Welcome to All-Star Sunday

Hiya, chums. All-Star Sunday is here and luckily for everyone involved, it's not raining in Los Angeles. I'm en route to Staples Center, where the game itself is scheduled to start at 5:00 (which means close to 5:30). As you can see, the magenta carpet is ready to rock.

There are really only a couple things you can reasonably ask from an All-Star game. One is that there be no injuries. The other is that the game be close in the final six minutes so we can see players actually trying to win. I like the odds on both.

I'll be checking in with updates here, at SBN Los Angeles and on my Twitter feed. This is your All-Star Sunday open thread.