In case anyone forgot why NBA All-Star weekend came to Charlotte this year instead of 2017, as originally planned, Adam Silver provided a reminder to start his press conference at Spectrum Center on Saturday night. Silver referred to the anti-LGBTQ law passed by state lawmakers in 2016 and the subsequent relocation of the All-Star Game as “the bumps in the road it took to bring this game here.” The NBA chose Charlotte in the summer of 2015 to host All-Star Weekend in February 2017.