What's up, guys, It's Sloane Welcome back to another episode of Sloane Alone. Do you get it? Do you get it? Okay, let me know what you guys think. In the comments. We're just trying out the name. Nothing's for sure, but I think it's fun. In today's episode, we're gonna be talking about the All Star Game, Cooper Flag two, Sloane Nose alumnis making their on court debut together, and my Star of the Week. So I think this is gonna be a really fun episode. Let's get into it. Okay.
So what am I most excited for about All Star Weekend? Let me tell you, guys. All Star Weekend is my Roman Empire. I think about All Star Weekend all the time. It's so much fun because, as you guys know, I'm still a teenager, right. I go to school, I go to soccer practice, I do stuff like that, and All Star Weekend really the time where I feel like I get to come out of my shell and really be slow notes. I get to talk to basketball players, watch
basketball games, do all of it. It's so fun, and it's especially exciting that it's going to be in San Francisco at Chase Center. As you guys know, I'm a Warriors fan, so knowing that it's going to be at our home arena is super exciting. Chase is also one of my favorite NBA arenas, so I think that will be cool. Speaking of NBA arenas, I actually went into it Dom for the first time this week. It was for a UFC fight, So no, it wasn't for a
Clippers game, but it's a sick arena. My favorite thing that they had was on the seats you can vote, and so they would ask us UFC trivia stuff like that and we got to vote on the seat and then it would tell you who the winner was. So I definitely need to find myself going to a Clippers game soon because wow, into it is an incredible arena. Props to the Clippers. Okay, let's get back on track. So first off, who do I want to see in
the dunk Contest? So I believe so far Stefan Castle and Matas Bouzellis have committed to playing in the dunk Contest. No hate to either of them, but when did the Dunk Contest become a rookie dunk contest? I thought that the Dunk Contest was for the whole league. I mean, in the past years, we've seen people Mac mcclun who aren't really even in the NBA in the Dunk Contest. We need to start getting all stars and real top
guys back in the Dunk Contest. I would like literally sell my soul to see jaw Zion and battle it out in the dunk contest aleticism, creativity. It would be fire. And those are guys that are known for their dunking. You know, Matas and Stefan are both great dunkers. They're athletic, but it's nothing like a show that we could see by jaw Zion in it. That'd be cool. Okay, Next up, I want to move on to the Celebrity Game, sort
of same thing as the Dunk Contest. Some people that have been in the Celebrity Game recently have not really been defined necessarily as celebrities, you know, maybe more influencer or stuff like that. So my two dream Celebrity Game guests players would be Zendeia. I mean, she played basketball growing up. It's Zendeia, and I feel like it would be so cool to see her ball see Tom Holland cheering her on in this stands that would be sick. And my other one is Michael B. Jordan. Again, it's
Michael B. Jordan. He has the name to play in the Celebrity Game, let's be real, and I feel like in all his movies, I mean, think about Creed, think about Black Panther. He's literally so unbelievably athletic, so seeing him get up there and done. He's not that tall, but it would still be pretty cool to see him in the Celebrity Game. Also, you know, I'm not a
basketball player. I'm a soccer player, but seeing me in there one day, one day, okay, guys, when I'm much older and hopefully I actually make it, that would be super super cool. I want to know who you guys want to see in the Dunk Contest and the Celebrity Game, so make sure to comment down below. Another thing that's very exciting about this twenty twenty five All Star Game
in San Francisco is the new format. So it's a new mini tournament with four teams in three games, and one of the teams isn't All Stars, it's Rising Stars. I love to see that because here's the thing. Short if the All Stars played the Rising Stars in ten games, I think the All Stars would win probably nine out of ten of them. But in one game with the you know short it's short, it's not long whatsoever, and it's more casual. The rising Stars could really go out
there and feel like they have something to prove. A lot of All Stars we've been seeing lately do not take the game seriously, but the rising stars take it more seriously because this is their time to prove themselves. I would love to see that, and I'm just really excited to see this new format. I think in past years, obviously the All Star Game has gotten a little bit boring, and so seeing it be a tournament hopefully adds some
competitive nature to the All Star Game. Okay, now I want to move on to Cooper Flag, who set the conference all time scoring high from a freshman. I mean that is big time. That is the activities of a number one pick. Cooper Flag had forty two points, and I'm very excited to see that. I've been a Cooper fan for a while. I love watching his high school mixtapes. His athleticism is unmatched. He's a nice jump or two.
I really think he's so talented, and I think the problem is This is about how much hype there is about high school players is before he even got to college, we said, oh, he's gonna be the number one pick, and so until he had a game like this one, it was hard for us to really lock that in because you're like, oh, Cooper Flag is fifteen points. Wait, but he's the number one pick. That's not good enough.
So I like that he really silenced the hitters with this one and had a nice forty two piece amazing. I would watch the highlights if you haven't really cool to see. Where do I want him to end up? Though, that's the question. I mean, Cooper Flag low key gives Utah Jazz vibes. The Jazz have an insane fandom. They're, you know, one of the worst scenes in the league. So it seems like that lottery may go in their favor,
and I feel like he could play well there. I think that, you know, growing up in Maine, he's sort of like a small town kid, and I think that you chalk and have that vibe, and so I think that that would be cool to see. I do also think it would be cool to see him on the Wizards. I mean him and Jordan Poole that could be a pretty special duo as long as they would get along. So I'm excited to see where that lottery pick number one pick goes. But here's my question for you guys.
If they took away the one and done rule, you could go straight from high school to the MBA, meaning technically next year, after my senior year, I could go to the MBA, just saying, just saying, Okay, if they took that away, who would you draft first in the twenty twenty five MBA draft, Cooper Flag or aj Debansa. I'm curious what you guys have to say about that. Let me know in the comments. Now, I want to move on to a little new segment we're doing called
Sloan's Star of the Week. My star of the week this week is Caid Cunningham. Of course, Caid's always been that guy, but he just turned a Detroit team that was awful into a pretty decent team, which is in impressive to say. I mean, we all remember when there was that whole thing with the I think it was the free Wings or the free cookies or something like that. It's Detroit, just one and that's how bad they are. They literally couldn't win and now he's made them pretty decent.
So I think that that's been pretty cool to see. And Kate is my Star of the week. I want to try to make though my Stars of the Week a little bit more underground because Kate's probably going to be an All Star. So if you guys have any recommendations, let me know. But I'm going to keep brainstorming and I'm excited to see the next one. Okay, moving on, I want to talk about Max and Cam Christie, two
slowan nose alumps and brothers sharing the court together. They're both number twelve, both have the laughing Christie duh, and they both balled out and have been balling. Max has slayed in his starting role on the Lakers. I've been to two Lakers games since he's been starting, and he's such a great role player. He knows where his teammates are at all times. He has great decision making. He's a really fun player to watch and he's a really cool guy. And Cam has been bawling in the G League.
I don't know if you guys follow the G League, but I do, and he has been balling on the Ontario Clippers and now seeing him getting the chance to be called up to the actual Clippers. Nonetheless, playing with his brother is super cool. I can't believe or can't even begin to fathom, what that must be like for their parents to see them both share the court together. To La Teams, It's a story out of a movie. Anyways, Guys, thanks so much for listening to this episode of Sloan Alone.
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