Commonly, the NBA All-Star Weekend gives a few days of merriments, starting on Friday and finishing with the yearly All-Star Game on Sunday night. That will not be the situation in 2021.
Rather than the commonplace timetable, each All-Star occasion will be occurring Sunday night at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, which will restrict the measure of time that the players and staff will be at the field.
This was what the NBA settled on after it initially wasn't going to hold an All-Star Weekend while playing this season in the midst of the Covid pandemic.
The current year's All-Star Weekend will not comprise the entirety of the customary occasions, yet a few will in any case be occurring.
Notwithstanding the All-Star Game, there will likewise be the Skills Challenge, Three-point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest, all of which for the most part occur on Saturday night.
Here's a gander at all the other things you need to know during the current year's original NBA All-Star Schedule Weekend.
NBA All-Star Weekend Schedule 2021
In 2018, the NBA chose to dispose of the conventional Eastern Conference versus Western Conference design, which had been utilized since the association's first All-Star Game in 1951.
Presently, there are two group commanders who will draft groups from the accessible pool of All-Star players.
The current year's chiefs are Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James and Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant.
James has been a skipper every one of the a long time since this configuration has been presented, while this will be Durant's first time filling in as a commander.
James and Durant will pick their groups during the 2021 NBA All-Star Draft, which will air Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on TNT. The full rundown of All-Star players can be found at NBA.com.
James has been effective in drafting his past All-Star groups, as he's driven his crew to triumph every one of the previous three years.
In 2018, he drove his players to triumph over a group driven by Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, while his players were successful over groups driven by Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo every one of the previous two years.
Before the NBA All-Star Game schedule warns on Sunday night, the celebrations will start with the Skills Challenge.
The six players taking an interest in the current year's occasion are: Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington; Dallas Mavericks watches Luka Doncic, New York Knicks forward Julius Randle, Phoenix Suns monitor Chris Paul, Indiana Pacers forward Domantas Sabonis and Orlando Magic focus Nikola Vucevic.
After the Skills Challenge will be the Three-point Contest. Furthermore, the six players contending in that occasion are: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker, Boston Celtics monitor Jaylen Brown, Curry, Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine, Utah Jazz monitor Donovan Mitchell and Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum.
The Slam Dunk Contest, which is regularly the most energizing occasion of All-Star Weekend, will be occurring during halftime of the All-Star Game.
There might be three players taking part: Trail Blazers watch Anfernee Simons, Pacers monitor Cassius Stanley and Knicks forward Obi Toppin.
Stanley and Toppin are the two freshmen, so this will offer them an early chance to grandstand their dunking abilities in the public spotlight.
Simons, who is in his third NBA season, has likewise never recently contended in the Slam Dunk Contest.
While fighting it out in the two-round rivalry, the three dunkers will be hoping to dazzle the current year's five legend judges: Dee Brown, Jason Richardson, Josh Smith, Spud Webb and Dominique Wilkins.
Thus, the current year's NBA All-Star schedule Weekend may have an alternate look. However, Sunday night ought to give a lot of the activity and energy that fans have generally expected throughout the long term.
