Allen Iverson had the ball in his hands a bunch for the East team on Sunday and afterward he admitted -- you can always go to The Answer for an honest answer -- that he wanted to throw more alley-oops than he did and have more fun. Yeah, he threw in the win line as well, but most of the throng of reporters listening at the time stopped writing when he started that sentence.

Here's a post-game quote from Kevin Garnett: "My whole thing was to come out and enjoy the game. And I did. I had a lot of fun."

Next, here's Iverson saying the same thing: "I wanted to have a good time. This is what it's all about. This is what life is all about."

And we could go on down the list, player after player. Does everyone in the NBA sound the same? Is it all about fun? Well, let's ask an old guy.

"It was fun to watch some of my younger counterparts going after it. I just had a good time. That's what it's all about," Alonzo Mourning said.

You know who had the best time? His name is The Amazing Eyal (No relation to Half-Man, Half-Amazing Vince Carter) and he is from Israel. And all this guy did was bounce and balance a ball off his head for three-plus minutes a number of times during the weekend. Eyal wore multiple shirts -- all but one of which he would remove while still bouncing the ball on his head -- and the bottom one he never took off was a John Starks jersey. (Someone remarked, if only Starks could use his head so effectively.) Eyal, assuming we can call him that, wore black socks with sneakers and shorts. And the ball never touched the ground until he shot it.

He got the biggest ovation of all on Sunday. That's probably because the All-Star Game -- even with its dunks and behind the back passes -- just cannot compare to what Vince Carter did on Saturday. The game is actually not all that exciting. Or maybe it was because Carter owned the weekend. At least ESPN.com users think so in the poll we have posted right now.

However, while talking to Dikembe Mutombo after the All-Star Game he made a mistake -- which could have been intentional.

"We have exciting, young guys on this team, with Grant Hill, and Vince Carter, who officially joined the league yesterday..."

The rest of the sentence didn't matter. It sounded like Mutombo could have meant was that Carter is the leader of the new NBA based on his accomplishment Saturday -- he is the new Michael Jordan. Others will score more and win more and do more things, but Vince can dunk like nobody else and that's what the fans came to see. Don't get us wrong: The fans were stoked for Sunday's game, but no single play made the crowd go insane like Vince did. And hey, The Amazing Eyal deserved that standing ovation anyway. Try balancing anything but a hat on your head and see how easy it is.

So naturally, we all wanted to know if Carter had a good time this weekend, since that's what really mattered. "It feels good to make everyone excited," Carter said. "What was most important was having a good time."

Just checking.

DEEP THOUGHTS FROM DR. JACK RAMSAY

The atmosphere of this All-Star weekend elevated the NBA. All the action, all the orchestration, the events of Saturday and last night's All-Star Game, it was a great weekend. And what I did on Friday with Dan Patrick, the interview session we had on the radio, was one of the best sessions I have ever been involved with. We talked to a lot of All-Stars. The 2ball competition with Jeff Hornacek winning it on the last shot was great. Then Hornacek won the shooting contest as well. Vince Carter put on a spectacular display. I think the crowd really loved it. And the game on Sunday was a little loose, but had some unbelievable moments. It was all great theater, and that's what the NBA stands for. I enjoyed it. ESPN.com's All-Star coverage