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Gordon Monson has always struck me as a straight forward, honest opinion holder where his sports reporting takes him. He's also been a person I'd put on my list of those that if I knew them, I'd like to have lunch with them.
His article ("NBA All-Stars should honor the game better," Feb. 22) offering thought, analysis and actual sadness regarding the NBA All-Star game hit right home with me, and probably a lot of basketball fans who have watched the sport since Jerry West and Gail Goodrich and so many others built the league into its eventual glory.
Watching the first five minutes of the game from my basement cave, I came upstairs to tell my spouse that there was no way I was going to be able to watch that game. I checked in at halftime, just to see how high the mid-game score was. Wow. I didn't watch any longer.
Monson, a good and spot on writer said what I'm trying to say. Read his take from and have hope that the NBA was not represented in this year's All-Star game.
Scott Spackeen
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