Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, making his 11th All-Star appearance, took something like 1,234 questions from assembled media when access was afforded prior to practice for first the Eastern and then the Western Conference blue chippers. Here’s the video:

No NBA player is forced to repeat the same answers to relatively the same questions as second-time All-Star Pau Gasol. With the Spanish and English speaking media competing for his attention, Gasol spoke about watching his brother Marc play in the Rookie-Sophomore game, addressed what stood out to him about the weekend and talked about regaining full energy in his well-used legs. Take a peek:

If Jim Cleamons is bestowing knowledge, we try to make sure and roll the camera. In the midst of the media craziness of All-Star Saturday, we spent a few minutes talking to Clem about his fourth All-Star game as a coach, asked him how coaches parcel out minutes and requested some rest for Pau Gasol’s legs.