NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg joins Marc and Abby for a special All-Star-themed episode after the Boston Celtics launched a campaign to get all five of their starters to the 2024 NBA All-Star game in Indianapolis. The crew discusses the historical context of teams getting four or five players into the game, and dives deep into the cases Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White and Jrue Holiday have made to be voted onto the team this season. The group also discusses how coaches tend to vote on reserves, and how Adam Silver tends to select injury replacements, while also suggesting a couple new wrinkles that the league could consider when it comes to All-Star rosters.
 
3:30 – Forsberg gives the approach he’d take to voting if he were an NBA coach
 
9:45 – Marc reveals how he thinks the Celtics will get a minimum of three players into the game
 
13:15 – Forsberg suggests expanding the All-Star rosters to 15 players instead of 12
 
19:15 – Abby and Forsberg make a case for Derrick White to be an All-Star
 
24:30 – The group discusses why Porzingis deserves to make the team
 
28:45 – The discussion shifts to Holiday’s case to become a three-time All-Star
 
33:15 – Forsberg suggests that the NBA dedicate an All-Star spot to elite role players
 
36:30 – How Adam Silver has chosen injury replacements
 
38:30 – Marc, Abby and Forsberg make their All-Star predictions for the CelticsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.