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MMB does All-Star Weekend: a photographic journey

We went to New Orleans. We saw some cool people. We took photos. Here's the evidence.

By Tim Cato
  • Rebecca arrives in NOLA, 2.14.14 Best Valentine's Day ever? I was greeted with Mardi Gras beads by the Host Committee as I got off the plane! -RJL
  • HEY, NOT-TEXAS. Sadly, I still had a good four hours from here to NOLA. -TC
  • LOUISIANA IS WEIRD Why do you need mile markers every tenth of a mile? -TC
  • The ORIGINAL Raising Cane's. In Baton Rogue, where I spent Sunday morning. - TC
  • Bridges are cool mmkay? Yup. -TC
  • SUPERDOME It is very large. This is where us media hung out for a little while -- mainly for the food, as you'll see next photo. -TC
  • MEDIA DINING The food was pretty average, but the tiramisu on Sunday was excellent. -TC
  • I'm HERE! I had to scamper to get from hotel to media credentials before they shut down for the night, but I made it to the Rising Stars game right before halftime. -TC
  • I frequently get smoothies after playing basketball. Smoothies + watching basketball? I'm not sure the world can handle that. -TC
  • Kenny Smith Party at The Metropolitan, 2.14.14 Some of us SBN editors got to roll VIP with a photographer. That's me and Nate Timmons (Denver Stiffs) on your far left -RJL (photo credit: Jack Dempsey/Invision for Crown Royal/AP Images)
  • NBA Jam Sesson 2.15.14 Entering the practice area at NBA Jam Session -RJL
  • Day two. Hellooooooooooo Dirk. Good to see a familiar face. -TC
  • Dirk Nowitzki, ASW 2.15.14 Dirk at Saturday's media availability -RJL
  • Dirk and Steph, ASW 2.15.14 Dirk Nowitzki and Steph Curry at Saturday's media availability -RJL
  • Dirk, Steph, KD at ASW 2.15.14 Dirk Nowitzki, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant at Saturday's media availability -RJL
  • D-League All-Star warmups 2.15.14 Waiting for the D-League All-Star Game to get started at NBA Jam Session -RJL
  • PJ HAIRSTON The Texas Legends star gets off some triples in the D-League Three-Point Competition. Sadly, he and Booker Woodfox, another Legend, both failed to advance. -TC
  • WARM UP You don't think the three-point participants go in completely cold, do you? -TC
  • FREE GATORADE? I knew I got into this media bizness for a reason. And there's something slightly hilarious about seeing a media member decked out in a full suit carrying these around. Like...it just didn't fit. -TC
  • Dr. J at ASW, 2.15.14 Crown Royal whiskey tasting meet and greet with Dr. J -RJL (photo credit: Jack Dempsey/Invision for Crown Royal/AP Images)
  • Dr. J at ASW, 2.15.14 The bloggers at the Crown Royal whiskey tasting meet & greet with Dr. J -RJL (photo credit: Jack Dempsey/Invision for Crown Royal/AP Images)
  • Crown Royal Dinner at Ste. Marie, 2.15.14 Hosted dinner on All-Star Saturday night. We watched the events of the night in a private room on our own TV while eating (and drinking) -RJL
  • SBN does the Kevin Hart Party at the Metropolitan, 2.15.14 Nate Timmons (Denver Stiffs), Tom Lorenzo (Nets Daily), myself and Dave King (Bright Side of the Sun) with some more rollin' VIP -RJL (photo credit: Jack Dempsey/Invision for Crown Royal/AP Images)
  • Sight-seeing in NOLA, 2.16.14 Somewhere in the French Quarter/Bourbon Street -RJL
  • Sights in the French Quarter, 2.16.14 I was listening to a guy play "All I Ask of You" from Phantom of the Opera on violin as I walked. -RJL
  • Bourbon Street, 2.16.14 Sights along Bourbon Street -RJL
  • Along Bourbon Street, 2.16.14 HOUSE OF VOODOO! YES! (I don't know.) -RJL
  • Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, 2.16.14 More sightseeing (and drinking - purple daiquiris!) on Bourbon Street. Many thanks to Tom Lorenzo for inviting me along! -RJL
  • In front of Smoothie King Center before the ASG, 2.16.14 The ONE time I've gotten to be a fangirl this season! -RJL (photo credit: Nate Timmons)
  • Inside Smoothie King Center, 2.16.14 The calm before the ASG storm. I stood up here and watched Dirk take shots for about 20 minutes. It was...surreal. -RJL
  • IT'S GOING DOWN My press seat for the ASG. -TC
  • DIRK AND DURANT Too much to handle in one photo? (I didn't even notice gray suit guy but it sure looks like he's about to kick me out or something in this photo.) -TC
  • MVP? Durant, "guarded" by CP3, drills a three pointer messing around before the game. -TC
  • YOU KNOW Just a casual convo between Kobe and Chris Paul. -TC
  • VANILLA ICE hahahahahahahahahahahahaha -TC
  • Adios, New Orleans. We shall meet again. -TC

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Today is officially All-Star Weekend rehash according to the MMB staff, so welcome!

Here's a sampling of the best photos Rebecca and I took across the three days in New Orleans. They're mostly with our phone cameras, so I hope you're not expecting anything too particularly fancy. Still, this does a pretty good job capturing the scenes.

They're in a loose chronological order, and our initials are at the end of each caption to indicate who took each photo, if you're curious.

And a shameless plug: if you enjoy this and you're an Instagrammer, you'll probably enjoy our account located right here. It includes some other photos (and videos!) from the weekend not in this gallery.

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