Boston Celtics star and Jordan Brand signee Jayson Tatum also wasn’t fully pleased with how everything played out as evidenced by a press conference video shared to Reddit. The NBA champion did say that he thought the new format for the game was solid, though he found the long break between the action to be somewhat difficult:

On a bizarre night for the NBA and its quest to reinvigorate fan interest in the All-Star Game, the TNT broadcast paused in the middle of the championship game to honor “Inside the NBA” panelists Charles Barkley,

Kevin O'Connor rips apart NBA All-Star Weekend, blasting TNT, Adam Silver, and even LeBron for the chaos. Why did TNT make it about themselves? Why was Steph Curry missing from the 3-point contest in his own city?