You Don't Have To Be A Star Baby...

Last year, I picked up a copy of the 1992 NBA All-Star Game at the Bryn Mawr garage sales. Due to a lack of a VCR in my house, I didn't get a chance to watch it until today. It was pretty entertaining. Take a look at the rosters HERE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_NBA_All-Star_Game

The only players who seem really out of place (to me at least) are Michael Adams and, to a lesser degree, Otis Thorpe. Honestly, when Bob Costas was doing the introductions for Michael Adams, I had no clue who he was. Otis Thorpe was always a role player, but the West was pretty weak in those years (the Wolves, Clippers, Mavs, and Kings were all horribly atrocious) so hey.

Highlights:
-Hammer saying that he was rooting for his main man Doug West in the Slam Dunk Contest.
-Bob Costas presenting the Shaq vs Laettner battle for the 12th spot on the Dream Team as a tossed off aside. If that fight for the spot were happening today, ESPN would dedicate at least 45 minutes of programming to it per day.
-Commercials for Oldsmobile, Vikingland GMC, and the Worlds Toughest Rodeo at the Met Center (Sponsored by Dayton's and FINA).
-Jeff Passolt on KARE 11 News bumpers every 15 minutes.
-Michael Bolton singing the National Anthem. His hair was so fried it looked like he was enrolled at Aveda for five years
-Isiah kissing Magic before the game. Yeah, I know everyone thought that this was cool at the time (and it was probably, you know, furthering peoples tolerance for those with HIV or AIDS) but I still get weirded out every time I see it. Because it had been going on for years before Magic was diagnosed. And Magic never really, you know, looked comfortable with it.
-Some dork ass in the crowd had (obviously planted) signs that said "Where's HARE Jordan?" and "The Magic is Back." He kind of looked like a young Phil Jackson.

Unfortunately, the tape cuts out at about the 3 minute mark of the 4th quarter. FORTUNATELY, whomever taped it taped an episode and a half of Beavis and Butthead from MTV in 1993. Now that's what I call value added!