After an unprecedented 2019-2020 NBA season due to the pandemic, the 2020-2021 season has reached its midpoint with today’s All-Star Game. …
After an unprecedented 2019-2020 NBA season due to the pandemic, the 2020-2021 season has reached its midpoint with today’s All-Star Game. Unlike past years when the festivities ran the whole weekend, the 2021 edition will consolidate all the in-person action to a single Sunday. Televised on TNT, the game will take place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta in an effort to be closer to Turner Sports’ production facilities and limit travel. Fans will not be able to attend in person, though some vaccinated front-line workers will be in the stands. Leading vote-getters LeBron James and Kevin Durant are the captains for the game and full rosters can be found on the NBA’s site. While COVID-19 didn’t shut down the game, its impact was very apparent on Sunday when the NBA announced that Joel Embiid (Team Durant) and Ben Simmons (Team LeBron) of the Phiadelphia 76ers will be held out of the contest due to contact tracing.
