Daily News | Booing Kobe, laughing with Jordan and marveling at Ali: Reflecting on the 2002 NBA All-Star Game in Philly
Turn the clock back 20 years to the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, held on Feb. 10 at what was then called the First Union Center, and it all comes into focus.
“My feelings are hurt being from Philadelphia. But all I can do is go out there and continue to play and have a good time and support the city where I started my basketball career.”“Of course we knew the history of him living in Philadelphia and playing high school ball around there,” said Dirk Nowitzki, who was playing in the first of 14 All-Star Games in his Hall of Fame career. “We knew that Philly fans can be pretty brutal, but I don’t think he made that big a deal of it.
“If you’re from Philadelphia, you’re going to boo him,” he said. “That’s what we were doing eight months earlier. He wasn’t liked.The night may have ended with Bryant’s being serenaded with boos, but it began with a far different tone. Local legend Patti LaBelle performed the national anthem. She was followed by Elton John, appearing at midcourt for a rousing rendition of “Philadelphia Freedom.
“When we found out we were hosting in 2002, we all went down to Washington,” then-Sixers executive vice president Dave Coskey said of the 2001 All-Star Game site. “That’s where they made the official presentation on the court and said, ‘See you next year.’” Michael Jordan was also back in his first All-Star Game since coming out of retirement to play for the Washington Wizards.
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