The NBA All-Star Game and all the attendant weekend festivities come to San Francisco this year with the Golden State Warriors hosting the contest on their home court at Chase Center.

The NBA All-Star Weekend needs an overhaul in the most drastic ways possible. How can it happen? Capitalize on USA vs. World for an annual winner-take-all event.

The NBA All-Star Weekend returned to the Bay Area for the first time in a quarter century, transforming San Francisco and Oakland into basketball epicenters.

In addition to the star-studded NBA All-Star Game and events, enjoy these recommendations of San Francisco and Oakland hot spots that are for us, by us.

It's amazing how many people will travel great distances just to be in the vicinity of the game. Ed and Cherry Fernandez live in Bermuda and were visiting New York when they flew to San Francisco–with no tickets–in the hopes of watching the game.

The new tournament format was better than expected, the sideshow was worse, and a couple of superstars didn’t bother to take the court during eventful all-star festivities.

Although the long awaited NBA All-Star game is on Sunday, it’s not holding people back from enjoying the activities the weekend has to offer.

Over the weekend in San Francisco, California, the NBA hosted its All-Star Weekend.