Celebrity All Star Game

This weekend was the weekend of the NBA all-stars. While in most sports that includes just a game of the leagues best competing in what is usually a joke, the NBA all star weekend is just that, a weekend. I am very bias and believe that the MLB is the only major professional sport that does the all star game the right way. They have all of the best players and the game actually has some sort of meaning. That is the only game where the end of the game has an influence and the athletes put forth their most sincere effort. While the NBA all star game may not live up to the high level of play that baseball has, it wins as a weekend in whole. The saturday of the weekend was talked about for weeks. It was not the day of the game, but it was the skills challenges day. While the dunk contest has lost a lot of its intrigue because of the lack of star participation, the 3 point contest was arguably the best ever. The lineup was incredible and filled with the most even playing field the event has ever seen. While this all was great the event that I am talking about today is the event that occurred on friday night. That was the celebrity all star game.

I am not talking about this event because of how fascinating it was. It was not the best thing on TV this weekend. It was probably not even the best thing on in that time slot. What it was, was pure entertainment. The game is filled with stars from all corners of the entertainment spectrum. It had musicians, athletes, actors, owners, and politicians. You get to see people bond over something that they all love, basketball. Kevin Hart is an always entertaining presence at this event. He loves basketball, and surprisingly while he is very small in stature, he is not a bad player. His matchup with the newly famous little league star Mone Davis was the one that was talked about the most. While she had the play of the night he out-shined her and the rest of the field and won his 4th MVP of this game. This goes back to a main topic of social media today and that is engagement. The MVP is based on audience voting. That is how this event could see how many people were watching and engaged in this game. I watched the entire game and I don't think based on play that Kevin Hart should have won again, but he is very popular and got the people to vote. He is a pure entertainer and he definitely engaged the audience in the game. This is a great weekend that overall does a great job engaging its audience with the events.