The current focus of the conversation is for an All-Star Game only, not the Rising Stars game or the typical All-Star Saturday events such as the skills competition, 3-point contest and dunk contest, the person said. ESPN first reported the plans for a revised All-Star and Atlanta’s emergence as a potential host. The NBA always planned to have All-Star voting this season, whether there was a game played or not. This year’s All-Star weekend was scheduled to be held in Indianapolis before the coronavirus pandemic forced changes to those plans. The league released its block of hotel rooms that were being held in Indianapolis in August, then formally moved the city’s All-Star weekend to 2024 in November.

Source: thestar January 25, 2021 22:52 UTC