
The NBA returned to competitive action on Wednesday night, meaning the conversation can move on from All-Star Weekend and all of its flaws. But Brendan Haywood got a take in under the wire while appearing on Triple Threat with Ashley Nicole Moss Wednesday, pinpointing the exact moment where the league's annual showcase began to regress.
Haywood launched into a history lesson of sorts, correctly saying that the so-called faces of the NBA took the second half of the exhibition game very seriously and this set the temperature for everyone else. Something that ... is not the same today.