NBA FP TV All Star Edition 2/23/2012

It's All Star Weekend and were getting you ready from everything All Star with our All Star Edition of NBA Frontpage TV.

From parties and events to on-the-floor action to who is poppin' up around all of the events were on it for you! Be sure to cash in your vote before the poll closes on who you think will win.

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All Star Starters

It's All Star time and well, quite frankly the All-Star game isn't what it once was yet I still love it especially if it's close in the 4th.

Now I'm all about the fans and love the fans but sometimes fans you just don't get it right, but I guess that even more of a reason to love ya!.

LaMarcus Aldridge should be starting over Blake Griffin and that's Final. Come on Fans...dunks alone don't make you an All Star Starter yet I guess because it's 2012 it does. I just wonder how many write in votes would Lin have gotten had his act been played out say 2 weeks earlier. Doesn't matter he's STILL there. And Rondo and J-Smoove should be in. Ok I'm done.

Off my soap box. Here are the starters for the 2012 All Star Game. I'm going winners first so we start in the EAST...



The reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls



Carmelo Anthony of the New York Knicks





The South Florida running duo of Dwayne Wade and Lebron James start for the East



Dwight Howard of the hosting Orlando Magic



Chris Paul of the Lob City, oops Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum and Kobe Bryant. Bynum will be making his first appearance in the All Star Game.



Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder



Blake "I'll Throwdown On Your Head" Griffin will make his first appearance as an All Star starter

And some video to go with it!



Aight so a pretty stiff lineup either way. We;'ll see plenty of the sloppy and streetball play but like every year I hope it's close in the fourth so we can see the BEST players make plays in the end to brag about winning "the All Star Game that year", when we talk about it in 20 years.

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Video: Common, JCole and Vinny Talking Celeb All Star Game

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All Star Musical Acts

As we gear up for the festive event that is All Star Weekend, we've got to know who the musical acts are that are going to perform.



Mary J Blige will sing the American National Anthem...



Never Rest Music will sing the Candaian National Anthem...



Pitbull and Ne-Yo will perform at halftime...



and as we told you Nicki Minaj will be performing. She will perform a medley of songs during the pregame and player introductions.

Let the fun begin in Orlando this weekend.

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All Star General Managers: Shaq and Charles

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley will be the General Managers for the alter NBA Rookie Sophomores game held on All Star Weekend.

The GMs will conduct a draft of the players (9 per side) from the pool chosen for the altered format. Previously the game was Rookies versus Sophomores. How do you like this twist?



Chuck has stated he'd like to be a GM one day and Shaq, well Shaq knows a talent a little bit would you not think.

The NBA is not afraid to try something. So why not have the guys that analyze the game have a run with the players who are "Rising Stars"?

This could be interesting and fun to see play out. No GM of the Year awards will be won however altough there's no telling what side bet is on the line.

The Pool of players were released eariler to day...

Sophomores: DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings), Landry Fields (New York Knicks), Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers), Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz), Greg Monroe (Detroit Pistons), Tiago Splitter (San Antonio Spurs), Evan Turner (Philadelphia 76ers) Paul George (Indiana Pacers), and John Wall (Washington Wizards).



Freshmen: Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers), Ricky Rubio (Minnesota Timberwolves), Brandon Knight (Detroit Pistons), Kawhi Leonard (San Antonio Spurs), Markieff Morris (Phoenix Suns), Marshon Brooks (New Jersey Nets), Tristan Thompson (Cleveland Cavaliers), Kemba Walker (Charlotte Bobcats) and Derrick Williams (Minnesota Timberwolves).

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