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Some of the highlight events:

Friday, 18th:

4pm - Celebrity Game - ESPN
6pm - Rookies vs Sophomores - TNT
6:30pm - Amateur Dunk Showdown - NBA TV

Saturday, 19th:

2pm - D-League All-Star game - NBA TV
5:30pm - All-Star Saturday Night - Skills Challenge, 3pt shootout, slam dunk contest, shooting stars - TNT

Sunday, 20th:

5pm - All Star Game - TNT

First bit of news is that Tim Duncan is going to start in place of Yao. Looks like Pop went with the homer pick, but Duncan was arguably not even worthy of an all-star nod in the first place. Should have been Pau, especially in LA.

I sorta wanna just be in LA sometime during this break. Working on Saturday, thinking of heading over to LA on Sunday..

Going to be an exciting weekend. Would have been a lot better had the laker's won on Wednesday, OWELL

dcash4 wrote:First bit of news is that Tim Duncan is going to start in place of Yao. Looks like Pop went with the homer pick, but Duncan was arguably not even worthy of an all-star nod in the first place. Should have been Pau, especially in LA.

I think Pop is trying to win.

I'll miss everything other than the all star game. Birthday parties and stuff

I better get laid to compensate for missing the dunk contest.

^ That's actually a great opener at the club. Bitch **** me I missed the dunk contest for this.

If you can get past the 'bitch' part before she slaps you.

It won't be funny if I yell "Griffin!" in the middle of making love.

I'm missing the **** Dunk Contest too, cuz of work. I'd rather miss the Rookie game (obviously) or the ASG even... the DC is the most fun to watch live with friends, while I can watch any of those games DVRed by myself. Fuuuckkkk

Kobe for All Star MVP.

Goin to this event by the way

tickets are just too pricey for me. i'm just going to hover around the area and try some new bars.

I was just looking at some ticket brokers around the LA area that I frequent for my Laker tickets, and I knew the prices were going to be high, but damn, I didn't know the prices would be insane lol.

For Friday's Rookie/Sophomore game:
Nosebleeds I found are around $40-$50 at the cheapest.

For Saturday's Events (3-pt Shootout, Dunk Contest, etc.):
Nosebleeds I found are around $300.

For Sunday's All-Star game:
Nosebleeds I have seen for as low as $850, while lower-level in the 100-sections are damn near $2,000.

I think I might just go to the Rookie/Sophomore game as that's he only one I can afford lol. I also just want to experience All-Star weekend because who knows when it will be back in LA.

NoseBleedLakers wrote:For Friday's Rookie/Sophomore game:
Nosebleeds I found are around $40-$50 at the cheapest.

Not bad, Lakers game prices..

I really wanna just be around Staples sometime during this break, since it'll be a long while til the game is here again.

Yeah same here. I want to experience it at least once in my life lol.

I wanted to go in 2004 but my parents didn't drive me

I was 14 at the time though which didn't help

Thought I would be down there guys with it being my birthday weekend & all but i'm going to chill here & go the strip & catch some shows. Enjoy all the festivities. I went when it was here in '07

dcash4 wrote:First bit of news is that Tim Duncan is going to start in place of Yao. Looks like Pop went with the homer pick, but Duncan was arguably not even worthy of an all-star nod in the first place. Should have been Pau, especially in LA.

+1 He did that on name alone.

dcash4 wrote:First bit of news is that Tim Duncan is going to start in place of Yao. Looks like Pop went with the homer pick, but Duncan was arguably not even worthy of an all-star nod in the first place. Should have been Pau, especially in LA.

I said way before the voting was done that Duncan shouldn't have made it, in fact there was an argument here about it on this board. Duncan has no damn business being here in LA this weekend.

That said I'll be taking in the events around Staples this weekend, going to be fun just like it was in '04.