The 2000 All-Star game represented a new beginning.
The league had entered a new era, and the All-Star roster was joined by many fresh faces.
At this year's Oakland All-Star game, you wouldn't see Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Olajuwon, or Patrick Ewing.
Instead, names that had only become familiar to people in recent years, such as AI, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Ray Allen, Michael Finley, Rasheed Wallace, and others, took their place.
In the East, a full seven players were selected to the All-Star team for the first time.
The West's All-Star starting lineup had also almost completely changed.
Whenever the All-Star roster undergoes a major shakeup, it indicates the arrival of an era change.
Well, this time was an exception.
Because that guy who had already achieved brilliant honors in the previous era was still very young.
So whether an era change had arrived had to depend on whether the still youthful number 14 would agree or not.
