Nick Baumgardner

But also, it kind of shows the effects of where All-Star Weekend is as far as a primetime draw.

The Olympics are drawing more people than NBA All-Star Weekend.

But let me offer you this as we talk about NBA All-Star Weekend.

The problem is not the weekend itself in terms of the intensity.

And here's what I'm saying.

I think because we were once kids who used to look forward to All-Star weekend with such excitement because it was the one time a year where you actually saw the NBA stars come together.

And we had kind of a modicum of this when the Dream Team formed.

So you got to see it for like a chunk of time.

But it was the one time a season where your stars, whether you were Magic, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, obviously, Ray Allen.

You can name the stars.

There's so many stars.

But you didn't see them all.

You might see them in one-offs in a game or in a playoff series once the playoffs come.

But that's not guaranteed.

But All-Star weekend, Allen Iverson's going to be there.

And players are going to interact in a way you don't see.

And I think part of the thing is that doesn't matter anymore.

That exclusive nostalgic feel doesn't matter anymore because guess what?

I can open up my phone right now and see all these guys interacting thanks to social media.

So I think part of the downfall of what made NBA All-Star Weekend so special is the interaction between current players, stars, legends.