5 Early Predictions for the NBA All-Star weekend 2018-19

#3 There Should Be Some Throw-Back to When Players and Referees Didn't Get Along

Joey Crawford at the NBA finals

In recent years, players and referees have become extremely cordial with one another. Apart from the occasional disagreements they have with one another, today this relationship has become that of fathers, and their sons who know it's all for their own good. This, however, during the season, does not apply between the players themselves. Just last season we saw some of the most ridiculous fights break out on the court like Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrooks's off-court rivalry which was brought into the game or when Draymond Green's jersey was clawed off by Bradley Beal.

No player has ever been sent out form an All-Star game and only one coach has ever achieved this feat. I believe that since the All-Star weekend is such an entertainment-driven event that some players might even go that extra mile and rack up those technicals to become the first ones to ever be benched out by the referees of this platform. The least however that can happen is that a player can be fouled out, something that only last happened in 1987. This is looking towards Draymond Green or a rare outburst from an unlikely Shaun Livingston as our best bets.