It is Utah.
Not many NBA players are clamoring to go to Salt Lake City. If you aren’t into the mountains and skiing, you probably aren’t going to Utah either, so people shouldn’t be that shocked by these comments from Charles Barkley and Shaq.
It is a lovely city but not a turn-up one.
“These people going to heaven. Ain’t nothing to do in this boring ass city. It’s a great city, but ain’t nothing to do here. Can’t smoke, can’t drink. These people going to heaven.”
“Black people don’t ski, I keep telling y’all that. We don’t do cold stuff. I’m not good at anything that’s cold. But you know, when I looked at the weather report, it’s actually gonna be pretty good, comparable to what it could be.”
Does Barkley think NBA players want to come to Salt Lake City?
“Let’s be realistic, there are very few places people want to go. I mean, nobody ever said I want to — no disrespect — you use Utah, but I don’t remember people saying ‘let me go to San Antonio, or Indiana, or Sacramento.’ So you just have to really draft well. Y’all got 102 draft picks, so you just got to hit on your draft picks.”
If you expect things to be better next year, they probably won’t.
The next All-Star game is scheduled to be in Indiana. Another lovely city, but not one that many celebrities are clamoring to go to.
While there was a nice amount of legends in Utah, it sorely lacked the stars you usually see at an All-Star game. The rappers, movie stars, and entertainers have stayed far away unless they were getting paid for something.
The 2025 All-Star game could end up in Phoenix or somewhere like Detroit, so stay tuned.
Flip the page for Barkley clowning Utah, it is hilarious as always.