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    Dan Woike: NBA has a problem: The All-Star Game is not much of a game.

    SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA might have itself a problem. Sunday night, following a woefully boring All-Star Game devoid of defense in any real shape or form, league officials kept landing on a word to describe what had transpired earlier in the night. “Embarrassing.” All-Star weekend, one of the NBA’s marquee showcases alongside Christmas Day and the playoffs, was once again an emotionless mess — ...
    by Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times Feb 20, 2023 3 minutes
    In this file photo, Los Angeles Lakers's pro-basketball player LeBron James gestures during the NBA All-Star game between Team Giannis and Team LeBron at the Vivint arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, Feb. 19, 2023.

    SALT LAKE CITY — The NBA might have itself a problem.

    Sunday night, following a woefully boring All-Star Game devoid of defense in any real shape or form, league officials kept landing on a word to describe what had transpired earlier in the night.

    “Embarrassing.”

    All-Star weekend, one of the NBA’s marquee showcases alongside Christmas Day and the playoffs, was once again an emotionless mess — the best players in the NBA allowing one another to either score on unchecked layups and dunks or comically long jumpers while the crowd largely shrugged.

    “That wasn’t basketball,” Boston’s Jaylen Brown said.

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