“ a short offseason for myself and my teammates - 71 days - and then coming into the season, we were told we were not having an All-Star game so we had a nice little break. “I don’t even understand why we’re having an All-Star game, but it’s the agreement that the Players’ Association and the league came about. “I have zero energy and zero excitement about an All-Star game this year,” James said after the Lakers’ win over the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. However, there seems to be a general lack of interest in an NBA All-Star game this year, even among the players that are expected to participate it like James. The same day, the league released a memo informing teams that they had reached an agreement with the NBPA to have an All-Star game in Atlanta in March. On Thursday, the NBA released the first returns for All-Star voting and LeBron James led the Western Conference with over 2.2 million votes.
