NBA changes the All Star Game 2020 format to pay homage to Kobe

We already know the captains (LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo), we had a look at the jerseys that the respective teams will wear and the names of the participants of the All Star Game 2020 have just been announced, but the death of Kobe Bryant forced the NBA executives to reflect about the format, establishing a distortion of the traditional program of the annual show scheduled for the weekend of February 14/16 at the United Center in Chicago.

The major basketball league has stated that there will be a competition inside each quarter, which will always start from 0-0 and will last 12 minutes. The winning team in the individual quarter will win $ 100,000 to give away in charity. The last quarter, on the other hand, will not have a stopwatch, and will be won by the team that will first reach 24 points, in honor of the number that has marked Bryant's career. But the celebrations for the former Lakers star, who has participated in the All Star Game 18 times in his career, did not end at this, as soon NBA will communicate the details of the tribute that is being organized in these hours.