I’ve had a chance to cover nine or 10
#NBA #AllStar Weekends in my career, between my years with the
@suns and my work for
@slam and
@hoopmag.
But my favorite was in 2015, when we traveled with the
#Suns, who had three players on the West roster (
@stevenash,
@matrix31 &
@amareisreal), and won three of the four contests on
#AllStarSaturday Night (3pt, Skills, 2-Ball).
We were the first team in the league to send a digital staff to document their players’ All-Star adventures. So when we followed the West roster from its practice onto a freight elevator and then into its locker room, everyone must have assumed we were a part of the NBA Entertainment crew.
It was pretty cool watching and shooting photos / video of our guys interacting with Kobe, KG, Duncan, Dirk and T-Mac, who were all playing the new PlayStation Portable, which Sony reps had brought them to tryout.
Always a fun weekend, but I’m even more excited about watching tonight’s All-Star Game with my teenage daughter, who is ...