Los Angeles this weekend becomes what the NBA considers the basketball capital of the world ... It's All-Star weekend.

Thousands of journalists, NBA workers, fans, and players are crowding LA Live ... A friend just ran into James Worthy at the airport. It culminates Sunday when Kobe Bryant he leads the Western Conference against an East team that features seven players from Boston and Miami. Just as things started to heat up, KPCC's Brian Watt talked with the NBA's PIO, Tim Frank.