More NBA Players Disagree on Holding All-Star Game

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that it's pushing thru with its amended plan to hold an All-Star Game on March 7, 2021, in Atlanta, and yet, it was by less excitement particularly from some of the biggest names in the league.

From LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Carmelo Anthony, and even one Kawhi Leonard who doesn't usually speak up, some of the game's brightest stars don't agree that it's appropriate for the NBA to hold festivities given that we're still living at a time where the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic is still happening. Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks even echoed LeBron James' sentiment is saying that he has zero energy and excitement to play at the mid-season festivities and that, he would prefer to spend time with his family.

For LeBron James whose team just won three consecutive games that went into overtime, the All-Star game itself will be a "slap to the face" to the players who initially thought that the March game won't happen due to the pandemic. Leonard, meanwhile, pointed out that holding the All-Star Game this year has one purpose: to make additional revenues for the league.

"It's an opportunity to make more money," the Clippers' superstar said.

Another NBA player spoke up earlier this week and aired his sentiment about the upcoming March 7 event: Karl Anthony-Towns of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

"I personally don’t believe there should be an All-Star Game," 

Anthony-Towns lost his mother and other family members to COVID-19. Anthony-Towns himself too has tested positive but is making a recovery. 

Photo is from Los Angeles Times