The NBA and National Basketball Players Association have agreed to stage the All-Star Game in Atlanta on March 7, The Athletic reported Thursday.
Details are being finalized and could be announced this week, per the report.
The league canceled its traditional All-Star Weekend, originally scheduled for this month in Indianapolis, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The NBA’s midseason break is scheduled for March 5-10.
Not all players are convinced the gathering is a stellar idea amidst a season shifted in many ways by the pandemic.
“If I’m gonna be brutally honest,” Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox said in an ABC interview, “I think it’s stupid.”
Fox, who is ha…
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