Empty the Bench

Jason Whitlock over at AOL Sports is pretty disgusted with the events that unfolded during NBA All-Star Weekend in Las Vegas.

All weekend, people, especially cab drivers, gossiped about brawls and shootings. You didn’t know what to believe because the local newspaper was filled with stories about what a raging success All-Star Weekend was. The city is desperately trying to attract an NBA franchise, and, I guess, there was no reason to let a few bloody bodies get in the way of a cozy relationship with Stern.

Plus, the NBA’s business partner ESPN didn’t have time to dirty its hands and report on the carnage. I’m sure ESPN’s reporters were embedded in the rear ends of the troops — Shaq, Kobe, King James, D-Wade, AI and Melo.

We too found it a bit puzzling that at first the weekend sounded like shangri-la in the desert, with everyone holding hands, licking lollipops, and bidding random passerbys “good day” as the NBA Cares train rolled through town with a good-hearted smile. Well, it looks like commissioner Stern’s best laid plans have failed again… but he’ll be back. Oh yes… mwuahahahaha.. he’ll.. be.. BACK!

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