The NBA All-Star activities begin at 4:30 p.m. Arizona time according to my DirecTV guide schedule. The All-Star game starts at 6 p.m. Arizona time. It will be televised on TNT. Here are the activities organized around the game. From CBS Sports: Skills Challenge When: Sunday, March 7 | Prior to tip-off of 2021 All-Star Game Time: 6:30 p.m. ET | TV: TNT Participants: Robert Covington (Trail Blazers), Luka Doncic (Mavericks), Chris Paul (Suns), Julius Randle (Knicks), Domantas Sabonis (Pacers), Nikola Vucevic (Magic) Odds to win: Doncic +225, Paul +250, Sabonis +500, Randle +550, Vucevic +550, Covington +600 3-Point Contest When: Sunday, March 7 | Prior to tip-off of 2021 All-Star Game Time: 6:30 p.m. ET | TV: TNT Participants: Jaylen Brown (Celtics), Mike Conley (Jazz), Stephen Curry (Warriors), Zach LaVine (Bulls), Donovan Mitchell (Jazz), Jayson Tatum (Celtics) Odds to win: Curry +200, LaVine +450, Mitchell +500, Tatum +650, Brown +750, Conley N/A Dunk Contest When: Sunday, March 7 | Halftime of 2021 All-Star Game Time: 8 p.m. ET | TV: TNT Participants: Anfernee Simons (Trail Blazers), Cassius Stanley (Pacers), Obi Toppin (Knicks) https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/...an-mitchells-revenge-mvp-against-team-lebron/
Also there will be an NBA Tip-Off show prior to the All-Star activities and game. It starts at 3 p.m. Arizona time on TNT.
Yeah, everything is being done in one day. It will make it easier to watch. I might tune-in and watch the activities and game through the Dunk Contest.
Magic City could sink the season possibly. Really hope the entire league has been clandestinely vaccinated, and Silver instituted a gag order so as to preserve the veneer of social egalitarianism.
What happens if there is a problem at the game? Then EVERY major star in the league would have to sit due to contact tracing. Isn’t worth the danger, but money talks I guess.
yeah... the naked greed is pretty ugly to bring all these players from around the country to one place together in the middle of a pandemic.