesday night he thought the notion of an All-Star Game was \u201cstupid\u201d during a pandemic. Players have been told to wear masks on their benches, coaches must wear them at all times during games and the league and NBPA have installed strict protocols to try to get through the season safely.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I\u2019m going to be brutally honest, I think it\u2019s stupid,\u201d Fox said. \u201cIf we have to wear masks and do all this for a regular game, then what\u2019s the point of bringing an All-Star Game back? But obviously, money makes the world go \u2019round, so it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox was not among the top vote-getters in the first fan-balloting results released Thursday. Brooklyn\u2019s Kevin Durant is the leading overall fan vote-getter so far with just over 2.3 million, the Los Angeles Lakers\u2019 LeBron James has just under 2.3 million, and Golden State\u2019s Stephen Curry has just over 2.1 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have zero energy and zero excitement about an All-Star Game this year,\u201d James said. \u201cI don\u2019t even understand why we\u2019re having an All-Star Game, but it\u2019s the agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lakers had a 71-day offseason, and James had been looking forward to a five-day break to recharge himself. Instead, he\u2019s likely headed to Atlanta, a development he called: \u201cPretty much kind of a slap in the face.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also still dealing with a pandemic, dealing with everything that\u2019s been going on, and we\u2019re going to bring the whole league into a city that\u2019s still open,\u201d James added after posting his 96th career triple-double in the Lakers\u2019 114-93 win over Denver. \u201cObviously, you guys can see I\u2019m not very happy about it, but it\u2019s out of my hands, and I\u2019ll be there physically if I\u2019m selected. I\u2019ll be there physically, but not mentally.\u201d<\/p>\n

It would be Atlanta\u2019s third time playing host to the game, the others coming in 1978 and 2003. Cleveland is the 2022 host, Salt Lake City will host in 2023 and Indianapolis will get the event in 2024.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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