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by Craig Kwasniewski

The balloting for the 2006 All-Star game ended last night. Which means that we are less than one month away from the NBA All-Star Game: Houston. Which also means that we are 13 months away from...

All-Star 2007: LAS VEGAS!!!!

For those of you who have been living in a cave for the last five months, Las Vegas has been selected to host NBA All-Star 2007.

So instead of creating 27 different contests to make All-Star Saturday interesting, instead of re-creating the Rookie Game and instead of begging players to bring playoff-level intensity to the All-Star game, the NBA just said "screw it, let's party." Easily, the best decision that any professional sport ever did. So while the NFL holds the Super Bowl in non-vacation spots (Jacksonville, Houston, Detroit(???), Anchorage, Omaha, Gary-Indiana), the NBA took the torch and went to the baddest town of all... Vegas.

All we have to do is wait 13 months...

13 months until an endless weekend of alcohol, drugs, hookers, gambling, porn, gambling, strippers, gambling, aahhhhhhh!!!!

Now if they could only schedule the CES/AVN show on the same weekend.

Let the countdown begin...

Comments

[Brett]

Funny picture of D Stern with the showgirls. As far as ripping the Super Bowl cities, what are you some bitter sportswriter that has to work the event and wants a vacation out of it instead? The sports media are the only ones who care where the game is. Normal fans don't get to go anyway, it's a totally corporate evnt, and because of that the city doesn't matter. All cities have strip clubs and a few nice restaurants and bars for private parties.

[Craig]

Okay then YOU spend a Super Bowl week in Detroit! "Hey look a crackhouse! OMIGOSH, look over there, a burnt out building! Wow, unemployed autoworkers! Hey, honey, take a picture of this guy robbing me!"

I'd rather go to Vegas or San Diego when the Bears go to Super Bowl XLI, XXLL, XLX... whatever they call it next year.