The One Problem I Might Have With the NBA All-Star Game This Year

  The NBA all-star weekend is a very big event in sports and entertainment, each and every year. We see a lot of former players in attendance, current players and a lot of celebrities. They usually do a pretty good job with the event as a whole. It's the biggest all-star event of all professional sports - It's more entertaining than the NFL pro bowl and seems to be more popular among the masses than the MLB all-star weekend.

  This year we've seen Kobe Bryant being celebrated almost every game, rightfully deserving, after announcing early this season that it will be his final. And going into the all-star weekend that will take place this weekend, starting tonight, we've been hearing so much about Kobe Bryant and what his legacy will be. However, all of this attention on Kobe is taking away from another great player in NBA history, 'The Big Ticket' better known as Kevin Garnett.

All of this attention to Kobe is much deserved and he's been a great professional in the league during his time. He hasn't always been the most liked player in the league but he's always been productive on the court and we've seen him go from the highest mountain's (NBA championships) to the lowest valley's (struggling teams, injuries, and locker room issues) and through the adversity he came back out on top and he was able to get the Lakers back to a contending team in the late 2000s and win two more championships.

I'm fine with celebrating one of the best to ever do it. But, I'm a firm believer that if you do it for one you should do it  for most.

Garnett, 39, is nearing the end of a great, lengthy career. He's 17th on the all-time scoring list, 9th in rebounds, 17th in blocked shots. We've witnessed Garnett carry the Minnesota Timberwolves to the playoffs in his younger days and even reached the western conference finals. One of the most memorable moments in sports history has to be seeing Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen win an NBA championship in the 2007-08 season  with the Boston Celtics as the original "Big Three" and during one post-game interview you heard him [Garnett] say the famous line,  "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!", But, in all fairness, we don't know that it's his final season. It's obvious that he is now in more of a mentor/leadership position with the Timberwolves. 

I said all of that to say this. I hope that this is not Garnett's final season and hopefully the NBA will "roll out the red carpet" for him like they did Kobe this season and give him a fairwell tour as big as the one that Kobe has had, thus far.

Garnett has played in 38 games this season and is averaging 3.2 ppg and 1.6 rpg in 14 minutes per game.